Christmas with my family and Elanor!

Andrea Stuart took some family pictures for us and she did a great job! The only problem was that Elanor was wide awake for about three hours but fell asleep as soon as we started taking pictures. She still looked cute though.

All the Scott children: Ian, Jessica, Erik, and me

The whole family

Christmas 2010 in Virginia:

Elanor loves looking at the Christmas tree

This is her still looking at the tree

On Christmas Eve Day we took a nice walk in the snow:

Christmas Eve:

Our tree

Mom making Eggnog Custard Cups for dessert

Christmas Eve dinner

Christmas Day:

Erik Christmas morning

My dad with Elanor

Elanor in her new tie-dyed onesies Ian made her

The gingerbread trifle I made for Christmas dinner

Baby blessing:

Today, we did Elanor's baby blessing because my family is here and they are leaving this week. Church ended up being canceled, so we did it at home. Since it is Christmas weekend, a lot of people that we wanted to be there were out of town but family was here and that is more important. Tyler gave her a lovely blessing and she looked so pretty as well!

Here we are! I will try to get a better picture of Elanor close up so you can see the dress better. She looked so beautiful.

We had a wonderful Christmas and it was so fun to have Elanor here for Christmas. I am so glad that my family was able to come as well and they have helped us out so much. Thank you! I hope everyone had a great Christmas as well and have a happy New Year!

More of Elanor!

Here are a few days worth of pictures:

With Gran

Elanor had her first photo shoot (with Jessica) and she did not seem to like it:

Jessica's favorite

Today's pictures:

All bundled up to go outside
Lounging on the couch at Jessica and Ricky's house

Elanor is so much fun! She makes the funniest faces, is so cute and we love her. Sorry this is not longer but I have to go...

Introducing Elanor Susan Laurent...

She was born on Friday, December 10th at 4:16 pm and weighed 7lbs. 1oz. and was 20 3/4 in. long.

The story:

I woke up having contractions early Thursday morning and then had them inconsistently all day. I have my Contemporary Issues class from 7-9 Thursday evenings and I had to give a debate while having contractions, it probably was not my best public speaking experience. I started having more regular contractions around 9 and they were every 10 minutes or so. By around 11pm they were every 7 minutes and by around 2:30am they were every 5. Tyler started getting really nervous when my contractions started getting regular and cleaned the whole house (as it had been disassembled because Treemont has been remodeling). I started packing for the hospital and getting everything reading. We left for the hospital around 3am and it was a 45 min. drive to Augusta Hospital. When we got there, I was only dilated to a 3. It ended up being a pretty long night. I had a great midwife and she really made labor easier. I really did not think that labor was that bad until the end. Waiting and not getting sleep were the worst parts, but the contractions with the breaks in between were not terrible. However, the final contractions and pushing the baby out were pretty painful, but I am really glad I did it naturally. I feel like I accomplished something worthwhile and of course Elanor was completely worth it.

Here she is about an hour after birth:

She was able to spend the first hour or however long I wanted with me. They gave her to me as soon as she came out! She was so beautiful!

Here she is holding Tyler's hand.

I was so exhausted after after labor and I stayed awake until she went to get tested and then I fell asleep. So, Tyler got to dress and bundle her all up.

The next day, I felt almost back to myself.

She is already a thinker.

Elanor and Tyler

We left the hospital as soon as we could on Sunday and here we are getting ready to leave.

Elanor has been a really pretty easy baby so far. She sleeps at night really well and has not really had any problems nursing either. My mom and Erik came on Saturday and it has been so nice having them here. My mom has helped out a lot. We are really excited for my dad and Ian to come on the 20th as well.

Here she is getting her first bath at home.

She is so cute!

Elanor and me

By the Christmas tree

Tyler thought she looked hilarious here

Tyler made Elanor a cradle. He did such a beautiful job and I love it!

Elanor sleeping in her cradle

Today (Elanor's 6th day) it snowed! This is taken out of Jessica's window. We had to go over to her house all day today because Treemont is remodeling our apartment.

Here she is 6 days old---The camera really makes her look chubbier, but she is so small. The camera adds weight...

Cute yawn.

We are so excited about our little girl and we are loving being parents. She is a beautiful girl and we are so blessed to have her.

We will have more pictures up soon of Christmas and then Tyler's mom is coming after Christmas and we will take more pictures then too!

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!