Loving the guy in red.....

This year Santa has been one of Lilly's favorite people. Her first trip to Santa she was 4 months old and just let him hold her, last year she had an absolute fit and the only pictures we got were ones with tears. This year here is what happened:


We visited the Santa at the Avenue and he was great! He is in a store all to himself, since it is an outdoor mall. They have a Christmas village set up and all sorts of spots for pictures. The best thing is they let you take your own photos as long as you purchase some of theirs as well. So when we got there we were the only ones with Santa. Lilly got to talk to him about all sorts of things and he even read a book to her. Lilly was a little nervous, but mostly excited about this trip to see Santa.
I also have to mention that since we celebrated an early Christmas with Josh's family for Thanksgiving we used our Christmas money to splurge on a nice camera. This was the first time we had taken photos outside of the house and for a matures, I think they turned out pretty good. Here are a few....