Yeah cousins!

My sister and her family are visiting for the holidays. It has been super busy but super fun so far...here are a couple photos. Ella is absolutely loving playing with her cousins, and I'm getting a nice break from being the primary source of entertainment.

Reindeer Ella with Auntie Donna

Ella with cousin Katie

Family Christmas photo

We went to a Christmas party on Saturday and took this photo before we left.

Merry Christmas!

Santa and his reindeer

I took Ella to see Santa again on Friday. This time it was a bit more successful and we managed to get a decent photo.

This isn't so bad

A few seconds (seriously, seconds) later, however, it was a different scene.

Changed my mind - this totally sucks

I like to attack my friends

Ella loves to maul other babies. Case in point - molesting her buddy Andrew this morning.

Come here you!

Here are a few older photos of the Maul Monster in action.

Claire gets a paddy whack

Fish hook for Winston

I want mush

Ella's pediatrician told us that now that Ella is nine months old we can give her "real" food (i.e. not pureed food). I tried to give her some bread yesterday - it didn't go so well.

Ho ho ho

Who are you and why do we match?

I took Ella to see Santa today. She didn't love it. She didn't cry, but at the same time she seemed pretty confused by the whole thing. I'll take her again to see if we can get a better photo.