The Holes in my Last Post

Alright, so any of you who entered parenthood by having your schedule tightly bound around a zero to two-year-old’s schedule will appreciate the fact that my brain is not quite operating at its full potential right now.  That being said, I realized today some huge gaps left in my last post here.

First of all, I didn’t include Ellie’s weight and length: 8 lb. 3 oz, measuring 20.74 in. (4 oz. heavier and .25 in. longer than Jude)

Secondly, we want to thank all those people who prayed for Kate and I during Ellie’s labor and delivery!

In the things we could have felt cared for–in the flowers, the coffee, the help and much more–we felt the care of a whole crowd of people.  Even individuals’ felt somehow charged with the sentiments of the many. 🙂  In the things which no one had power to expressed their care through–what care we would receive, how labor would effect Kate’s body, how Ellie would fare through delivery and more–we felt the prayers of that same crowd petitioning the One who could shepherd us through.

Thank you, thank you, thank you all!  Once life sheds a bit of the insanity it has accrued these last couple days, we’re looking forward to putting more pictures up and introducing her to more of you!

Joey, Kate, Jude and Ellie Wulf

Welcome Eleanor Jane!

I’m reminded as I sit listening to my newborn daughter’s nose whistle and occasional snorting that the wait is over and that Ellie Jane has finally come to join us!  She’s just pushing 22 hours as I sit here writing.  Yet again I have one more reason to love Mavis Beacon for teaching me to type without looking at the screen so I can spend my gaze on looking at more worthwhile things. 🙂

For those who weren’t able to watch the Facebook play-by-play, let me sum up our labor experience simply by saying that it was very positive.  As usual, Kate was amazing through labor and delivery and just like Jude, Ellie was perfect through the whole delivery, though a little squirmier than we’d have liked toward the end (which prolonged the pushing somewhat).

Besides meeting a couple of the big names of her life to come, Ellie also got to meet her big brother for the first time last night.  It was great to watch him meet his new sister and give her some big [gentle] faceplant-like kisses on her cheek.  🙂  He’s going to be a great big brother–now I just have to teach him how to handle and shotgun to ward off his sister’s suitors…

In the mean time, welcome Ellie!  You are so precious and so beautiful!

New Camera!

Our new camera finally arrived this morning and its already going to good use!  I (Joey) am hoping this camera (a Canon 30D–thanks for the recommendation Sheldon!) will give us good family pictures for a long time, help capture our world better than our old Nikon point and shoot.  Tomorrow I’ll be starting a 365 project where I take and post a picture a day–and I shouldn’t have any trouble finding good shots given the people I live with (including the soon to join us addition)!

So, having not even journey out of manual mode (something I’m set on doing), here are a couple with the new camera:

Jude learns to wink!

How this guy is growing by leaps and bounds! (winking is certainly one of the higher functions of human existence…)

Last night was Jude’s first night at the youth study since he’s started walking full-time New Year’s Eve (he and I did a few laps around a restaurant while waiting for dinner with friends and the rest is history).  Its looking like we are going to have to find another place for Jude on Tuesday nights.  He’s just too mobile and curious for that echo-y, toy-less wasteland we meet in!  🙂