After careful planning (between naps & after a feeding) we made the trek out to the mall to fight through holiday shoppers to sit on some old, gray-haired man's lap.
As soon as we get to the middle of the mall (where Santa is), we find out that we "just missed Santa". He went to lunch.
We then spent the next hour waiting in line with a bunch of inpatient kids who can't wait to see Santa.
We get to the the front of the line and put "The Dude" onto Santa's lap. With camera in hand, I make my way back to where they take the "professional" photo. I ask if it's ok if I take a picture while they take some, and they said it was ok. Em was in front of me trying to get "The Dude" to smile.....successfully.
I take 1 photo. The professional photographer takes several and can't seem to get one that works. Santa is loosely holding Owen and we start to see him leaning to his front......ever.......so........slowly. Emily & I start creeping up closer to Santa unsure what the protocol is on falling babies. Does Santa have it under control? Is he not allowed to stop a fallling baby for some insurance reason? All of these things are going through my mind as I still see Owen (in slow motion) leaning. At the last possible second, Santa grabs him and all is ok.....but he didn't have to wait that long, in my opinion.
Here is the photo that I took: (Em said it was MUCH better than any of the ones we could've bought.)
You're dead on - I was about to yell "you're gonna drop our baby Santa"! Hmm, maybe he was under the influence? Isn't that the case for like 50% of mall Santas anyway? Yes, they couldn't have paid me to take one of their photos;).
ReplyDeleteOwie looks happy. Wait till next year! Such a cute pic. Thanks! Gma N
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