First, we celebrated our Christmas early with Bob & Randi since we were all going to head to TN. Tanner's dad didn't feel well, so we cut the festivities a little short so he could rest before going to the Doctor the next morning. Well, turns out he has shingles on his face! No wonder he felt so bad! The only thing is, shingles causes chicken pox in children. Since Hamp isn't scheduled to have his vaccine until Feb, our pediatrician feels like there is a very good chance Hampton will have chicken pox in about 2 weeks, which is the length of the incubation period. Great.....something to look forward to.
Anyway, we were still heading to TN, although Bob & Randi weren't. We had to change and cancel some plans, but we were determined. That is, until we heard about the snow storm they are predicting! We've watched the weather like a hawk since we found out about it (thanks to Tanner's cousin Ben's facebook post!), and we've been waffling back and forth. We finally decided to cancel our plans when we heard that the snow may come as far south as Birmingham. The last thing we want to do is have to drive through bad weather for hours on the interstate!
So this year, we'll be celebrating at home. Even though we're sad to miss seeing family, we're starting to get a little excited about it. We've emailed Santa and he's coming here instead, so Hampton should have fun. We've got a few celebration ideas in the works, too, so it should still be a festive holiday. In the end, Christmas is really about celebrating Jesus's birth anyway, and we can do that anywhere!
instead of dealing with all of this.....
.....we'll go look at this!
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