santa...i know him???

Apparently, Micah did not get the memo from Buddy the Elf that Santa really is a nice guy, a friend even.  Here's the story of Micah's first {yes, first...I know she was here in time to meet him last Christmas, but I was just trying to survive the holidays with a 3 week old!} encounter with the jolly old fellow.

We got her all dressed up in her Christmas dress and first had to pose in front of the Christmas tree.  She obliged and appeased her picture-crazy momma.  Everything was going good at this point.

Then, we loaded up in the car and headed to the mall to see him.  We are still going strong, and everyone was happy.

We got to the mall and located the holiday display where Santa was.  All was going great, and Micah was feeling good about the big guy in the red suit.  We handed her off to Santa and resumed our positions behind the photographer to try for a smile.  What started out fine {Micah even managed one smile, which the photographer missed...seriously?!?!} quickly turned sour when Micah realized that a man with a big beard was holding her, and her parents were no where even close.  

So, this is what we got:

I actually think it's pretty cute.  She got much more angry after this, but we rescued her promptly from Santa's arms.  We cheered her up with a yummy food court lunch and went on our way.

 Maybe next year she'll appreciate Santa like Buddy the Elf does...maybe???