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Heater, Mother of Lance
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Heather B. Armstrong
Hi. I’m Heather B. Armstrong, and this used to be called mommy blogging. But then they started calling it Influencer Marketing: hashtag ad, hashtag sponsored, hashtag you know you want me to slap your product on my kid and exploit her for millions and millions of dollars. That’s how this shit works. Now? Well… sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride.
Jimmy
2004/12/23 at 4:58 amSweet, first baby
Hope you’re all following the Ukrainian election, sunday, sunday, SUNDAY!!
Gretchen
2004/12/23 at 4:59 amOH my I remember those days!
Bob
2004/12/23 at 4:59 am2nd wow!
leyla
2004/12/23 at 5:00 ambasketball player in the making. . ?
Lurch
2004/12/23 at 5:01 amI remember being terriified of him too!
Happy holidays from Brighton, UK!
Jules
2004/12/23 at 5:01 ammoooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyy!!!!
(;3 Happy Holidays!
Shazzle
2004/12/23 at 5:03 amThat’s the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Ever. Next year’s Christmas card?
Lisa
2004/12/23 at 5:03 amThat’s great. Makes me wonder how long it took her to reach for you.
Happy Holidays.
Sarah
2004/12/23 at 5:04 amWow, that is a great Santa! I mean, he looks very authentic don’t you think?
Very, very cute…thanks for not disappointing the masses here! I love how the red on the bottom of her shoe sort of pulls the whole image together. Compositionally, I mean.
Mr Biscuit
2004/12/23 at 5:05 amAt least Santa looks happy!
Jena
2004/12/23 at 5:07 amTOO CUTE! You are a very lucky mommy, she is adorable.
Merry Christmas!
Andrew R. Jenkins
2004/12/23 at 5:08 am< http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-scaredsanta,0,2245506.photogallery?coll=sfe-events-headlines&index=1>http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-scaredsanta,0,2245506.photogallery?coll=sfe-events-headlines&index=1
Sasha
2004/12/23 at 5:09 amAdorable!
David
2004/12/23 at 5:11 amThat’s an early age to suss out that he’s a fake. Respect, Leta.
Jess
2004/12/23 at 5:12 amAndrew, that scary santa gallery is AWESOME. I’m wiping away the tears of laughter now. *dab dab*
Cheryl
2004/12/23 at 5:13 amOh so that’s how it went… thanks for the update Dooce.
lulu cornichon
2004/12/23 at 5:13 amSanta’s got a right sporty watch, there. I guess it makes sense that the Utah Santas are more outdoorsy than the New England Santas.
Fran
2004/12/23 at 5:15 amOh, poor Leta. That looks like a scary experience.
chickenflicken
2004/12/23 at 5:15 amSince when does SANTA CLAUS wear such a hi-tech black and silver spaceship of a watch?! Shouldn’t it be a pocket watch or something equally quaint?
Carolyn
2004/12/23 at 5:15 amAh, the frantic get-me-off-Santa photo! She is so cute. We don’t do the Santa thing, so I missed out on such photos.
melissa
2004/12/23 at 5:15 amHa! Reminds me of this link http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-scaredsanta,0,2245506.photogallery?coll=sfe-events-headlines&index=1
“Scared of Santa Photos”.
Kieran
2004/12/23 at 5:17 amI didnt know Santa wore those Nike sport watches
Helen
2004/12/23 at 5:19 amMOMMY!
Aw, bless her. That’s an adorable picture.
bushra
2004/12/23 at 5:19 amheather. the pictures are too sweet. more!
sally
2004/12/23 at 5:21 amHere is a link to scared santa photos. They are great. Go visit the site.
http://www.southflorida.com/news/sfl-scaredsanta,0,3205438.photogallery?index=1
Scott
2004/12/23 at 5:22 amAwesome picture. Leta looks like she is about to cartwheel right off his leg and backhandspring into your arms.
