One shot from today: Baby boy Jobe Atene Hess - more pictures will follow
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 9:55PM ;)
I am exhausted and must go to bed as soon as I can, so I decided to post just one image from today's shoot. I chose this one for the simple reason that it is the first scene that I shot on the second compact flash card that I exposed today and that card is the first that I am downloading because it was in my camera when I came home and plugged it in - and I do like the image.
At the end of that card, there are some shots of Kalib meeting his new brother for the first time and I had thought that I would use one of those. But CF cards download extremely slowly out of my Canon 1Ds Mark 2 into my computer and Lightroom, and it will be awhile yet before that picture appears.
I do not have it in me to wait right now. Except for a cat nap after the birth, I have been up now for over 40 hours and I am fatigued, mentally and physically, even as I am overjoyed that our newest grandson has emerged from the womb to make himself known.
In addition to this card that is currently downloading, there is the first card that I filled, which is twice the size of this one and will take twice as long to download - and there is another card from my pocket camera.
The pocket camera card will download fast, but it has to wait its turn and it is the third in line.
So I am going to bed.
Sometime after I get up, I will download the remaining two cards, do somewhat of an edit and make a more complete post on today's event.
Jobe weighed in at seven pounds, ten ounces - a full pound more than did Kalib - and came out 19 inches long. The woman giving Lavina a neck message is her good friend, Natalie.
Jobe is greatly loved and we are glad to have him here.
More later.
Reader Comments (34)
Congratulations!
Yay!
Jobe is a good name :)
blessings, to your family from ours.
Congrats and best wishes to all! Thanks for sharing the picture (and your lives) with us.
Congratulations and best wishes to you all - especially Lavina, Jacob & beautiful Jobe. What joy a new baby brings! I'm really looking forward to all the pictures, especially the ones with Kalib & Jobe. Such fun!
Thanks so much for your wonderful blog! I'm truly hooked!
Welcome to the world Jobe
Congratulations to you all !! :)
What wonderful news! Best wishes to the new parents and grand parents!
Congratulations to you and your family, Bill. It's a wonderful event, and I guess we've all been waiting for it with great anticipation.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Oh, boy! Oh boy oh boy! A new grandson! I'm so happy for all of you I have tears in my eyes! Congratulations all around, to parents and the grandparents and all the aunts and uncles and especially, especially to big brother Kalib.
Beautiful! Congratulations to all!
Congrats on your newest grandchild! Lavina looks great, and I'm so happy that she and baby are doing well. And I'm also glad Royce feels better this weekend.
Lavina and baby look great -- waiting for photos of Kalib and Jobe. And now more fun begins -- two grandsons and the love multiplies. Congratulations and so glad the wait is over.
Happy Birthday Jobe!! Oh, I've been waiting to see. I'm soooo jealous. I bet he smells like baby.... oh what I'd give to hold one of those and just inhale....
Congratulations Hess family!!!
Congratulations to all of you.. So glad that Lavina's long and exhausting labor is finally over.. Can't wait to see the pictures of Kalib meeting his baby brother.. :)
Congratulations to the Hess family!
Isn't it funny strange and wonderful how we become emotional invested in the lives of people we don't know just from being a frequent visitor to a great Alaskan picture blog!
That said:
I have been waiting for this baby for so looooong! lol
Congratulations, blessing and hugs all around!
Welcome aboard Jobe. Hang on. It's going to be a fun ride!
ac
Welcome to the world, Jobe! And congratulations to the Hess family.
Congratulations! Many more to come :) Kennedy asks "you feel any older?" Congratulations again!
Congratulations, happy everybody is doing well, look forward to seeing more pictures
YAY! FOR BABY HESS!!! So happy for your family.. Jobe is a super name.
Congratulations to you all.
I'm sure that Lavina is exhausted as well....;-)
You all deserve a bit of peace.
Welcome to the world little one. Oh the wonders that are in store for you!
Blessed Be.
Congratulations! What a beautiful, happy picture.
All the best to you all! What a beautiful boy...
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Lovely! Is this where the blogosphere grandmas can send the booties and quilts?
Running Dog Publications-Bill Hess
P.O. Box 872383 Wasilla, Alaska 99687
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Happy Birthday Jobe, welcome to the world!!
Congratulations to the Hess family, I cant wait to see more pictures!
Welcome to the Planet Earth Jobe! Congratulations and many happy returns to the Hess family.
Congratulations!! What wonderful news.
Congratulations on the addition to your lovely family. Get some rest
Congratulations to the whole kit and kaboodle!
Wishing all the Best to parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings! I love that Lavina had the Muzzy pillow with her. Sometimes our dogs are our first (and sometimes only children!) Nice to see that Muzzy was part of this new life experience for the family.
Congratulations all around!
I thank all of you for all the good comments and best wishes. It has been a happy and busy time.
What a beautiful family you have, thank you so very much for sharing them! Welcome to the world Jobe, it's an amazing place.