Santa's biggest fan...

Essie has been wearing her Christmas jammies for weeks and each night points and squeals "Ho, Ho!".  She points at "Ho-Ho" everywhere she seems him.  We have realized that she is slowly becoming his newest biggest fan.  We've been talking up going to see Santa for awhile as well.  We've even taken her to see him from afar at the mall a couple times.  She's always so delighted to see him and nods feverishly when we ask if she wants to go see "ho ho".  So today we decided that we would journey to the mall so she could sit on Santa's lap for our photo op.  Last year's Santa photo was so cute! So we asked her before we left if she wanted to go see "ho ho".  Again she answered with a feverish happy nod.  So to the mall we went.......

and......

Essie is no longer Santa's biggest fan. AT ALL.

But please note that she is still clinging to the mini candy cane even through her terrified screams.  Once we removed her from Santa's lap we asked her to tell (through her sobs and screams) what she wanted for Christmas. Without a moments thought she pointed to the large basket of candy canes and whimpered "dose".  And she even managed to sob out a "dank dooo" for the one candy cane she still clutched in her hand. 

Bless her and Santa's hearts!!!