Holiday cheer, Lincoln's sad ear

This little cutie has his first ear infection. he has always liked to play with his ears, and ours, so it's hard to tell if his ears are bothering him or if it's just habit. We bought a scope so we could see for ourselves. He got super grumpy that last 3 days, and we checked his ears daily, and yesterday he had a lot of redness. The dr didn't like the idea of us having our own scope, but she was delighted that he had no problem letting her check his out. he sits perfectly still for it. 

 Other than that, our holidays have been going well! we drove to ca for thanksgiving. 

we stopped in mesquite for $5.99 prime rib.  They had no kids menu, so Lincoln got his very own huge breakfast for dinner. He ate an entire giant pancake and 2 eggs! He tried a bite of bacon, he didn't spit it out but he didn't want anymore. 

thanksgiving dinner was at Kalob's grandma's in LA this year. we ate outside because the weather was nice. we also walked to the park to let Lincoln have some fun. 

Then we watched some movies.  Lincoln wants to be just like dad! Here they are sharing an apple 

And then he worked off the thanksgiving slog by jumping on a trampoline 

 Kiersten wanted to try somthing wild with her hair, so here are her aquamarine tips 

Lincoln likes to ride the fake turtle

And that was that. We spent a day in Bakersfield, Lincoln was able to play with his cousins that he has never met. He was their chef at their play diner. He loves nothing more than playing "with kids." We ate 2nd thanksgiving out at my Aunt Ladonna's and planned a trip to Disney in the new year!!! Lincoln is going to love it!  

We stopped in primm to visit best friends 

I watched a couple games of craps, kalob tryin to explain it. there are a lot of rules! One of them being No cell phones at the table! Who knew!? then I went upstairs to help babysit these little buddies. They jumped on the bed and zoomed hot wheels across the hotel room floor. 

 And now we've been back 2 weeks and Lincoln's sick. I've been doing a lot of online shopping :) and trying to make it Christmas in our apartment. We got a real tree this year, first time since kalob and I's first Christmas as a married couple. 

I really love it and it smells sooo good!