Birth (published 7/27)

Freeland

SIKESTON - Heather D. Freeland is the mother of her first child, a daughter, born at 5:58 p.m. June 16, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Baylee Elizabeth Freeland weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 1/2-inches long.

Freeland, a child care worker for Pixyland Daycare, is the daughter of Ruby and Al Franklin and Bill and Peggy Freeland.