First stamp in her passport

Eloise took her first flight to go to England to visit GraMoM and Grandpa Seelinger for Christmas. She had absolutely no problems with the air pressure on take-off and landing. However, she screamed her head off just as we boarded the plane (while everyone walked by) because she was very very tired and she hates to be cuddled to fall asleep. She would much rather just be put into her crib. Many Christmas pictures to follow soon!

Check out my curls

Trip to Geneva to visit the Muellers

The Muellers, our best friends in Paris, were recently relocated to a small village called Prangins that is just outside of Geneva, Switzerland. We took a train down there to visit for a long weekend. It was wonderful to be together again and the babies had fun checking each other out too.

Eloise taking a spin in Analise's toy

On Sunday morning, we drove into Geneva to watch an annual swimming event in the lake! The water temp was about 4 degrees celsius and the air was -2 degrees. The swimmers went in groups all dressed up and/or decorated themselves for the 125 meter swim. Completely crazy!! We were all bundled up and absolutely freezing just watching them.

Afterwards, we strolled through the town of Geneva....stopping for lunch and shopping at a Christmas market, watching skiers on a small slope that was temporarily built in the city, and drinking hot chocolate at a cafe.

These two pictures are of Lake Geneva while walking through the small village, Rolle, where Daniel's office is.

We drove up into the mountains to a small ski village called St. Cergue for lunch. Everything was covered with snow and I made sure to hit Alan with a snowball =)

we baked and decorated Christmas cookies

Eloise traveled very well. Here she is completely passed out on the train

we're cute

bedtime

Eloise is getting into a night/nap time routine to calm down and go to sleep. We put her in her sleepsack, turn on the white noise, and sing a couple of rounds of 'you are my sunshine. She also loves to snuggle with her little lamb.

it's finally time to decorate

We bought our first little Christmas tree. In America, everyone would call it a "Charlie Brown" tree, but in Paris it's a pretty typical size for an apartment. Grandma Hagle mailed us some ornaments which Eloise thought were very tasty!

ride 'em cowgirl

Can you tell who is having the most fun here???