Lucy has arrived. Here are some pictures of our new daughter, along with a short version of her birth story. I will follow up later with the longer story of her birth as told by me (Juli) for those of you interested in the details. We are all doing very well and praising God for our 2 healthy, happy girls.

The short version of the story is that my water started to break at home around noon on Saturday. We went about a regular day playing with Ellie, watering the yard, feeding the chickens. By 3pm contractions had begun. 9pm Saturday night we went to the hospital because contractions were very intense, 1 minute long, and 2-3 minutes apart. Lucy was born at 2:03 am  Sunday morning. She weighed 8 pounds and 2 ounces (7 oz more than E). She is 20.5 inches long (same as E), and has lots of beautiful dark brown hair. She is spending 2 days in the Special Care Nursery because I had a high fever during labor that made her heart rate too high and the doctors are being cautious and giving her some fluids and antibiotics. Other than that, she has had perfect health since birth, we can visit her around the clock, and she is a great little eater. Eleanor likes her new sister too. We will post more pictures of our family of four in the next few days. Thanks to all who prayed for me and Lucy.