Pictures with Santa

Yesterday we had pictures with Santa and it was quite the experience.The pictures came out wonderful, but it was an ordeal to get there and get them done. I had decided to wait to change Tommy into his outfit until we were there, and then I forgot his outfit on the kitchen counter.

The people running the shoot felt sorry for me so they delayed our photo shoot while I went to a Carter's to try to re-buy the same outfit. Did I mention we were doing pictures 40 minutes away from home so running back to get it wasn't an option.

So I get to Carter's and they have the same outfit but 2 sizes too big. So I opted for another outfit, but nothing they had was his size. It was all either too big or too small. I guess they really got cleaned out over Thanksgiving weekend. I ended up going with this darling thermal outfit that unfortunately I just couldn't pour his little fat rolls into. So you can see the gaps between the buttons if you look close, but it's still cute!

As we finally get back to do the pictures, Eddie decides to have diarrhea, and we go through 2 diapers in about 5 minutes. We managed to stink up their bathroom really bad, and he got some on his pants, but by that point I really didn't care.

Looking at these darling pictures you would never notice that Eddie has poop on his pants, and Tommy's outfit is about a size too small. Oh the things we go through to preserve these great memories!

*Santa is actually Dan. They dress you up so the kids aren't scared of you. Which, by the way Eddie was crying in the end you would have thought he was terrified. But he was really just tired of pictures.

**Tommy had his first true laugh on Tuesday. Dan was bathing him and he let out a couple of the cutest laughs. Dan hollered at me in time for me to hear one. I tried to get it on video but of course as soon as the camera came out he was done. I can't wait until it becomes a regular occurrence.