Welcome Lucille Rose

Little Lucy was born last Tuesday, January 19th. She looks so much like her oldest sister, Grace, who just turned 6! I have now helped Lucy's parents, Katrina and Sam, have 3 babies...what an honor.

Lucy is the biggest at birth, weighing in at 7 pounds 2 ounces. But she will definitely have a tricky time keeping up with Marie, who is now in the middle and so full life, as only a 3 year old can be. Such a sweet family!

My Babies-all grown up!

.....well, at least a little grown up!

I want to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year and share with you some of the babies I have helped over the past year. The first picture is of my children, Jonah and Laurel....they were wrestling and then, just when I was about to....well, you know....they stopped wrestling and started dancing together.

Jonah age 11, Laurel age 8

The next adorably cute pictures are some of my 2009 babies!!

They are growing, rolling, smiling, crawling and occasionally walking!

Thank you to all the families who have let me be a part of their lives this past year.

Sadie Pearl

January 17, 2009

Kaiya Anastasia

February 14, 2009

Madelena

April 26, 2009

River Indigo

June 28, 2009

Summer Rose

July 1, 2009

Sadie Elizabeth

July 21, 2009

Jacquelyn Rose

July 29, 2009

Sylas Orion

August 10, 2009

Iris Tamsin

August 19, 2009

Stockton Enzo

August 28, 2009

August Alexander

September 8, 2009

Ronald Wilson

September 11, 2009

Lylah Simone

November 23, 2009

My First New Year's Birth!!

This year I had the pleasure of attending the first new year's birth I have ever been to! I was so excited when Illysa called me late on the 31st and said. "the baby is coming!" It was about 10pm and I was hoping Colleen's baby would slip into the world right around midnight. Colleen was pushing when I arrived, she had been in labor for many, many, many hours and was still so strong. Her little baby boy, Wyatt, popped into the world at 12:15am on January 1st, 2010! He did literally pop into the world, as he went from not quite crowning to full body out in one contraction, surprising us all! We are thinking he was probably the first baby born in the Central Texas area in 2010, as the first baby reported in the news was born at 12:53am on the 1st, way after Wyatt showed himself. He came with fanfare-there were many fireworks and loud booms going off in the neighborhood as he emerged. Such a joy and honor to spend the turning of the New Year at a birth!

My First New Year

Seeing Babies about Town

Sadie and Lenee

Today my little girl Laurel really wanted to go to the Farmers Market. For some reason she is a big fan of the Sunset Valley Farmers Market, last year she even wanted to have her birthday party there. We set out today with no particular thing to shop for, although she may have had some ideas, she did not share them with me. It was crowded....kids and dogs were everywhere, long lines to buy coffee and greens, local musicians played, Santa even had a little tent. As we were strolling along, I happened to see little Sadie, her mama Lenee, and big sister Mila also strolling along. There is NOTHING that warms the heart more than seeing one of the babies or families you helped. I immediately felt a big smile spread across my face and ran up to give Lenee a big hug! Sadie was born in July and is such a happy, big girl now! Ahh....pure midwife bliss....

Rainy Appointment Day

Today, Tuesday, December 1st, was such a cozy day for doing appointments in my office. The rain was pouring outside but inside we were warm, dry and smiling. Erin and baby Iris, who was born in August, came by for their last postpartum visit. As we were finishing the appointment, Mindy came in with son Jonah for her first prenatal appointment; Mindy is due in June and we heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time today.

Welcome Baby Lylah Simone

Mama Jax and Baby Simone pose here on the third day postpartum! They look so HAPPY!

Lylah was born on November 23 at 6:59 am after a long but steady labor. She weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces, 21 inches long. Papa Matt clucks over her like a little papa hen.