Rainbows are pretty amazing things - people have marveled over them throughout history - from Noah to the Lucky Charms Leprechaun, on down to our little Miss Anika, who loves to look for "bows". I remember being so excited to see them as a kid - totally convinced that I would find a pot of gold (or at least a jackpot of Lucky Charms marshmallows!) until I was informed of their optical tricks and one could never really find the "end" of a rainbow. Even though that adventure in gold hunting was dashed, the little tiny hope of finding my gold somehow, somewhere, has always been there - the thought of maybe, just maybe, one day I'd be stumbling along and something magical would happen.
Well, on Sunday, June 19th, 2011, (Father's Day!), a little bundle of gold came into our family under a rainbow in Montrose. (I didn't see it, but evidently you could see the rainbow from the delivery room window - and our doctor said she drove up to the hospital and was amazed at the "huge" rainbow that was over the hospital. I think that makes the commute to work pretty cool!)
Megyn Anne Linstid was born at 8:15 pm and weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 20 inches long at Montrose Memorial Hospital (here is her
"web nursery" announcement).
In the event you want the gory details (from an extremely non-gory girl), just know that pre-labor lasted for a week and a half, we went to the hospital under false pretenses the week before, and when Megyn decided to really get the party started, we rocked it so quickly the epidural didn't have time to catch up with us!
So, without any further ado (did you actually read this far?) - we know you really just want to see photos, anyway...here ya go!
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| Official Finisher Photo! |
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| First photo of Mommy and Megyn...what a team! |
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| What a Father's Day gift! |
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| Big Sister Anika meeting Little Sister Megyn for the first time... |
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| Ben's Beauties! |
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Check out that face - is that a wink?
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Then, there was the trip home (yes, we only stayed 1 night at the hospital - everything was going great and I figured if we weren't going to sleep anyway, I'd rather not sleep in my own bed than at the hospital).
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| Check out what I can do! |
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| Sgt. Bismarck inspecting his newest charge. |
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Anika showing one of her most prized loves to her baby sister - Ephalump!
(Also known as "Booof" - the official elephant noise) |
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| Anika helping out. |
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| Rough job being a big sis...time to relax in the baby seat! |
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| Anika holding Megyn for the 1st time |
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| Hmmm...this plug is a good idea! |
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| Proud papa! (In the new Lazy Boy - the original Father's Day gift) |
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Remember my Mother's Day picture? This is the Father's Day edition!
Little did we know that in just about 7 more hours, there would be another bundle for Ben to hold!
(Okay, so *I* had an inkling...) |
Its been a full month and we are all settling in - both grandmothers have visited and Uncle Billy and Cousin Briana have made the trip over to visit. Megyn and Anika even have a new cousin on Ben's side of the family - born just 2 days before Megyn! There was a baby boom of nieces and nephews for me between high school and college, and it seems like we're experiencing another one now - I have a feeling that there will be boxes of clothing flying around the country soon enough. One day we'll be visiting and see PJ's on some kid that will bring back memories :-)
I don't have Megyn's current stats, but she's growing like crazy - 9 lbs, 8 oz. 2 weeks after she was born. Right now, we think she's in the 10+ pound range - she seems to be taking on more Wimsatt baby traits than Anika did...arriving fashionably late, a bit on the "above average" size, and with a bang!
Back to the rainbow - the other evening we had quite a show - Anika got so excited and pointed outside...we grabbed the camera...
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| Bow! Bow! Bow! |
And Ben took this shot of his Golden Girls. There may not be marshmallows, but we are
lucky to be so
charmed ;-)
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| Who needs a pot to put the gold in? |
On another note:
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| Don't mind if we do! |
