Janet walked into the room where she had left her patients a short time ago. She was carrying a clipboard with paperwork for the birth certificate, as well as a second chart to begin filling out for the baby. She had found Daniel and Teal'c standing worriedly at the door to the infirmary, and sent them off to get food for the tired parents. It had all happened so fast this morning that Janet was certain neither parent had eaten yet. That would give Janet time to make sure they were ready for visitors.

She didn't notice at first, since she was filling out what she could of the Babies chart as she walked. When she looked up, however, Janet was surprised to see Jack pacing nervously in front of Sam's bed. Sam looked equally nervous, and was sitting with her knees curled into her chest. There was one very important thing missing from the room. The baby.

"Where is she?" Janet asked, concern lacing her voice.

Both parents looked up at Janet in surprise. Sam began speaking in a rush.

"One of the nurses took her to wash her up, but we thought she would be back by now. That was right after you left Janet."

"No one should have taken her anywhere!" Janet exclaimed. The clipboards she was holding crashed to the ground as she rushed to hit the alarm. Jack sprung from the room before Janet even had a chance to pick up the phone, announcing there was an emergency in the infirmary. She paged General Hammond before she realized Sam was out of bed, attempting to pull on the spoiled BDU's she'd arrived in.

"Sam, no! You just gave birth for christ's sake. Let Jack handle this."

"Janet, if you think I'm just going to sit here-"

"What happened?" Daniel said from the doorway, holding a tray of food in his hands. "We saw Jack run off but he didn't say anything. Teal'c followed him and told me to check on you. Sam? What happened?"

Janet had reached Sam and was trying to hold her down, which was extremely difficult given the fact that Sam was both much taller, and much stronger than her. When Daniel's words reached Sam, however, her remaining strength gave out and she crumpled into Janet and began sobbing angrily in frustration.

"Janet? What happened?" Daniel changed tactic, setting the tray of food on the nearest surface as he rushed over to hold Sam, rubbing circles on her back.

—

Jack rushed through the halls. So much time had passed, the woman could have made it to the surface by now. Teal'c had appeared beside him at some point, but Jack wasn't even sure if he told him what was happening. When they rounded the next corner, the sight before him stopped Jack in his tracks. Jacob Carter was staring there, staring down into his arms in wonder. At his feet, unconscious, was the nurse who had taken the baby.

"Dad! You found her!" Jack said, relief flooded through his veins as he took a few slow steps toward his father-in-law.

"Yeah, but only by chance Jack. George contacted me when Sam went into labor. I just got down to the SGC levels in time to see…" he trailed off.

"In time to see what, Dad?"

"Thing is, Jack. I'm not sure you're going to believe me." Jake wasn't sure he believed his own eyes himself.

"Tell me anyways."

Jacob held out his arms and passed his granddaughter to her father carefully as he contemplated his response.

"Well, when I walked around the corner this woman dressed as a nurse was walking down the hall, trying very hard to look like she should be carrying an infant through the halls of the SGC. I said something along the lines of 'hey, that must be my newest grandbaby' and the woman panicked. She tried to flee and then she just… fell over."

"Fell over? Fer cryin out loud dad what do you mean fell over?" Jack started not so discreetly checking his daughter for bruising.

"I'm not an expert on medical reactions almost looked like an electric charge came from the baby… if that weren't enough, as the nurse fell over, the baby just… floated over to me."

"Dad." Jack said, cuddling his daughter in his arms. "Are you sure you didn't eat some funny mushrooms or somethin'?"

"I told you that you wouldn't believe me. I'm not sure I believe me and I saw it happen" Jacob grumbled.

As they spoke, Teal'c had moved over and collected the unconscious woman, slinging her roughly over his shoulder.

"I will remove her to a holding cell that she may be questioned at a later time." Teal'c said, Bowing his head at the two men, pausing briefly to touch the babies face tenderly with his finger.

"Thanks T. Come back by the infirmary when you're done."

"Indeed."

—

When Jack and Jacob arrived in the infirmary Sam let out a sigh of relief and reached her arms out for the infant in Jack's arms. She held the baby and rocked her, silent tears streaming down her face as she held her little girl close.

The room was deathly silent except for a soft cooing sound coming from Sam as she rocked their baby. Jack sat down on the edge of his wife's bed, placed a hand on her back, and closed his eyes. He knocked on the mental door once more, and Sam joined him.

"She's okay." He said, pulling her into a tight and reassuring hug.

"Of course I'm okay." A child's voice spoke cheerfully. Their heads snapped up in surprise, and they both looked down to see the little girl with golden curls smiling at them.

"Who are you?" Jack asked.

The little girl giggled and twirled around, making her ringlest bounce. "Why I'm Grace, of course." She replied.

Jack's eyes snapped open. He looked at Sam, who's wide eyes mirrored his own shock. Then they both looked down at the baby in her arms. She was staring at them and they both took a first genuinely good look at the infant beyond checking for toes and fingers. She was born with a short mop of golden curls. Her eyes searched their faces, then suddenly the baby reached out a hand toward Sam's face, and giggled.

The giggle sent shock waves through the room. Babies weren't supposed to giggle within an hour of being born. They weren't even supposed to giggle within months of being born. What everyone had just witnessed was impossible, and yet it happened.

"Well," Daniel began, raking his hand through his hair, finally breaking the silence. "I suppose we do specialize in impossible things."

"You can say that again." Jacob grumbled.

"Well, Carter, looks like you won on her name. It's not really fair that she picked it. That's cheating." Jack teased, trying to lighten the mood. It hadn't actually been a fight, Sam said if it was a girl she wanted to name her Grace after Sam's grandmother. Jack had happily agreed, so long as he could pick the middle name. Sam giggled at his grumpy tone, which made the weight on Jack's chest lighten considerably.

"Grace Louise Carter-O'Neill." Sam said, smiling down at their daughter.