Here comes Santa Clause…

A tradition that Ty always did as a child was going to see Santa just before Christmas, sit on his lap and get his picture taking with him. I had actually never done it before as a child (I guess because my mom was just too cheap :)!) but he wanted to start the same tradition with Riley. So this was her second year going to see Santa. Last year she was only 3 months old and was oblivious to what was going on. This year was a MUCH different story. We went to the Jackson Crossing Mall to see Santa and waited in line for 5 or 10 minutes. Then it was our turn. Riley loved looking at Santa…from a distance. As soon as it was our turn I walked slowly towards Santa to put Riley on his lap and the closer I got the more clingy she got. I was about 5 steps away and she started reaching behind me for Daddy, like he would rescue her or something. I placed Riley on Santa’s lap and immediately she started screaming!! I felt really bad because she doesn’t let many people hold her, let alone someone in a big red suit with a long white beard who smelled really bad. So I quickly grabbed her after one photo shot. It’s not quite picture perfect, but will be so fun to look back on when Riley is old enough. Here is the final picture (the best one we could get).

I think she might be scarred for life :)!