I got some good news yesterday.  There was a 'Benefits Update Meeting' in the morning, and they announced that they were updating the vacation time for all employees.  Instead of 2 weeks as a base, everyone now starts with three.  Additionally, instead of gaining another week every 5 years you will gain a day every 1 year.  They also added a paid holiday and changed the way time off accrues so you have access to all your vacation right away every year.  The new rules take effect September 1, which will also be used as the annual roll-over date for when vacation time resets.

This means I should get an extra seven days per year vacation if you count the paid holiday, which is pretty neat.  Looking at the spread sheet it's showing that I will actually have an extra 8 days, but I expect that's probably a typo.  One other nice thing about this is that since things reset on September 1st I can take nearly all my vacation right away when the baby comes, because I know I'll have 3 weeks available to me right away after that.