3 weeks old

Naomi Catherine is 3 weeks old as of Thursday. She is doing well. Gaining weight as she should be and just being cute! Ella is being a sweet big sis too. Here are some new pictures:







I like this last one. Naomi is in the cradle we have downstairs. She is often surrounded by her loud sister and friends. So, in this picture I imagine Naomi is pulling the covers over her head in hopes of drowning out the noise of the big kids!

A fun read

Did you enjoy the summer olympics? Check out the blog "Rescued Remnant" (link on the right). My old roommate Carrie got to attend some of the events and has some great stories and pictures on the blog!

Our new nephew has arrived!

Ella and Naomi are excited to announce that their newest cousin has arrived! Connor Paul Noynaert was born around 6:30pm today. Congratulations Rebecca, Nathaniel and Kaylie on your newest family member. We can't wait to get the new cousins together!

Updates and Slideshow

We now have a slideshow available to view pictures of our new girl. Click on the slideshow on the right to see a larger sized version.

Some history on the name. Naomi is my (Paul's) Grandmother's middle name. Catherine is my mom's middle name. Naomi, originating in Hebrew, means "pleasant". Catherine, originating in Greek, means "pure". We know this is a big name for such a little girl, but we love it.

So far, everything is going well and as of our appointment on Monday, Naomi is already gaining weight.

Arrival of Naomi Catherine Rinehart

Naomi Catherine Rinehart
Born 8/7/08, 12:28 P.M.
6 lbs, 6 oz.
Both mother and baby are doing great. We’ll add pictures to the blog in the near future when we have access to our home PC.

Details: We started the pitocin drip at 7:15 A.M. which sped up the contractions that Lexi was already having naturally. Lexi was already dilated at 3 cm when we arrived and they gave her an epidural and broke her water once she got to 5 cm. This sped things up quite a bit, so much so that the Doctor arrived after Naomi’s head was already peaking out. Lexi pushed twice (I kid you not) and the baby was out.

Naomi got to meet her grandparents, some of her aunts and uncles and of course her big sister, Ella. Ella has really enjoyed pushing all the buttons on every machine in the hospital and seems to like her sister pretty well too.