{"id":373,"date":"2008-12-20T23:45:40","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2008-12-20T23:48:10","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:48:10","slug":"as-close-as-shed-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/373","title":{"rendered":"As close as she&#8217;d get"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3248\/3123444673_fd4d63c414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went to the mall tonight, to finish our shopping (and we did) and while there, thought we&#8217;d attempt a sitting-on-Santa&#8217;s-lap picture with Lainey.\u00c2\u00a0 She was fine all the way up the line, talking about how she&#8217;d sit on Santa&#8217;s lap and practicing her &#8220;cheese&#8221; smile.\u00c2\u00a0 She was fine when we walked up to Santa.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, I made the dreaded mistake of putting her on Santa&#8217;s lap.\u00c2\u00a0 She quickly (and loudly) voiced her opinion on the matter, going stick straight and sliding right down off his lap.\u00c2\u00a0 She clung to me, no matter how many lollipops we promised her :)\u00c2\u00a0 So, we settled for a picture on mom&#8217;s lap BESIDE Santa.\u00c2\u00a0 The funny thing is, later on we asked her if she wanted to go sit on Santa&#8217;s lap and she signed &#8220;please&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 Go figure.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, us girls made the pretzle candies that we make each year, and Lainey was gung-ho on helping out.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3101\/3123428947_d7a04b213f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She had the job of taking the papers off the candies.\u00c2\u00a0 And, surprisingly, she always handed the candies to us rather than plopping them in her mouth (like we expected!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3079\/3123428919_9624683057.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(she had just had a bath, in case you&#8217;re wondering about her wet hair!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3081\/3124255802_3758ce6f62.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Abbey has her serious candy-making face on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3208\/3124255824_10e80f14aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, we did let her try one&#8230;her first Hershey kiss.\u00c2\u00a0 A monumental moment in any girl&#8217;s life.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3123\/3123444643_f4071ed11b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hugging our little Lainey-size tree on our front porch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3234\/3123444613_ed6201bf2e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, last night, we snapped a picture as she had her LAST DOSE of meds!\u00c2\u00a0 9 months gone!\u00c2\u00a0 Tonight, as we sat eating at the mall, the thought occured to me that I forgot her medicine to mix in with her food.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, I remembered we were done!\u00c2\u00a0 lol&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It feels good to be done with shopping, but now there is the wrapping to finish, the baking to finish, packing for our trip, etc. etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Thankfully, we&#8217;ve got lots of hands to help.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went to the mall tonight, to finish our shopping (and we did) and while there, thought we&#8217;d attempt a sitting-on-Santa&#8217;s-lap picture with Lainey.\u00c2\u00a0 She was fine all the way up the line, talking about how she&#8217;d sit on Santa&#8217;s lap and practicing her &#8220;cheese&#8221; 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