That's what they told Jesus too!

Caroline is here! Yesterday, one day after her her due date, Emily was feeling a lot of significant contractions. Unsure if she was really ready, or if it was just a fluke, we ran around for most of the day doing last minute errands. In the mid-afternoon, Emily began to realize that even if Caroline didn't come last night, it wouldn't be long, so she called Gran to come on up and stay with the other three children.`

It was a good thing that Gran came, because when we finally got to the hospital last night, the triage tech told us that Emily was already 6-7 cm, Caroline was coming! Unfortunately, Johnson City is in the process of opening up a big, beautiful, new hospital that from all accounts more closely resembles a vacation resort than a hospital. As part of the process, the old hospital was closed and patients diverted to Johnson City Medical Center where we had Lily, and were presently seeking a little help for Caroline. Because of the additional patient load, they almost didn't have room for us! We did get a room however (for no other reason than Caroline was coming soon!) in the form of an auxiliary room that is usually used for ultra sounds. It was a bit smaller than most of the rooms, and didn't have a shower or window, but other than that it was just as nice.

As we've come to expect from the Med Center, the staff has been outstanding! They cleared out a room in the night and allowed us to migrate into it around 3 or 4 in the morning. So Caroline got to wake up in her mother's arms to the light of her first sunrise, can't ask for a sweeter morning than that.

The excitement will continue today as Gran will be arriving with Lily soon. Apparently Lily is a fountain of cuteness in her anticipation of her new younger sister. Also, Nana and Papa have decided to swing by briefly as part of a week long change in latitude.