Not so Holly and Jolly!

It's almost that time of year again...23 days until Christmas! (By far my favorite Holiday) So, in the spirit of the season I bought Andrew a really adorable suit. Everybody needs a Christmas suit, right? I thought it would be the perfect little outfit to have his picture made with Santa.

So, last night Drew and I got him all dressed up (and boy did he look handsome!) and carried him down to Ala Moana mall to see Santa. This is the same Santa that he had his picture made with last year. (It's so much easier when they're only 8 days old!) We stood outside the "menehune villiage" and watched several children sit with santa as I explained to him what was going on. Andrew seemed to like what he saw. He even reached over in Santa's direction and said "ooh." After a few minutes of observing, we got in line. (Thankfully there wasn't an hour and a half wait like last year..we were 2nd in line this time) Andrew was all smiles and eager to see Santa. He even brushed his hair one last time before it was our turn.

It was time, so we walked over and said hello to Santa, but before I could even get all the way over to Santa Andrew had the death grip on my left shoulder. What I had imagined was about to come true. HE HAD A FIT! He did NOT want to sit with this strange bearded man, nor did he want to sit with me as I sat next to Santa. He was scared to death! So, we stood up and let a couple of other children go ahead of us just to see if he would warm up to the idea. NOPE...still it was a no go. So we said Oh well and bid Santa a farewell. I asked Drew to take a picture of Andrew and myself with Santa in the background. (because as soon as we left, Andrew of course was fine). So Drew whipped out the camera and apparently Santa saw him so he decided to sneak over and just stand behind us while Drew snapped the picture (I didn't even know he was there) He almost got away with it until his fuzzy suit brushed up against Andrew's arm. Just before Drew snapped the picture Andrew noticed what was going on and he LOST HIS MIND! The poor thing...scared him to death.

So, we didn't get an "offical" picture with Santa, but we do have the traditional "my child is too young to enjoy Santa" picture! Maybe he'll do better in a picture with his cousin Alex. I doubt it, but hey...one can hope!

Enjoy our crazy pictures!

Merry Christmas!

War Eagle!

Yes, I know the Iron Bowl was over a week ago...that's just how behind I am! Might I add another big WAR EAGLE...especially to all my fellow Alabama fans. 6 in a row sure feels good! Andrew watched the game in his really cute Auburn john-john. He climbed up in the recliner all by himself. (That's his new thing....climbing in chairs)

The rest of the week we played with friends, unpacked some more boxes, and made curly mohawks with Andrew's hair! The little boy in the picture is Andrew's friend, Wyatt. He belongs to our friends Kelly and Kristina, who just so happen to have a great dane named Annie. She is so HUGE; standing at over 3 feet tall. She's a very friendly dog...a "people" person so to speak. You would think that Andrew would be scared of her, but it's quite the opposite. He LOVES Annie. Everytime she comes around he gets this big grin on his face and reaches out for her. It's really cute.

Unfortunately, we can't say the same thing for Santa! (Stay tuned for our next post)