When Amanda found out she was expecting quadruplets, she and her husband Grant were shocked. They already had a 5-year-old son at home, and now they'd suddenly have a family of seven.
Quadruplets Bentley, Miles, Carter, and Alyssa were born on September 30, 2014, at just 24 weeks. At the time of their delivery, they weighed less than two pounds. Amanda and Grant knew the chances of survival were just 50 percent for babies born that premature. They hoped for a holiday miracle.
Amanda started going into labor in her hometown of Liberal, KS. But when it was too stormy to get to their hospital in Wichita to deliver her babies, she was flown to the hospital at University of Colorado. The quads became the youngest and smallest quadruplets ever to be born there, and so they became instant celebrities amongst the hospital staff.
As the babies grew heavier and healthier, Grant and son, Landon, drove back and forth every weekend so the family could be together for the holidays. Photos of the Sallaska Quads hung on the hospital walls, the babies donned in their most adorable holiday outfits. According to Misty Montano of KUSA: "A NICU nurse gave Amanda the idea for the Christmas photo of the quadruplets, each in his or her own stocking. The nurse helped make the photo happen and on the day the photo was taken, Amanda held all four babies at the same time for the first time."
These four bundles of joy prove there is such a thing as a holiday miracle. Please SHARE this with your friends on Facebook!
