On Thursday, January 20, Helen and I left Montgomery to drive to Hendersonville, Tennessee, to be there (actually in the hospital in Gallatin) for the birth of our first grandchild, Jenna Grace May. We drove on slippery, icy and snowy roads to arrive at our hotel. Friday morning we arrived at the hospital to visit with Brittany, our daughter-in-law, and Jeff. Brittany's labor was slow at first but quickly became quite intense. However, she did not make the progress they wanted to see and Friday night around 8 they began to talk about doing a C-section. That actually occurred at 4:29 a.m. on Saturday morning. We welcomed Jenna Grace into the world. She is a cutie! I have posted photos on my FaceBook page and will continue to do so. I think we are going to like being grandparents!
We made it back to our motel at 5:30 A.M. to go to bed for a few hours, got up around 11, went to Waffle House for "Breakfast"/lunch and then got to hold our precious Jenna Grace at the hospital. It was a zombie day due to the lack of sleep. And, it was hard to leave on Sunday. We look forward seeing them all again very soon.
Let me tell you about the 13-15 people that showed up at midnight for one birth- including father of the baby, grandfather and his wife, grandmother, a couple of her friends, her husband, three friends of the new mother, two 10 year old girls - all in the waiting room with Helen, Brittany's mom, and me. It was hard to rest at all after midnight. One of the friends was talking to her little boy at 3:00 am, telling him to "go back to bed and snuggle up with sissy." At a zoo, at least the animals sleep.
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