Finally some pictures of our little girl...

Mommy and baby are home now. YEAH! (This is Megan writing, by the way...) We wanted to go home last night, but Rachel had high bilirubin counts, so the docs wanted to keep her overnight. She is still a little jaundiced, but they let her come home today, and we'll have to test her at the hospital again tomorrow. Rachel is absolutely beautiful. She is fun to hold (what newborn isn't, right?) and she's very tolerant of all of the noise around her. Nights aren't so fun right now, but hopefully we'll be able to switch that up sooner than later. She has a cute little skin tag on her face (an eleventh finger is close to a mother, I suppose) that is definitely a Martineau trait. We see her pediatrician on Monday and we'll see what she wants to do with it. If they snip it off, am I suppose to scrap book it?? :) Just kidding!

Here's some fun pics of baby Rachel and the family. Thanks for all the well wishes and good thoughts... We'll keep you posted!

Rachel Brooke Tomlinson has arrived

We just wanted to let everyone know that baby Rachel Brooke Tomlinson was born today at 3:41 pm. She weighed in at 7 lbs 15.5 ounces and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great. I forgot the camera at the hospital so we'll have to put up pictures tomorrow. If you are interested you can go to this website and see a picture the hospital took. It is: http://saintalphonsus.netreturns.biz/Nursery and the password is 87305. She's a cutie. Everything went well. Megan had to push for a 1/2 hour and when she came out her cord was wrapped around her neck two times. But she went from a dark purple to a normal color as soon as the doctor unwrapped the cord. Rachel has big eyes and loves to stay awake. She didn't close her eyes for a few hours after being born. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. Sorry we don't have more pictures right now, but I promise some tomorrow.

The good, the bad, and the baby...

So, the fabulous news is that we are having a baby on Thursday, June 26! We are being induced a day or two shy of 40 weeks... alelulia!

The not-so-fabulous news is that John was laid off from his job last week. There were some major cuts at his company and nearly his entire department was let go (about 22 of the 25 people). We expected to be cut since John is their newest employee, but there were some folks that were laid off that had been there forever. I really feel for them. Certainly not the best news for a family about to add another baby to the mix, but we have faith that things will work out. In the meantime, John is home and he doesn't have to worry about taking too much time for family leave since he doesn't have a job to rush off to! :) We are trying not to stress out about the unemployment-- we have more important things to focus on... our new baby girl!!

No baby yet...

Okay, I have resigned myself to the fact that I am never going to have this baby. I don't know what it is about this little girl, but she's a stubborn one! Sure, I am only 38 weeks and some women have to wait another month, but I'm impatient (and obviously spoiled to have an early baby last time...) and want this little girl to join us now! :) John and I have been doing the, "is today going to be the day?" conversation for the past several weeks, but we're done. No more talk of when the baby is coming. My new mental due date is Christmas. If the baby is born before Christmas, I'll be happy. Obviously, I'm exaggerating (somewhat) but I have decided that if I think about the impending arrival anymore, then I will suffer a nervous breakdown. :) That's my update.

I hope that everyone is doing well!