A 10-year-old who was by his mom's side through the loss of his baby sister burst into tears of happiness when meeting his newborn rainbow sibling for the first time. The past two years had been extremely tough for the Stogner family, from Bowdon, Georgia. Having gone through an ectopic pregnancy in January 2023, Hannah Stogner, 28, then fell pregnant with her daughter, Emma, who was heartbreakingly stillborn in November 2023. Hannah said going through stillbirth was indescribable, and over the following year, she was comforted by her boyfriend, Chaz, and their two children, Aiden, 10, and Ella, five. After Hannah fell pregnant again, doctors decided she would be induced a week earlier than she had lost Emma as a precaution. Following the birth, Aiden and Ella headed into their mom's room, at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton in Georgia, on November 18, 2024. Holding a teddy, "Emma Bear," who they have attached to the memory of their sister, Aiden and Emma laid eyes on their baby brother, Evan. The moment became too much for Aiden, who burst into tears of happiness, before taking a moment to compose himself. His reaction brought tears to Chaz's eyes, too, with Hannah capturing her son's sweet and mature reaction to the emotion of the moment on video.
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00:00Aiden has been by his mom's side through it all.
00:04His family faced some incredibly tough times after baby sister Emma was still born a year ago.
00:09But through everything, Aiden has been there for mom Hannah,
00:12offering unwavering support. And today, he meets his newborn rainbow sibling for the first time.
00:18Come closer, y'all can come closer. Hey Evan, you're mugging me already?
00:33Aiden, come here, baby.
00:48It's okay, baby.
00:53You can touch him. He's staring at you.
00:55Look, he's staring at you. You can touch him. You can touch him.
01:08You wanna touch him, Emma?
01:10Emma told us, after seeing how much hurt and relief Aiden had, she's had more conversations
01:15to make sure he is just as okay as she is. And how in that moment, she knew he was the
01:20best big brother on the planet.