Zat you, Santa Clause?

Isaac did so wonderful with Santa this year! We were worried that he would freak out again, like he did last year. Of course, when we arrived to see Santa, they were roping off the line because Santa was going on break! The EXACT same thing that happened to us last year. We must have some really poor timing! Thankfully, they flew through pictures faster than expected and we were able to see Santa before his break, instead of waiting another hour. Thank goodness!! When we were next in line, Isaac was SO excited to see Santa. He was smiling and yelling "Ta"! It was awesome. We were excited. When it was Isaac's turn to sit in Santa's lap, we did have a mini melt down. But thankfully we brought our dancing, singing Santa, silly mommy and daddy and some very helpful "elves" to elicit that precious smile pictured above. The whole process took about 3 minutes. It was glorious. Before we ever left the house, Dan and I resigned to the fact that it was going to be what it was going to be. No reason to stress. If he had a meltdown because we put him in some strangers lap and walked away, we would understand. If he smiled and laughed, and took the most amazing picture, we'd be happy just the same. We resigned to just enjoy these precious moments in little son's life. Moments that are flying by way too fast.