Stella Grayce Goodman's Arrival - July 27, 2011

Jan and I had finished our walking on Wednesday July 27, 2011. We were eating our breakfast. The phone rang. Caller ID showed Matthew Goodman calling. "Dad, we are at the hospital. Are you coming?" Yes son, we will be on the way. After showers, etc, we headed for Rock Hill. We got there about 1220pm. We went to LDR #4 (Labor and Delivery Room). Times have changed. Everything happens in this one room. Aimee is in the bed. Matthew, Lisa and Joe are there. We leave for lunch. Soon we are back and the waiting continues. About 200-215pm the doctor comes in and says it is time. At 241pm Stella is born. She weighs 6 lbs 10 oz and is 20 inches long. We watch the nurse clean her up, weigh her and do all the other chores. Then the baby is given back to Aimee. And then we all take turns holding and kissing and just loving her. She has amazingly captured our hearts in one beat of our hearts. It is truly a miracle. We thank God for this child. We are so blessed. Rock Hill is only 75 miles away. And one day we will live there too. Jan will have to think about this for awhile!!