Our daughter Sarah Lisette was born on August 23, just before 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning.  Lisette was born at our home, with a doctor and a nurse-midwife in attendance.  Dr. Griffin, dressed in jeans and a wrinkled short sleeve shirt, slouched against the door frame of the bedroom and gave my husband Gregg instructions. So Gregg got to "catch" Lisette as she was born.

[caption id="attachment_457" align="aligncenter" width="479"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/LisetteBornAM1.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-457 " title="LisetteBornAM" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/LisetteBornAM1.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="335" /></a> The day Lisette was born. That's Andrew nose-to-nose with his new sister and Matthew peering over his shoulder.[/caption]

One of the joys of home birth is having older siblings included in the birth. Andrew and Matthew came into the room to greet their sister just minutes after Lisette was born.

Lisette was SUCH a happy baby. She enjoyed nursing. She gurgled and giggled and played and smiled. And smiled.

[caption id="attachment_1119" align="aligncenter" width="482"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Lisette6mo.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1119" title="Lisette6mo" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Lisette6mo.jpg" alt="" width="482" height="653" /></a> Lisette at 6 months old[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_173" align="aligncenter" width="499"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/AML-L6months.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-173" title="Andrew, Matthew, Lisette" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/AML-L6months.jpg" alt="Andrew, Matthew, Lisette" width="499" height="655" /></a> Matthew and Andrew playing with Lisette - our first three miracles[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1034" align="aligncenter" width="518"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/girlcousinsMexicoBeach.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1034" title="girlcousinsMexicoBeach" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/girlcousinsMexicoBeach.jpg" alt="" width="518" height="335" /></a> Lisette, Brannon, Amanda and Jessica, four girl cousins having fun at the family beach vacation[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_178" align="aligncenter" width="500"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Lisette-at-3.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-178" title="Lisette at 3" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Lisette-at-3.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="659" /></a> Our Precious Lisette, at age 3[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_198" align="aligncenter" width="363"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lisette-zipline.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-198" title="lisette zipline" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lisette-zipline.jpg" alt="" width="363" height="472" /></a> Lisette braved the zipline over the Hersey River, by herself.[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_620" align="aligncenter" width="432"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/JBLPhilly7-yr.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-620" title="JB&amp;LPhilly7 yr" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/JBLPhilly7-yr.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="579" /></a> Benjamin (10), Jonathan (7) and Lisette (12) in Philadelphia, in front of Independence Hall[/caption]

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