Happy Birthday Clay Daniel Ham

Clay Daniel Ham was born at 1:39 p.m. on Monday, July 21st, 2008 in Bowling Green, KY. He weighed 9 lbs. 7 ozs. and measured 21 inches long (and he was 2 weeks early).

Due to his size, we scheduled Stacy to be induced 2 weeks earlier than Clay's due date. Stacy's labor went okay, starting Sunday night after being given some medication and progressing faster after the doctor "broke" her water Monday morning. Stacy did a great job pushing, but needed some help at the end to get our BIG boy out. Our doctor and the nurses did a great job of taking care of Stacy and Clay throughout. Clay is doing well and appears to be healthy in all respects. Stacy is recovering nicely and looking forward to going home. We should leave the hospital tomorrow morning (Wednesday, July 23rd).

Stacy's parents, Gordon & Ruth Leeman, have been in town since Saturday and have been taking care of Edith while we've been in the hospital. We're so grateful for their help and support and look forward to spending the rest of this week and weekend with them.

Grandma Ham will be arriving on Sunday, July 27th to spend some time with us. At some point Grandpa Ham will come down to visit as well. We look forward to our time with them.

Stacy and I are so thankful for everyone's prayers and support. Our God is so good to us everyday! We look forward to where He leads us from here. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Joel

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