Day 4

Today, the Mayor has been focused on getting the Boookie settled back down into a routine so that the hobbit wife can survive once the Mayor returns to work on Monday. The hobbit wife is doing fine, but there aren't many picture posted because she spends much of her time either nursing or pumping, neither of which make for good blog fodder. The Boookie will frequently walk up to her and inquire about "baby muk?" The hobbit wife has to inform him that he wouldn't like it. He is adjusting well to his little sister, and is learning how to be gentle around her.

Here's the caped hero, "Super Favorite Boy"
Here he is playing with the airplane that Auntie Jen got him.
More airplane.
Here is the little princess catching some rays.
Uncle Matty and Ayano stopped by to see the little hobbits. Boookie wouldn't say her name, but as they drove away, he kept saying "Bye-bye, Ayano."
Uncle Matty holding his little niece. When asked to say his uncle's name, Boookie kept saying what sounded an awful lot like "Got money?" He was probably trying to say 'cle Matty (leaving off the first syllable). The consensus was that this was the first, but definitely not the last time Boookie would be hitting up his uncle for the goods.

Day 3

Boookie and Ela
Boookie opening up presents
(Great) Aunt Rebecca, bearer of gifts.
Great-Grammy, bearer of more gifts
The hobbit wife corrected the sign that the Mayor purchased with an apostrophe
The Mayor building a bed for Boookie, since the hobbitling baby will be dispacing him from the crib shortly.

Day 2

Well, on Wednesday the Michael Delving household was made complete with the return of the happy, healthy Boookie from his vacation at the GranDma-Apu Spa and Resort. Here's a few pictures of our reunited family, taken as the hobbitlings meet each other for the first time.
As the framing of the picture shows, Boookie must now share the spotlight with the hobbitling girl.
GranDma Ane, proudly holding the little flower with the pink flowers and green stem.
Three generations. Great-Grandma Ruth (not shown) was represented via telephone.
Napping on a blanket outside.

Day 1

Well, it's been a day since Ela joined Michael Delving, and what a change a day brings. She is feisty and spirited, always ready for a squawk, but she is also so adorable. When she is napping, she lets out these little mews like a kitten. However, she can also let one rip with the best of 'em, so she will definitely be a tomboy. The Mayor and hobbit wife are head-over-heels for her. Boookie, who has not met her, wanted to see a video of her played over and over again as he said "Baby Ela, Baby Sister?"Sleeping on Daddy's chest.
Napping with mouth open.
Sucking thumb while being held by Auntie Jen.
Little bonnet (kinda makes her look like an old lady flapper!)Here's the Mayor catching up on sleep

Girl pictures

Truth be told, when the little hobbit popped out, Michael Delving was wholly unprepared for the arrival of a girl. While the hobbit wife and baby hobbit were sleeping, Auntie Jen went and purchased an armload of girl clothes.
The Mayor could not wait to go out and get a sign to hang outside Michael Delving announcing the happy news.
Papa Mayor and hobbitling girl
The Mayor's little princess. The tiara was purchased when she was 8 hours old. The Mayor has made an executive decision that applications along with references and background checks for boys wishing to date this little girl will not be accepted for the next 30 years.

Big brother Boookie has not yet seen his sister. He is spending a few days down on Fox Island with GranDma and Ah-pooh, and they will be bringing him back on Wednesday. He is only dimly aware that "Baby tummy" is now "Baby A-sid." As he was leaving on Sunday with GranDma, Auntie Jen told him that Baby is coming. Boookie asked "Baby car?" since when he is told that Daddy or Auntie or GranDma is coming, that usually involves an automobile.

Here is a picture of Boookie when he was being measured.
And here is Ela being measured. There is definitely some family resemblance going on.

Ela

Born today at 1205 at home, Ela was 20.5 inches long, weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and is beautiful. Labor and delivery went well and mom and baby are doing great.

Here is our birthing suite (a.k.a. the living room)
Here is the proud papa Mayor holding his daughter
Here's the Mayor changing the first diaper
Ela getting measured
Ela holding Auntie Jen's hands
Naptime for the little girl
Sleeping peacefully after a good first feeding

No baby yet

The hobbit wife had a midwife appointment last night - some progress, but hobbitling baby number 2 is likely still a week away from arriving. We have continued working on sprucing up the house - today, the Mayor mowed the front and back yards, dug up some stupid edge blocks that he kept hitting with the mower, and filled the yard waste with blackberry vines. It has become his new habit to do enough yardwork to fill up the yard waste bin, since that usually can be completed between arriving home from work and dinner.
Anyway, here are a couple pictures of the hobbitling in his daddy's work jacket.