It happened...

The morning  of Friday, June 22, 2012 started out with a flurry of activity!  Two first-time mamas were in labor, one was a homebirth in Jupiter and the other, our potential FIRST birth center birth.  The birth teams assembled, plans were made and we were all off to our respective positions.

Midwife Miriam, Allie and I headed to Jupiter to assess that mama with the hopes that we would be back before the birth center client gave birth.  It appeared to be neck and neck all day as we were updated of the happenings at the birth house.

SO...

at 5:05pm, the first baby was born at the Palms Birth House.  Please welcome baby Laine Jean!  It was a sweet, sweet birth and I would love to say that I was present, but alas, I cannot tell a lie ;)

The faces of joy!

Exactly two hours and 5 minutes later, beautiful Ruby Christina was sweetly born in her parents bed.

The birth team, including Lucy the pup!

After settling in this sweet family, we headed back to the birth house to meet our "first family" and tie up the loose ends of the day.  It was quite a day!  Two sweet births = One terrific day!

**Giggle of the day was provided by our office girl, Angie.  She went to Midwife Miriam's car to retrieve a stamp pad for the babies foot prints and returned with a placenta.  I think her expression pretty much sums up how she felt about the discovery!

 I think she likes it??

**Lesson of the day was provided by the universe.  You are EXACTLY where you are supposed to be. Period :)


Anyway....so, it's official!  We are open for business at the birth house.  Thank you to Laine's parents who trusted us with their special delivery.  May there be MANY more babies to be born in our little house. 

Peace.

Another week

What a sweet ending to a VERY full week.  Yesterday was baby Liam's dedication ceremony in Ocala.  Kevin and I made the trek up on Saturday and got home last night.  (Allie you are still my hero...how the heck have you been making this weekly trek for over 2 years???) Liam's ceremony was sweet and well attended.  What a lucky boy to have multiple sets of grandparents and two sets of great grandparents around to love him!  (pictures soon)

After the ceremony we stopped back at my parents to pack up and grab our pups.  While there we  had a surprise visit from a special young woman that Kevin and I  had a hand in raising.  Shannon, it was so nice seeing you and the mature young woman you have become.  Let's not wait so long again!  You are beautiful and bright and it just doesn't seem that long ago that you and Bryan were silly children!


And so.....another full week starts today.

Lots of babies and bellies in classes....working with women having fertility challenges...the Birth Assistant training begins on Thursday and of course the usual unanticipated sweet chaos that is always present in a birth house.

Speaking of the birth house, our "team" shirts arrived on Friday.  These will be our official shirts to wear to births.  Thanks Miriam!

Cute!

Have a beautiful week.  That's my plan.

Peace.