Gah, folks around here are already planning who where what and when for Thanksgiving and Christmas. All my kids birthdays fall within a 6 week period between early October and mid-November, and it seems like once those get rolling every year, the holidays are very close behind. Emma will be here for both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, so we need to make plans accordingly.

One thing I am really relieved of is that the communication with both my mom and my dad has opened up, so there won't be any stress about that.

Plus, I've done a lot of shopping already, and that's a load off my mind.

54 days till Christmas, folks.