I'm a GRANDMA!!!!

I'm too tired to type everything all out again, so here the text of the post I made to the Lone Star State Knitters Yahoo Group:

Last night I *FINALLY* started to CO EZ's PI Shawl from "The Best Of
Knitter's Magazine: Shawls and Scarves" Little did I know that I was
cast on right at the time DIL was starting to get contractions!!!! DS
called me a while later to let me know that tonight (last night) was a
possibility. I did the shower thing and got all my stuff ready to
go....LOL....it's been packed for a couple of weeks..........but I
never packed a bag when *I* was preg.....I always did that while I was
in labor.
Right after that I got "The Call" and we drove up to Temple (about 35
miles) and sat and waited. They wouldn't let us go back in the room,
but I had munchies, 2 knitting projects, water, a word search book and
my toothbrush.....I was ready for the long haul!!!
Then DS and DIL came out and said that they told her to walk some more
as she was only 1cm dialated. They went walking and got something to
eat and we went to the Yarn Sale in the new Michael's in Temple.
(alas, no stash enhancement).
DS then called and said that they went back to the hospital and they
were going to let her stay....but not admit her. I guess because of
the drive. They gave her a shot of Morphine and an Ambien. We knew
she'd be out like a light with that, so we drove home.
I was still fired up....so I worked on the PI Shawl some more and then
got ***THE CALL*** "Uh.....Mom, Sarah felt like she had to go to the
bathroom and then she saw like this sac-thing bulging out...I'm not
sure what that means, but you'd better get up here."
Well, I knew darned well what that meant and I threw DH out of bed and
we drove back up to Temple.
About 20 minutes after we got there she had a 8lb 9oz baby girl named
Cecelia Lux Jackson,