Baby brother!

We are SO happy to finally welcome baby Jacob Thomas!  He arrived on Tuesday January 19th at 5:22 PM, 7 pounds 12 ounces and 20.25" long, with a full head of dark hair!  He looks just like his sister did at birth and so far he is a sweet, laid back baby, who loves to snuggle.

We are all so thrilled he is here!  Andrew and Emily came to meet their new sibling when he was just a couple hours old.

And then they came back the next day to cuddle him.

Jacob and I had a blood type incompatibility, which I learned occurs mothers with type O+ blood (like me) have a baby with a different blood type. If mom's blood mixes with baby's blood stream during birth it can create antibodies against baby's blood.  Those antibodies attack baby's blood and put baby at high risk for jaundice, apparently Jacob's type B+ blood type is the worst to have.  So when he was 6 hours old, they started testing him for jaundice.  By Wednesday night, his bilirubin levels had gone too high and he had to spend the next 30 hours under the bili lights.

He FINALLY got to come off the lights this morning and we got to bring Jacob home with us today!