Elaina's first Easter

We enjoyed our first Easter with Elaina. It was jam packed full of family, Easter dresses, and a visit from the Easter bunny. Here some shots of her day....

Elaina's Easter basket

She enjoyed diving into her Easter basket. She eventually picked it up and turned it upside down :)



A shot of her in her Easter dress

Elaina with her daddy - he has not been home very much at all over the past 2 weeks because he has been at church a lot of long hours preparing for the Easter drama. He was glad the production was over because he really missed Elaina. He enjoyed the day with her.

It's true what they say...

....give a child a box and they will be entertained for hours. Well, Elaina is no exception. We had an empty diaper box that we placed in the middle of the floor and she LOVED it. She even managed to back her way into it. Here are a few shots....

Pre-Easter Festivities

We got together with family to do some "pre-Easter" festivities. My mom (Elaina's granny) always gets the grandkids (the ones who live in town) together on Good Friday to dye/paint Easter eggs. She called to make sure Elaina would be there for her first egg dying/painting day. We had a good time - Elaina didn't do much other then watch but maybe next year she'll be able to get more involved...

Elaina's with her Aunt Kate (my sister) dying eggs

Cousin Quentin steps in to help....Elaina with her GrannyCousin Alexandra busy painting eggsHere a shot of the eggs that we painted. Aunt Kate made Elaina a lady bug egg... so cute

Just another day in the Stringfellow household

Saturday morning, we all got up and did our normal routine. Nothing special - just relaxing at the house. While Erik read the paper, Elaina decided to grab a section of it too - not to read, but play with. Anyway, I snapped this cute picture of her mimicking her daddy reading. Too cute not to share....

Also, I had this wooden rocking chair when I was little that a friend of my dad's made for me. My mom had it cleaned and fixed up and gave it to Elaina for Christmas. She is still way to little to really be able to play and sit in it on her own, but I put her in it and snapped a few shots - just wanted to share....

Elaina is 8 months old!!!!

It's March 6th, 2008 and Elaina hit the 8 month mark today. Needless to say she is still growing and doing new things every day. She had a doctors appointment last week and she weighed in at 17 pounds, 10 oz. So, she gained 1 pound in less then a month. That solid food is bulking our little girl up. This past month was a big one for Elaina as far as developmental milestones. This past month she has:

• started sitting up completely unassisted
• scooting (backwards) and spinning on her belly
• pulling herself up from a seated position (when she can get a good hold of something sturdy)
• cut her two bottom teeth
• clapping
• waving bye-bye or hi (whichever way you chose to see it)

Here a couple of recent shots of Elaina.........

Standing ----- that's all she wants to do lately

Wearing her daddy's hat

Just a video of her clapping... I tried to get her to wave but all she would do was clap. Oh well!