Meeting Santa

I have always said I would never take my baby to the mall to see Santa.

Not because we don't do Santa, because we do.

We do Santa big.

We will raise our children to believe in both the Magic and Miracle of Christmas.

Our children will sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas Morning.

They will believe that Santa's reindeer will land on our roof.

 They will understand the true meaning of Christmas.

While anxiously awaiting Santa's arrival.

The reason we will not go to see the mall Santa,

{I will eat those words some day} 

is because of the germs.

Gross.

Hundreds of kids sitting on one Creepy-Rent-a-Santa's lap.

 I, of course, felt like a bad Mom, but I wouldn't...couldn't do it.

I was ecstatic when Ecobuns announced that Santa would be visiting their store.

Thrilled!

I could be a good Mommy and take Karson to see Santa

You see, I am one of those sappy Moms.

I love all of Karson's firsts!

I love making a huge deal out of the little things.

I was anxiously awaiting DJ getting home from work all day.

I love making memories as a family.

We got Karson dressed up in his Christmas outfit, and headed to meet Santa.

There was a family in line before us, and Karson was flirting.

We were thinking, sweet, our kid is going to love this.

This was his first reaction...

...ok well...he did the same thing when GrandmaNana bought him a talking Elmo.

Then he loved it.

Didn't get any better.

So we switched to Mommy.

That would work right...

Maybe not.

He was TERRIFIED!

"Daddy, please stop hiding behind that camera and come save me from this scary guy!"

We realized if there was any hope of getting a non screaming picture of Karson with Santa, Mommy was going to have to sit on Santa's lap too.

So here is Karson's first Santa picture.

With Mommy, but he isn't crying.

He is about to, and did right after the picture was taken.

Hopefully, next  year will be better.