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Birth announcement: Lucy Twiggs!

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I posted a consultation for Lily and her husband last month, and Lily’s let me know their little girl has arrived and been given the gorgeous name … Lucy Twiggs!

Lily writes,

“Twiggs was born on July 11, she made her appearance before her due date which made her mama happy. Our southern hot summer was killing me and I was happy she came a few days early!

We are all smitten with her and adjusting to life as first time parents. She has a sweet little personality and I think she fits her name perfectly.  Thank you for all your help with the naming!“

If you remember, Lily hoped to call her little girl Twiggs (even though it was most likely going to be in the middle name spot), and I’m excited that she chose one of the names I suggested as the first name! I’m also loving Twiggs as the “call name,” especially after reading the moving comment Lily’s mom left on the consultation post explaining how very moved Lily’s dad was that his granddaughter would be called after him. Just wonderful!!

Congratulations to the new parents and the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Twiggs!!

Lucy Twiggs

Birth announcement: Chiara Marie!

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A mama who asked for some last-minute thoughts on their ideas for their fourth baby has let me know that they had a girl (!) and gave her the gorgeous, meaningful name … Chiara Marie!

She writes,

“I usually go past 40 weeks carrying my babies but went in to labor a little earlier than anticipated this week at 38+6 and gave birth at 39 weeks on Wed, 7/20 at 11:22!  It was a LONG and HARD labor for a 4th baby, thanks to baby being OP.  Mm, back labor is so sanctifying and screamy.

Anyway, we had our FOURTH GIRL!!!!!!!  My husband, as I’d mentioned, got final naming rights and went with Chiara Marie.  We are smitten and so are her big sisters.  Thanks so much for your input on our list of names!“

(“back labor is so sanctifying and screamy” — I love and loathe this line all at once! “sanctifying and screamy” is such a great description!)

Little Chiara was named for Bl. Chiara Luce Badano, who is such a great patron for a girl, and she joins her equally well named big sisters:

Margaret Anne
Felicity Perpetua
Genevieve Faustina

Congratulations to the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Chiara!!

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Chiara Marie

Birth announcement: Brinley Josephine!

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I did a private consultation for a boy name for a mama who was expecting a little green bean 🌱 but was set on a girl’s name. She let me know she’ll have to save the boy ideas for the future, because she had a baby girl (!) who was given the sweet name of … Brinley Josephine!

She writes,

“IT’S A GIRL!!

Brinley Josephine

I will be saving all of your boy name suggestions for the next one because I LOVED SO MANY OF THEM!!”

I happen to know that one of the points in favor of Brinley Josephine was that Dad wanted to call her Brinley Jo, so I asked the mama if that had come to pass, and she said,

“We are calling her Brinley Jo (and Brina, baby Bee🐝, Brinnie-Minnie, etc… We love nicknames)!“

SO cute!! Brinley joins big brother:

Everett Gabriel

Such a great sibling set!! Congratulations to the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Brinley!!

Brinley Josephine

Birth announcement: Joel Edward Scott!

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A mama I did a private consultation for has let me know her little guy has arrived and been given the handsome and meaningful name … Joel Edward Scott!

She writes,

“We were so sure that boy name would be Joseph Samuel Scott, and then he was born and wouldn’t you know that he looked us in the eyes and was a Joel Edward Scott. He missed the feast day of St. Joel (I JUST found out – wasn’t even tracking feast day!) by 2 hours. (TWO HOURS!) but as my mom pointed out, God is rocking the boat for this little one, so all we must do is trust! [The mama later added: ‘And I just received clarification from my friend who told me about the feast day that it’s the 13th (I’m sitting here in the hospital stuck on the 14th but it’s the 15th) and she said it’s not the first thing you find when you Google but it’s the French name day for St. Joel.’]

I’m printing out your baby name consultation for his keepsake box, because I want baby Joel to know how much love and thought and consideration went into his name. Thank you for all your thoughtfulness! I have loved reading and re-reading your consultation!“

Guys! How COOL is is that little Joel was given the name of a saint practically on his feast day — all unbeknownst to his parents?! SO great! I LOVE that kind of thing! And isn’t Joel Edward Scott such a handsome combo?

