Pajama Day

Today, Elaina had her Christmas Party at her school. To celebrate, it was Pajama Day. So, I sent her to school in her PJs... I was able to put her hair up into pigtails which I've never attempted before. I am glad her hair is long enough to do this because it's pretty cute. She has a bath robe with a hood that she has never worn before because it's not the most practical thing for a baby to wear. So, rather then a jacket, for PJ day, she wore her bathrobe over her PJs. It was pretty fun... Here are some pics...

Okay, so a few more shots of her over the recent days.... These are just of her having fun around the house...

Eating a string cheese stick - her favorite

More cheese eating... The shirt is for all you grandma's out there. Pay close attention to the message.

Just a good pic of her laughing
Elaina's Papaw has a massager that he uses on his shoulder everyday. Everytime she spots him with it on, she climbs up in his chair with him and wants to use it too. She loves for him to use it on her back as evidenced in this pic below.... precious.

NEWS!

Okay, so this news is over a week old now but yesterday it occured to me that we had not told very many people - even siblings.... Oops! So, we've been a little busy...

So, here it is....Erik and I found a house. It is in Karns (like we wanted) and it only 2 subdivisions down from our old house. We didn't expect to find something that close to our old house but are excited about it. If all goes well, we close on the 19th. We have opted not to actually move into it until after Christmas though - we want to be able to enjoy the holiday with family without having the stress of moving hanging over us. Plus, my mom gets married on Dec 27th and we'll have that to deal with too.


So, that's it.... that's the latest and greatest from the Stringfellow clan.. And, how can I go without including a pic of our little gal? This pic was taken by our neice, Jessica, on Thanksgiving.

Growling... well, maybe Squeeling

A few posts ago I talked about Elaina's growling and promised some video of it. This was taken a few days before we moved out of our old house. She doesn't really do a lot of growling like I asked her to do but she does a little bit. She does do some screeching though... Just thought this was a cute video to share. Enjoy :)

Thanksgiving and Bounce House - take 2

The Stringfellow family enjoyed another Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for. This year was a good Thanksgiving - eventful, yet, uneventful all at the same time. We enjoyed Thanksgiving supper on Wednesday night with my Dad's side of the family and then on Thursday, we enjoyed Thanksgiving lunch with Erik's side of the family. We did not have to travel far for that one - just walk upstairs :) I did not take many shots of this years Thanksgiving for some reason but here are a few shots...

Elaina with her uncle Kevin... just thought this was a sweet moment. He's coloring with her after dinner.

Elaina ate too much turkey and started acting like one - bucket on the head... she's so silly.

Beautiful girl....

The day after Elaina's second Thanksgiving, we took Elaina to the Bounce House for her second visit there. She LOVES that place - especially the slide. I won't overwhelm you with loads and loads of pics and videos like I did last time but I do have to show you this one of Elaina going down by herself. Her Daddy was not there so I let her go down by herself (something he would not let her do the first time). She loved it. So much so that I could not keep her off the thing. Here is the footage of her solo flight down the slide (one of many)....