A little late, but here are some pictures that Grandma Mindy took while she was here playing with Ella all week – making cookies, modeling the gingerbread house she made, and a cute closeup.

But she didn’t smile either. We went out to see Santa last night since Jeremy and I will be gone next week and we didn’t want to have to wait in line. Ella did very good, she waved and talked with Santa – but no smiles.

Ella is now an international traveler. We took a trip up to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls this past weekend. Uncle (to-be) Eamon was in Canada visiting with Julie and we decided to go with Grandma and Grandpa Frick and have lunch with Eamon and Julie on Friday. Ella handled her first visit with border patrol like a pro. The first set of immigration paperwork has gone through so it looks like Eamon will be back in the states in the next month or two.