There is a new member of the Markelz family. Lucy Kate Markelz was born at 8:05pm 6/25/2007 weighing in at 7 lbs. 12 ounces. The middle name "Kate" is in honor of my sister Katie Markelz and Maureen's sister Katie McNulty.
The labor and delivery went without incident. Both mom and baby are in great shape. While it took about 12 hours for things to get started, once things were underway, Maureen only pushed for 10 minutes.
If you notice a little higher-quality in the photos this time around, it is because I got Maureen a Canon Rebel XTi SLR camera as the "birth gift". So Lucy might not get AS MANY photos as Hannah had, because that is what happens with the second child... but at least they will be higher quality!
Congratulations you guys!
Posted by: Alex Burr | June 26, 2007 at 09:52 AM
Wow, everyone's rocking the Rebel these days!
And no, I don't have "i" envy since I only have the XT, unlike Mo and Nora.
I've got a list of cool tips, books, and gear for the Rebel that I was going to send to Nora - I'll send it to you guys too.
And congrats, btw...
Posted by: Matt Stratton | June 26, 2007 at 09:56 AM
Congratulations! And yeah, I gave Nora her camera yesterday, so it worked out nicely. :)
Posted by: Kevin | June 26, 2007 at 10:03 AM
congrats to the Markelz family!
Posted by: David Larrabee (squidpunch) | June 26, 2007 at 10:35 AM
If you want to see my tip-laden post, you can check it out here - http://mattstratton.livejournal.com/584442.html
Posted by: Matt Stratton | June 26, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Congratulations, i hope you guys are settling in well with #2!
Posted by: Leonard | June 26, 2007 at 11:35 AM
Congratulations, Lucy is so cute. Looking forward to seeing her.
later love aunt barb
Posted by: Aunt Barb | June 27, 2007 at 10:40 AM
Thank you everyone for the comments and congrats!
Posted by: Trapper Markelz | June 27, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Welcome to the world, LUCY! Congrats on your second. You're family is getting down right nuclear.
Posted by: Ryan | June 29, 2007 at 05:24 PM
Yeah I am trying to figure out how the .5 kid fits in to all this...
Posted by: Trapper Markelz | June 29, 2007 at 09:18 PM