Katie Staten has always looked up to her older sister, Brook Fondriest.
The pair are seven years apart and despite not living together growing up, they’ve managed to stay close.
While Staten’s first name is Katelyn, she typically goes by Katie or Kate. When she found out her sister named her newest addition “Millie Kate” on Sept. 7, she was moved to tears.
The baby girl was born in Dayton, Ohio and Staten was there with her sister through it all. She shared the touching moment she found out the baby’s name on TikTok two days later.
In the video, Staten’s sister asks “What about Millie Kate?” as her husband rocks the baby. When her husband agrees, Staten calls the name “cute.”
Staten continues looking at her niece before asking if her sister and brother-in-law are serious about naming the baby after her. She cries, coming to the realization that it’s true.
“It’s your turn to cry,” her brother-in-law, Danny, says in the video.
“(We told her) after I was sobbing because I was so happy with the baby, so that’s why I was like ‘It’s your time to cry now,’” Danny said.