Aquila Gwynne Falla new arrival

Aquila Gwynne Falla

I WAS BORN: Sept. 2, 2011, in Hudson (Wis.) Hospital.

MY PARENTS ARE: Aurora Johnson and Jeffrey Falla of Minneapolis.

MY SIBLINGS ARE: Matthew Falla, 34; Linda Falla-Kelso, 31; and the late Daniel Falla.

MY GRANDPARENTS ARE: David L. Johnson, Stephanie Hemphill and William Miller, all of Duluth; and Kenneth Falla and Lou Ann and Dale Viken, all of Grand Forks.

MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE: Sophus and Irene Bjornson of Park River, N.D.; Gleonard Falla of McHenry, N.D.; Grace Peterson Falla Grafsgaard and Clifford Grafsgaard of McHenry, N.D.; and the late Marjorie Tobias Johnson, Elton Lloyd Johnson, Ruth Ruggles Hemphill Fetzer and Marl Hemphill.

MY PARENTS CHOSE THIS NAME BECAUSE: Aquila's middle name is after her auntie Hilary G. Johnson. Her first name is after a stellar constellation, The Eagle.

PARENTS’ WISH OR ADVICE: Lots of characters will offer you advice and claim to know what's best, but you will take your own inner counsel. Have fun being a human!

SOMETHING SPECIAL: Grandma Stephanie was a tireless supporter throughout the entire labor and birth, and even cut the umbilical cord!

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