Caroline Raye VanLue has made her entrance! Isn't she beautiful?! We got the call on Wednesday morning that DIL Mel was in labor and going to the mid-wife's office to be checked before heading to the birthing center. Jay and Mel were really looking forward to this center which would've given them a spa-like experience for the birth and day after. Well....it didn't exactly work out that way. Mel was told at her exam that she was too far along to leave the exam office (NOT set up for a birth!) and was placed in lock-down. Hmmm?! What's that you ask? All patients at the office were asked to leave, the front door was locked, and baby Caroline was then delivered......on the couch.....in the waiting room.....of the mid-wife's small office used for consults and exams.....in an office complex with normal business going on all around them. Zero meds. She was born at 1:42pm and the happy family went home a little after 5. Yea. Mel's pretty amazing and has just raised the bar pretty high for the female race of child-bearing age. Caroline came in at a healthy 7 lbs. 10.5 oz's and 18.5 inches long. A headful of jet black hair is now sporting lots of bows! We are so proud and in awe of Jay and Mel who handled this with incredible poise, unwavering strength and fortitude that would crumble most in their situation. God is indeed good and we are very grateful for his protection over this family! Don't be suprised at the many, many pics of this little wonder that will be showing up in the coming days! And I do have to point out that Cade handled all of this with his usual focus and attention.....not on his parents but on all the cars types and names in the parking lot. He's pretty awesome himself!
P.S. I have no idea why this pic posted so small. Leave it to my computer dumbness I guess but I loaded it the same as I always do. ????
