Santa Claus is coming to town!

Or more accurately, is already here in Reno. Jacie and I were out at the mall I think the week after Halloween and they were already setting up for Santa and we thought that was early to be setting up. Turns out it was because a couple of days later he was there (which still feels REALLY early). But the good news is that we figured we had plenty of time to get to work on Car to sit in his lap. Jacie told me last year about how she got all excited for it but as they got closer to the mall Carly just got quieter and quieter and eventually didn't want to do it at all so we figured we had better get to work.
The first time we walked by, Carly seemed kind of interested until it came time to actually try to walk in. This pretty much ended with her crying and both of us deciding this was going to take a while. But we kept trying to hype it up pretty much everyday and Carly would always say "Tomorrow" very excitedly but then follow it up with a "we don't have to go to the mall now though" (which was pretty cute). So it came to Veteran's Day and we decide to go again since we were out and about. The whole morning I could hear Carly tell Jacie she didn't want to go while they were getting ready and then tried to get other things in front of Santa (lunch, toy store, anything). We get down to the mall and get to the stand and she seems like she is doing much better than before. Not really happy to be there but not crying either. Well we go through the little setup and she finally sees Santa and now she gets excited. She can barely stand to wait but her turn comes up fast since there was just one group already with him. And when it's our turn she breaks out with "Hi, Santa!" and we figure we are going to be fine. She was still a little unsure because she would take a step back a few times when they were talking but she was still way into it. Finally it came to be picture time and she got on his knee and did great. We were both so happy she did so well and the picture turned out great! Santa had a great time too. He said that she made his day and if he didn't see any more kids that day it was fine because his day was made.
And now what you all really wanted to see:

She did so great!