South Nassau Communities Hospital. They let Amber prepare for surgery in a labor and delivery room
Suit up!
Sebastien! 8 lbs. 7 oz, 20 3/4 in., 9:59 a.m., blond, blue eyes
Meeting mom for the first time ex-utero
Dr. Byrne, Amber's doctor
Quality time with mom
Blue lights for jaundice. Amber and Sebastien had an ABO blood incompatibility, which led to jaundice
Elle loved Seb from day one
A taste of future nap times
Elle being "gentle" (doucement)
Grandma Chiq came out to visit to help out while Amber was in the hospital
Bisous!
The Valenzuelas, our upstairs neighbors
Lourdes, a great friend from our ward
You don't have to go to Hollywood, to get a Hollywood tan!
Jason and Stephanie, friends from Gabe's work
Elle wanted to get changed in the cool baby carrier
Full nelson - with love.
Eleanor held Sebastien's hand the entire way home from the hospital
The missionaries and Jose Espinosa came to visit. Here, the missionaries are doing a "stretch."
Making Seb's blanket
With Grandma Chiq
Elle found Grandma Daleen's makeup bag. Awesome!
Cousin Trydyn came to visit from California. Elle taught him to pray
Second cousin once removed ( I think). Anyway, Cory is a resident physician in Manhattan and came to visit while Grandma Daleen was here visiting
Mom and Sebastien together at home, at last
Hmmm, the menu looks great, but I think I'll go with the ... milk.
After dinner. Ahhhhhhhh
Such a helpful sister already!
Oh, he's such an angel - he sleeps like a baby!: wakes up every two hours and cries
Maire Murphy from Missouri came to visit next. She helped with household chores . . . like assembling a toddler bed.
Attack of the Spaghetti!
Thanks for the ears, Grandpa John!
Elle let Seb try out her new bed
A gift from Gabe's co-workers. So thoughtful to remember Eleanor!
Looks like he's already a ham at three weeks old
Welcome to the world, Sebastien!
Video 1: Seb getting ready to go home from the hospital
Video 2: First Smiles
And as an added bonus: two random videos of Eleanor!
1: Playing with Jack-in-the-box
2: Piano dance