Christmas Again

Ellie was very excited she was going to see her cousins again for her 2^nd Christmas celebration.  She was all dressed up in one of her new Christmas outfits (Thanks Victoria!) and ready to open more presents.  She did really well the whole night even though she has barely slept for the last 24 hours.

We made it!

After a very busy New Zealand Christmas day, the kids were ready to start celebrating their 2^nd Christmas day!  Here they are eating their first snacks at Grandma’s house.  I remembered taking a picture like this when Ellie first came to the US in 2008 and I have included that one as well.

Plane ride

Ellie was excited to see an old friend’s mum as one of our flight attendants.  She told Ellie that if she was good during the flight she could pass out the lollies close to LA.  Ellie was quiet most of the night, except when she asked if it was time to pass out the lollies.  She watched a lot of tv instead of sleeping.  Every time I woke up during the flight, I would tell her to turn it off and go to sleep.  She would and I would fall back asleep and then when I woke it was the same thing again!  She was so excited when the time finally arrived for her to do her lolly duty. She did an amazing job and was friendly and talkative to everyone on the plane.