Visit to Old St. Nick

Hopefully by now, many of you have received our Christmas photo for this year. If you didn't, it should be in the mail and delivered early next week. If you still don't, we don't have your address so let me know and I'll get one in the mail to you ASAP! And yes, we opted to not do a family portrait....but you did inadvertently receive a photo of each of us!

So earlier this week mommy took Lauren to visit Old St. Nick. He had flown in from the North Pole at the Valley River Center in Eugene and was around for a photo opt. I dressed Lauren in her Christmas dress that Nana had made extra early for just this reason! We got ready in the nearby bathroom....and every old lady oodled over her! She was very excited. And much to mommy's amazement, there was no screaming, crying, etc. when she sat on Santa's lap. She was a perfect angel....even Santa said "Mom, she did excellent!" Obviously he doesn't always have as positive of outcomes with other children's first visit to Santa.





So with these super cute photos, how could we resist using them for our 2009 Christmas cards??! Boy does Santa get ya at the pocket book though. I guess hay shipped the North Pole for the reindeer must have went up! Or maybe the elf union is demanding more benefits! The photos weren't cheap, but we are getting our use out of them. And it's NOT like I could say no to having her first visit to Santa captured for life!