A baby beaut.

So to catch you guys all up, I should start with the birth of Austin and Chantal's baby girl! In case I haven't mentioned it or it got lost somewhere, Austin is somehow my distant cousin (not going to get into how we are related, my family is HUGE) and after high school, I moved into their house to do work and school and we became rather close to say the least. In mid-September of last year, A&C told me the good news that they were expecting again! They already have two boys, Owen and Kellen. We were all secretly hoping it was a girl but we just wanted a healthy pregnancy. Anyways, one day I was watching the boys while A&C were at the ultrasound. Chantal called me with the wonderful news that everything was okay and it was a girl! Then came the long months of anticipation and they had brought the idea earlier to me that they wanted me there for the birth. Chantal is a nurse and wanted a natural birth at home, she had a positive experience with Kellen and I began to get even more excited to be there to witness everything. The baby was due on May 11. May was a busy month to say the least- I had a church convention 5 hours away from the 2-5, a speech to deliver on the 9th, my sister's college graduation the 18th, and finals the following week. We were all on the edge of our seats through this. Church convention came and went, May 11th came and went, studying for finals came, and on May 17th at 5:30 in the morning, Austin bursted in my room saying she was in labor. I groggily walk out to the living room to find 3 midwives wondering how to work the Keurig machine. Funny sight actually: hey lets make a living out of delivering babies but coffee machines are not our forte. Seriously, I was laughing at the sight of them. We instantly bonded, I liked them because they liked coffee and they liked me because I knew how to get them coffee. And on our day went. I got the two younger ones up for breakfast and then ended up taking them to grandmas. around 10:30 that night, it was time.

Most incredible thing I've ever seen. People ask me if it scared me to even have my own kids- no it didn't. You really can't describe it. I am so grateful to A&C for letting me be there for this and to watch their baby's first moments and to live with them and let their kids be around me.

Isabel Jean Myers
5.17.13
11:02 pm
7 lbs 15 oz

I call her Lu.