Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Santa???

EMMA!!!!! She was only a couple of months old when she first met Santa so sitting on his lap was no biggie, but her 2nd encounter with him....not so much! I was a little skeptical about their meeting due to the fact that Emma was scared to DEATH of the Tickle Me Elmo chair at our house! I knew that couldn't be a good sign. Of course, I stayed hopeful because with Truett and Santa, it was love at first sight!

Anyway, we opted to skip the mall this year (although if we can catch Santa on a slow day, we may go back next year...he's a GREAT Santa) and chose to visit Santa in Coppell. He usually sits out in his front yard for a couple of hours each night, the whole week before Christmas. Surprisingly, we were the ONLY ones there! ***DISCLAIMER***Santa does not have a bonk eye...just foggy glasses! :)
Truett couldn't jump out of the car fast enough and ran right up to Santa. Emma, on the other hand, would have been perfectly happy for us to drive right past the man in the red suit. :) She even cried when she saw Truett on his lap! I guess she assumed he was in fear for his life, like she was, and cried FOR him. :)
The good thing about visiting this Santa was that there was no long line to wait in and we took our own FREE pictures, soooo, the fact that it was a bust wasn't so bad.

Since then, Emma has warmed up to the Elmo chair and with Easter coming up, we'll have a test run with the Easter Bunny. Hopefully by the time Santa makes his appearance this year, she will have gotten over her fears. Not counting on it....just hoping! :)