Julia Ann Sweeney new arrival

Julia Ann Sweeney

I WAS BORN: Aug. 3, 2012, in Maple Grove (Minn.) Hospital.

MY PARENTS ARE: Jen and Joe Sweeney of Maple Grove.

MY GRANDPARENTS ARE: Jeff and Shelley Bachke of Duluth and Jim and Dee Sweeney of Appleton, Wis.

MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE: Jim and Alice Rohweder of Proctor; Mary Purcell of Griffith, Ind.; and Hazel Sweeney of Highland, Ind.

MY PARENTS CHOSE THIS NAME BECAUSE: It was the one name they could agree on.

PARENTS’ WISH OR ADVICE: We hope you live a life full of happiness. Dream big, follow your heart and remember that you are loved by so many.

SOMETHING SPECIAL: Mom and Dad left your gender a surprise and were so excited to meet their little girl with a beautiful head of hair!

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