Old Saint Nick

Yes, we've decked the halls, visited the lights at the square, and even visited Santa at Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, like we've done since I was a girl.  But our festivities have come to a screeching halt as of this past weekend when Emerson got a fever and, as it turns out, an ear infection.  We haven't left the house much the last 3 days except to visit the doctor and get essentials at the store.  We have cooped ourselves inside and are trying to get better.  The poor boy's temperature reached 103 today  :(  So, please say a little prayer for him.

But here are some of the festivities that we have done this month so far:

Watched the parade and lighting at the square.  Emerson was in awe.

Picked out a tree.

Decorated the tree.  Pantless.

Now, I must preface this picture by saying that Emerson has been intrigued by Santa for a awhile now.  He has looked at him in photo albums and read about him in books and talked about visiting him and sitting on his "wap" for weeks.  He totally knew that's what we were going to do that day.  But as soon as we started approaching Santa, the tears came and the lip even popped out.  Needless to say, Emerson did not even sit on Santa's lap.  Instead, Daddy got to sit in Santa's chair and Santa stood to the side :)  It was pretty funny.  Sometimes those Santa pictures make the best Santa pictures.

My sister and I, 3 weeks apart, both expecting girls

Emerson was a leetle scared of the bear too.

As you can see, Bass Pro can be a pretty scary place.  But an even scarier place right now, is visiting the doctor.  I just know Emerson is developing a fear of doctors.  We had a very scarring incident recently with vaccinations that involved Emerson getting poked 5 times in one leg.  He also hates getting his ears looked at and it results in screaming and crying every single time.  He told us after visiting the doctor that he got a shot in his ear.  No wonder he is scared!  I would be too if I thought someone was trying to give me a shot in my ear!