Little Joel joins his big sibs:

Liam Byron
Logan Kurt
Pio Julian (with Jesus)
Amelie Maria Margarete

Just a wonderfully wonderful family of names!

Congratulations to the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Joel!!

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Joel Edward Scott

 

Birth announcement: Owen Francis!

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I posted a consultation for Katie and her husband back in June, and she’s let me know that her little green bean has arrived — a handsome little boy named … Owen Francis!

Katie writes,

“Hi Kate!

I wanted to let you know our sweet baby boy was born June 28 at 12:58 pm via repeat c-section. He was 8lbs 7 oz. and 20.5 inches long. He is just the sweetest baby and we are all completely in love. He is my calmest, sleepiest baby by far. I guess he knows his role as #3. He’s simply going to have to be able to go with the flow.

As for names, we never could decide prior to his birth. I had a list and once we got back to my room we pulled out the list and started talking. We ended up deciding on Owen Francis for his name. I had been drawn to Francis as a middle name for a while. I have always loved the prayer of St. Francis Assisi and my hope is that Owen will be an instrument of peace in our family, because he is joining two wild and crazy older siblings! So far he is living up to his name.

As for Owen, you had mentioned St. Nicholas Owen several times recently and it was sticking with me. I’ve always liked it and even though it is more popular than I normally like, I don’t actually know any little Owens and have only taught 1 in 10 years! We also thought Owen was a good fit with Asher and Margo.

So, I want to thank you for your help, even though we didn’t use your specific suggestions for us, you inspired us all the same!“

Yaaassssssss for St. Nicholas Owen!! Wooo!! And the combo Owen Francis is so great, I just love it!!

Congratulations to Katie and her husband and big sibs Asher and Margot, and happy birthday Baby Owen!!

Owen Francis

Birth announcement: Margaret Anne Sonia!

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A mama I did a private consultation let me know her little girl has arrived and been given the beautifully significant name … Margaret Anne Sonia!

She writes,

“Just thought I would let you know that our baby was born on the 16th of July (Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel).

We decided to name her Margaret Anne Sonia and her eight siblings are thrilled to have another little sister.”

What a beautiful day to be born, and what a beautiful name!! (I happen to know that Sonia is for the mama’s late beloved grandmother). This sweet girl joins big sibs:

Elizabeth Rose
Zachariah Thomas
Heather Gianna
Peter Michael (twin)
John Paul Joseph (twin)
Samuel Lewis
Mary Jo (Mary Georgina)
Sarah Joy

Such a wonderfully named family!! Nice job, Mom and Dad!

Congratulations to the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Margaret!! (Look at these great pictures!!)

Margaret Anne Sonia with her family

Birth announcement: Anastasia Therese!

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A mama I did a private consultation for has let me know her little girl has arrived and been given the beautiful name … Anastasia Therese!

She writes,

“Hi Kate! I wanted to update you that we had a GIRL! We decided to name her Anastasia Therese. As soon as she was born, she looked just like an Anastasia to both of us. We’re pronouncing it ah na sta SEE uh. Thanks for your help!! :)”

I love love love the combo Anastasia Therese, so lovely and full of significance!! She joins some equally amazingly named big siblings, who are pictured with her in the photo below (their names are in the caption). Congratulations to the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Anastasia!!

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Anastasia Therese and her brothers and sisters. Left to right: Lucia Agnese, Antonio Diego, Caterina Maria (holding Anastasia), Ignacio Jose, and Perpetua Beatriz

Birth announcement: Lucie Christine!

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Buckle up guys, I have a bunch of birth announcements to share this week! 😍🎉😍🎉😍🎉

First up, I posted a consultation for Colleen and her husband back in May, and Colleen’s let me know that their wee one has arrived — a sweet little girl with the beautiful name … Lucie Christine!

Colleen writes,

“Wanted to send over that our little girl was born yesterday afternoon! … Lucie Christine!

As pregnancy got closer and closer to the end, hubby and I both really felt grandmotherly pulls, so he was thinking of Margaret Alice a lot for his grandma Alice, while my Grannie, Evelyn Ruth, had me pulling for Lucie Ruth.

Since we weren’t settled on a name til we got time with her, we narrowed down to Lucie after a little while, but couldn’t settle for a middle name until we had a clearer picture of her whole arrival story and she stabilized.
 
