Day #19

Will in his new seat














Charlie and Will bundled up for the Christmas parade









Charlie wanted to have his picture taken











(What do you think about our new camera? Downloading the pictures was almost effortless. It did take a little longer to upload to the site, but I think that is the difference between 2.0 and 5.1 megapixels.)

I think I may have gotten the basics down on this camera. It seems to be pretty easy if I'm doing things right. This afternoon we went down to Main St. to see the local Christmas parade. It was about what you would expect: floats, local marching bands, cheerleaders, and golf carts. Santa rode in a top a fire engine. I was so curious to see how Charlie would do with Santa this year. Well, he was a little timid at first (of course), but once he got up on Santa's lap he was right at home. He looked Santa in the eye and sat and talked to him for a while. I would have killed to hear what they talked about. The people running the Santa station finally had to say, "Ok, who's next" and Santa had to take Charlie off of his lap.

I also had Will sit on Santa's lap. He did just great, too, no smiles, but he did look at the camera and didn't cry. I wish I had pictures to show you, but was too busy keeping up with both of them to take any extra shots. I had the camcorder with me and really wished I had gotten Charlie on Santa with it, but just couldn't manage all of that. I think they will send me the order form for the pictures, so I'll be sure to order you a copy of each and get them into the mail to you.
We love you, keep your spirits up!