The not-so-santa and other nice pictures....

Here are som pics Alex has drawn recently. The top one was for my birthday. See me on the left with Sam in belly and the right is my GIANT birthday cake. ;)
I sort of forget what this picture is but I wanted to point out that in all the pictures she draws of me (still) show Sam still in my belly.
Pic of Mom and Dad. Looks quite like us, I think.
Awe....so sweet....


Alex took this pic of Sam and I. She did a pretty good job. She is really into taking pictures these days.

Freaky looking Santa--tthe pic doesn't really do it justice...but trust me. I tried to tell Alex that it was one of Santa's helpers. That left her very confused. His voice was raspy, he acted totally confused when I spoke about the naughty and nice list, he barely spoke at all, and was out of breathe the entire time, and popped a cough drop in his mouth before Alex even got off his lap. She wouldn't look at him when she spoke...I can't say I blame her. And the best part is I spent nearly 20 bucks to get a pic with the not-so-Santa. Alex later asked me why Santa has such a big 'tum-tum'. I told her the helper we saw had an even bigger belly than the real Santa. I didn't want her to picture Santa SOOO big that he couldn't perform his xmas duties. This was a B-I-G Santa, people. I was glad when the whole thing was over. I opted not to have him hold Sam. I was afraid he'd never held a baby before. He clearly was uncomfortable being Santaand I'm not even sure he spoke English, come to think of it as he looked at me with such a blank look while I lead the entire conversation---even telling her to tell him what she wanted for Christmas [He never asked]. While there was no line for us to wait in, I clearly should have gone when more people go. They probably save the 'more-like-santa' for those times?

The set up was sure pretty, though.

Sassy pants with conductor hat on. Oh and I bribed her with fruit snacks to get her to wear a pair of jeans (as she has many cute pairs she is about to grow out of) and with great hesitance she did put them on. Cried. Then came out of her room with a skirt on over the jeans. Ok. It was a compromise, I suppose.

I've been trying to get Sam use to using the baby bjorn. He's hot and cold with it. But it at least allows me to get dinner cooked on some nights when he ONLY wants to be held, so that is something.

Merry Christmas!!!