Beth
2004/12/23 at 5:22 amThat is so freaking sweet. And he’s a super Santa!
heathertoo
2004/12/23 at 5:23 amAnd she is in pink with two socks, and two shoes! Best one yet!
kEma
2004/12/23 at 5:23 amScrumptious BABY, afraid of Santa. Leta .. Leta you have no idea how after years you will beg to be on his lap, and to be able to touch his beard, without being desturbed by the fact that he is DAMN PHONEY!
Monica
2004/12/23 at 5:23 amI love how her legs are sticking straight out like she doesn’t want to touch one more square inch of Santa then is required…
Cammie
2004/12/23 at 5:24 amI’ve been Dooced. 🙁
Sarah
2004/12/23 at 5:24 amWow…how many times is the scared santa photo link going to be posted?? It was posted at least twice yesterday, I think. LOL!
We are obviously a group that gets an inordinate amount of pleasure from seeing pictures of kids terrified.
JuJuBee
2004/12/23 at 5:24 amAhahaha! Great picture!! Poor little Leta…she musta been so confused.
Sara from WI
2004/12/23 at 5:26 amI like how her fingers are curled back, like she’s pulling on your invisible reins.
Steve
2004/12/23 at 5:30 amHmmm…Santa…Santa…S-A-N-T-A…S-A-T-A-N…Feets, don’t fail me now!
Girl.A
2004/12/23 at 5:31 amSanta doesn’t smell like Daddy either – that peppermint schnaaaaaaps breath and the blinding white beard are terrifying. I know, I just had my picture taken with Santa yesterday. It’s part of my therapy for Kringlephobia.
When I was 5 I punch Santa in the sack because he was so much bigger than me and I figured only monsters dressed like that in real life. Yesterday I stomped on his toe because he told me I had a nice ass.
Mir
2004/12/23 at 5:31 amThat is hilarious. Leta will so enjoy you showing that photo to her boyfriends in high school.
Another Dooced one
2004/12/23 at 5:32 amSorry Cammie! I got dooced Dec 1, so I’m right there with ya. Relax for now and try to enjoy the holidays.
Dooce, great picture to blackmail her with when she’s older!
Merry Christmas to all…
Becky
2004/12/23 at 5:35 amWhen Miss Leta reaches her teens, and tells you to get out of her space, you’ll have this perfect photo to remind yourself that there was a time when she wanted nothing on the planet more than to have you IN her space. Look at those precious, tiny fingers, pulling you closer to her with sheer will. Another moment exquisitely captured!
(BTW — this Santa matches my own mental image of exactly what Santa must look like. Thanks for letting me believe all over again! :>D )
Mo
2004/12/23 at 5:38 amnot my daddy…AND NOT GEORGE EITHER!!! WTF, Mom? W.T.F?
*priceless*
Stacey
2004/12/23 at 5:38 amSo freaking cute!
Liv
2004/12/23 at 5:39 amVery cute!
lauragayle
2004/12/23 at 5:39 amLovely! You’ll never have to worry about her running off with a jolly old elf…
Liz
2004/12/23 at 5:40 amThat is not a happy camper.
Ali
2004/12/23 at 5:43 amAw. I think it’s a rite of passage for every baby to have the “GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME SANTA” picture. I know I had one, except I bit Santa.
LadyBug
2004/12/23 at 5:45 amLOVE this picture. And that’s one of the best mall Santas I’ve ever seen.
When my oldest daughter was almost 2, and her sister (now 6) was a baby, the mall Santa was a _tiny_ little Spanish man, who didn’t seem to speak or understand English and looked about as much like Santa as *I* do. We’ve always affectionately referred to him as Pépé Santa.
catdog
2004/12/23 at 5:46 amhapppy christmas from edinburgh
Mrs.Stray
2004/12/23 at 5:47 amSanta’s watch is almost as big as yours. He looks like he is taking joy in the fact that Leta is trying to escape his grasp, and can’t.
AAAW Babies First Christmas!!!! Joy!! It usually involves the eating of wrapping paper, playing with boxes, and caring less what toys are in said boxes. Boxes. heh.
Dawn
2004/12/23 at 5:49 amMoooooooom!!!! Do you feel the love? Happy Holidays!
Linda
2004/12/23 at 5:49 amVery cute!