For Tyler

Since Elanor and I are in Oregon/Tahoe for another week, I am posting some pictures for Tyler. We miss you so much!

Elanor hearts Daddy

Southwest airlines gave Elanor her wings...

Elanor is working hard to hold her head up!

She loves looking at this bee/butterfly toy...

Home.

Elanor and I are making the trek out west (well, by airplane) this Friday so family and friends can meet Elanor. I am pretty excited, but slightly nervous for the airplane ride (what if Elanor screams the whole time?!?!). I'm sure she will surprise me and be a perfect baby, but I am still a little worried doing it by myself. In Oregon, my wonderful friends, Caitlin and Mallory, are throwing me a baby shower, which I am excited about. My mom is also directing Twelfth Night (which my brother, Erik, is also in) and that will be playing while I am there! We will also be seeing lots of family back home including Kim (Tyler's mom), Tyler's dad and family, my Aunt Tina and Uncle Jerry (in Tahoe) and many more I am sure... Elanor is quite popular. We are so excited to see everyone! Tyler is not coming with us as he has class and work. He especially cannot afford to miss work because we need to save up to move back to the West Coast. It will be a long two weeks for him and I will miss him a lot... He has a backpacking trip planned for one of the weekends though with our friend Brandon Seeberger and he is looking forward to that (I mean super boy scout excited).

Well, enough rambling from me. Here are some of the preview pictures Leigh Stoddard took of Elanor:
More pictures to come!

The Many Hats of Elanor

Elanor has sooo many hats... So, I thought I would put up pictures of all the hats she owns and see which one you all like best. So here goes:

The link to the video works now! Sorry about that... Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2yvASl53p8

Two Months.

Elanor will be 8 weeks tomorrow. She had her two month appointment today and I just can't believe she is already two months. Elanor is now 9 pounds, 13 ounces and 22 1/2 inches long. She is doing marvelously, besides those times when she knows what she wants, such as sleep for instance, but won't sleep until she has had a good cry. I don't understand it and I don't think she does either. Elanor smiles a lot and is making so many noises. To see a video of her click: here. I think she is going to be a talker. She loves being held, getting her diaper changed, looking at her mobile and dancing to music. Her favorites (as far as I can tell--she seems to enjoy them and calm down when they are played) are Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Bach, and the calm Lord of the Rings songs.

Here are some recent pictures:

Looking at Tyler

Her sad face is so cute, but so pathetically sad too.

She looks like such a chunk here, but you can see her cute little dimple.

Lately with the Laurents...

Like the title? It sounds like a sitcom, doesn't it? Well, I thought it was funny.

Lately...

Tyler has been working on grad school applications and contacting the professors at the schools he is applying to. He is looking at applying to: University of Idaho, University of Washington, Oregon State, Humboldt State University, and University of Arizona-- in Fishery Resources. He is also looking for a second job, which has been proving to be difficult. Tyler is loving being a dad and he is great with her and so helpful. Oh and as a matter of interest, he is reading the 5th Harry Potter book again, which he will finish tonight.

I have been taking care of Elanor (which is a lot of fun), reading North and South (so good!!!!), teaching ballet, and finishing up some school stuff. I have two classes I did not get to finish before Elanor came and my professors have been so understanding. I am almost done with my scene painting project and the paper for my Shakespeare class and then I will be finished with school!

Elanor is doing wonderful! She has been smiling at us since she was 3 weeks and is smiling more and more everyday. She has also been making a variety of cute little noises. She is so much fun and we are loving being parents!

Here are a few pictures of Elanor at 5 weeks old ( I can't believe she is already over a month old!):

Ian made Elanor this awesome mobile for Christmas:

The black and white patterns are supposed to stimulate her brain.

She loves looking at her mobile.

She just looked so pretty in her little dress that I had to get out the camera:

I love this face. The picture is unfortunately blurry, but still so funny.

She was in such a good, silly mood here:

Another day-- She was doing funny faces again and I have been trying to catch her smile on camera. Somehow the smiley pictures always end up blurry.

She looks so pretty! I love this outfit and she has almost grown out of it already!

That is all from us for now!

Elanor pictures...

Sorry, this is not going to be a nice long post... I need to go, so I will mostly be putting up pictures. I will be blogging a lot more often now though since family is going to be wanting to see more pictures of Elanor. So here goes:

This is Elanor's blessing picture--this is a little late but she looks beautiful!

My parents got Tyler and I this awesome stroller for Christmas!

Here are the latest Elanor pictures at three weeks old!:

With Tyler's mom, Grandma Kim

The weight around her bum is all diaper... The cloth diapers make her bum and hips look huge!

We went up to Washington DC with Tyler's mom, which was a lot of fun. Elanor did really well and seemed to enjoy it:)

In the Natural History

With Abraham Lincoln!

Sorry, I would write more, but as we do not have internet I am over at Jessica's house and Tyler really wants me to come home...

Thank you to my family and Tyler's mom, Kim, for coming out to see Elanor and helping us out. We really appreciate it and love you all!