Christmas Day

Christmas Day was awesome..... We had such a good day. We woke up to presents from Santa and cinnamon rolls (a Stringfellow favorite). Before Christmas Santa was a concept Elaina did not get. I don't think she actually realized who Santa was but rest assured, she know who he is now. She now understands that Santa does actually come to her house and leaves presents. She did understand presents though....as evidenced in the previous blog post and below

She got a Dora Spin Brush toothbrush in her stocking... She yelled "MARKERS" when she pulled these markers out of her stocking. Girls loves her markers - hers were all dried out so she needed new ones

Pushing her new shopping cart loaded down with toys and books. Sadly, we are exchanging this one for one that pushes easier around. This one was not engineered well. She does love shopping carts and has already asked where hers is. We'll have to hurry and get her a new one.
Helping her Daddy open his stocking...

Elaina got her Daddy M&M's for Christmas. It what she said she wanted to get him. Ironically, she told Erik the same thing and I got M&M's too. So, we have M&M's galore at our house right not. Anybody want some?? Elaina is the one who is crazy about M&M's - smart girl for telling BOTH of us to buy them. This is Elaina opening up his present for him - did I mention she likes opening presents??

Christmas morning pose with her Daddy...

One more present....

Helping me open a present...

Me posing with my new wooden cutting board.... Funny story of the day:

Right after I opened my cutting board, Elaina opened another present. It was a wooden puzzle that she opened upside down so it looked like a piece of wood. She saw it and yelled "A CUTTING BOARD!!!" She was so excited to have one too - I had to tell her it was a puzzle and turned it over to show her. We had a pretty big laugh over that one.

She got a cardboard playhouse that you can color on and put stickers on from her friend Caitlin. Such a cool idea - can't wait to do this with her

After our Christmas at home, we went to Erik's parents where we spent the rest of the day. Here is Elaina playing with their dog, Lakota. She loves her and was having a big laugh over something with her in this pic

All smiles...

Elaina did not get a nap on Christmas Day either. On the way home at 6:30, she sacked out. I brought her inside and was going to just lay her down. Well an hour later she woke up and was wired. At 10:30, she was still up and bouncing off the walls. I think she was so overstimulated from the day that she did not know what to do with herself. Luckily we have her back on schedule but it was a busy 2 days. All in all, it was an amazing Christmas. We hope you all had an amazing, wonderful and blessed Christmas as well!!!