My mom, Christine, has a history of super fast births and not feeling birth pain (I know, be jealous, of 4 kids her longest labor was 2 hours). I arrived at the hospital at 3pm thinking i was in for a long evening and …Lucie was here by 4:15pm. And she was a whopping 8lbs 12oz at 37 weeks!
 
My mom also has a lovely singing voice and miss Lucie’s breathing, while not exactly a good thing, kept being called “singing” by every nurse, doc, and us.
 
So. Lucie Christine. A grandmotherly pull because of HER grandmother, not either of OURS. We’re over the moon!“

SUCH a great story!! And SO exciting they used one of the names I’d suggested!! 😀 And her sensitive little Angie won’t have to feel left out because she has a new little sister with a name ending in the “ee” sound! And I love Christine, both for its family significance and for it’s French-ness, just beautiful all around. (Also, totally jealous of Grandma Christine. “Super fast births and not feeling birth pain” — wha??)

Colleen has asked for prayers for her little Lucie,

“It was a very fast birth and our green bean little girl turned out to need some interventions for low blood sugar and some slight trouble breathing. She didn’t get to room with me last night, and I’m hoping for the next nursery report to be one that she can be with me soon, even if we have some extra rules to follow.”

And another update,

“Lucie is still in the NICU, very steady but docs won’t let her go unless her body keeps her sugar levels up, so prayers for continued good tests would be great! She’s the sweetest thing :)”

And finally, a cuh-RAZY+awesome twist to the story:

“Also, a friend just sent me this…I got goosebumps. We don’t subscribe to the Magnificat, but apparently the communion reflection for yesterday (when we named Lucie) was right on target.

She asked if that’s where we got the name. Crazy!“

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Amazing right?!!

Congratulations to Colleen and her husband and big sibs Hanna, Angele, Nadia, and Leo, and happy birthday Baby Lucie!! (And please don’t forget to pray for her!)

Lucie Christine with her mom and dad

 

Birth announcement: Felix Thomas!

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Oh gosh you guys, I posted the birth announcement for Ana’s little Fred last week and even as I was posting it I had this little thought that kept waving its hand in front of my face that there was another birth announcement I had to post — another baby I’d done a consultation for — but I didn’t write it down anywhere and so indeed when I finally sat at the computer I couldn’t remember who that other baby was and I convinced myself that I must have just been thinking of Ana and all was well.

But then when I was away I remembered! And I was in such a panic that I’d dropped the ball on this handsome little guy that, as you can see, it’s the first thing I sat down to do this morning as I fired up my computer for the first time in days.

So! I’m delighted to announce that Arwen, whose consultation I posted back in April, has had her little guy — the wonderfully named … Felix Thomas!

Felix wasn’t one of the names I’d suggested, but several of you did, with Charlotte @ to Harriet Louise being the first! Nice job, lady!!

I’m just a-swoon over this little guy’s name, and all of his sibs together! He joins Camilla, Blaise, Linus, and Ambrose — what a set!

Congratulations to Arwen and Bryan and the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Felix! (You can read more and see his sweet little face over on Arwen’s blog!)

(I’m just a wee bit behind, so my Monday consultation will post tomorrow instead. So sorry for the delay!)

Birth announcement: Fred Bernard!

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I am soooo behind on posting this!! I saw that this little dude was born a couple of weeks ago and I was all I have to post it on the blog! and then I kept not remembering to do so, or I would remember at weird times (like in the shower or at the grocery store) and trying to remember to do a thing by relying on my own mind and not writing it down somewhere is a recipe for never ever remembering to do it ever.

But! Miracle of miracles! Here on this gorgeous Saturday morning I’m actually at the computer when I remembered I hadn’t posted it and so I’m doing it now (and it’s so unnecessary I’m sure, as I’m sure you all already know that’s it’s happened, but every birth is a cause for celebration, so). I’m delighted to announce that Ana Hahn’s sweet little boy, whose consultation I posted back in January and whose name I shared in March, has arrived! Here’s the birth announcement Ana posted, and his birth story (I looooove birth stories, every single one makes me cry).

Congratulations to the whole family, and happy birthday Baby Fred!!

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