Congrats Cliff & Michelle!

Introducing
Mikayla Grace Rockwell

A couple from our Tuesday night Bible study group had their first child Saturday night. Here is an excerpt from an email:

We are proud to annouce the EARLY arrival of our little girl, Mikayla Grace Rockwell. Mikayla decided to grace us with her presence 5 weeks and 2 days early when she was born last night, December 16th @ 11:46 p.m. She weighed in at 5 lbs and was 17 3/4 inches long.

Being that Mikayla was born within the 34th week, she was quickly taken off to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for further evaluation. As of right now she appears to be doing really well. She is no longer having to have her oxygen levels monitored, but is having her cardiac levels continually monitored. She is having troubles regulating her temperatures, which is normal for her gestational age, and thus is having to stay in the isolet unit in order to stabilize her bodily temperatures. As of right now the doctors are thinking that she will be in house for 1 - 2 weeks.

Congratulations Cliff and Michelle! It's fun to finally see the little girl we have been praying for.

—b