Rush and I took Olivia yesterday to see Santa. We have been talking about him a lot lately around our house to prepare her for the big visit with Santa. Well, I don't know what I was thinking because I'm sure there is nothing you can do to prepare a 20 month old to be handed to a strange man with a big white beard. She was absolutely precious the entire 1.5 hour wait. She stood by our side and stayed entertained by all of the "people watching" there was to take part in. HOWEVER, the moment she noticed that we were getting closer and closer to Santa she began to grip a little tighter to my shirt. When it was finally her turn I ended up having to sit next to him so as to not lose the clothing on my upper body from her death grip! From the sounds of her screams you would have thought she was being attacked by a lion!!! All that to say, our trip to see Santa wasn't as I had hoped, but definitely as I had figured it might be! She is deathly afraid of unfamiliar men(which I can't complain about...I hope it stays this way!) and I knew this would create a problem when trying to get her to sit in Santa's lap. All I can say is that we have one great picture to document the event!!!
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Poor Olivia! Although, I do find these pictures very funny...sorry, Olivia. Luckily, we didn't have an unhappy child with our visit. But I think next year may be a different story! :)
Look at that lip! Poor thing! You got to love those kind of pictures. Katelyn did the same thing!
That face is even cute when she is crying....poor thing....yes i bet next year she will be SUPER excited about seeing Mr. Clause! We love ya!
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