I will start with Tuesday, the 22nd. We are all sitting around Mrs. Diane's house hanging out and I get a phone call from Brad, Brooklyn's dad. (Back story: Brooklyn is with him for Christmas this year from the day she gets out of school til Christmas day at 6pm: however, he leaves to go back off shore on Wednesday the 23rd, so he had agreed to allow Brooklyn to come home then, that way she could spend Christmas morning with Ally Harper and Christopher.) Phone call went down something like this:Brad's not going back to work as scheduled due to an eye infection. He wants to keep Brooklyn since he will be home. So all of our plans flew out of the window. Now instead of her being home Christmas morning, we will be getting her that day at 6pm. So she will miss helping with "Santa" Christmas eve and the next morning, she will miss lunch with the Neyland's too. But at least she will still be able to go to the Martin's with us. So that's what the plan was.
Now, we move onto Wednesday. Wake up call at 8am and it's Mrs. Diane. Chris' nephew, Jordan, was in a bad car accident this morning at 2am. They are at UMC. After collecting all the information, Jordan is in pretty bad condition. Broken leg, both pelvic bones, shoulder, elbow, bruised lungs, ear lacarations, along with a tear in the aorta of his heart. Long story short, Chris spent all day at hospital with family. (Update: Jordan is doing much better. Already had several surgeries and is now at home in wheelchair. Still has a long road ahead of him).
Thursday: Chris spends all day at hospital again, I stay home with babies and cook and such. Not much going on. Lunch plans have changed locations due to the accident. We will now be having lunch at Mrs. Diane's instead of Lauren's. We also will need to be at Diane's around 10:30 so we can open gifts before lunch and then get to the hospital for 12 visitation.
Thursday night (Christmas Eve): Attend church service at Broadmoor, go to Mrs. Diane's afterwards for a while then head home. No need to do Santa stuff, because we have decided to wait until Brooklyn comes home. So we enjoy a non eventful night, until around 11 when all hell breaks loose. Chris starts not feeling well, and within minutes he is in full stomach virus mode!!!So, I sleep on the couch, he stays up most of the night.
Friday: We wake Christmas morning, and Chris directs me to pack a bag and take the kids to my parents for the night. We don't know how long he will be sick and we can't chance the baby getting it. So I leave him at home on Christmas all day. He's sick, and home alone. Can't eat or visit or anything. So this again changes when "Santa" is coming. Not a big deal though, what's one more day? AH and C2 don't know. So the babies and I go to the Neyland's at 10, expecting to open gifts then have lunch, but once again, plans change. The doctors have decided to go ahead with one of Jordan's surgeries, so hardly no one is at Christmas lunch, but we go ahead and eat what's done and let the kids open some presents.
Then we load up and head south. I get to pick up B around 2 and then enjoy Christmas with the Martin's that night.
Saturday: We head home around noon, as Chris is finally better. We open gifts that night 
and after the babies are asleep, Brooklyn helps with "Santa". Then off to bed to redo Christmas eve and morning.
Sunday (Dec. 27th): Santa came! Babies open and play with gifts, then we go over to Diane's and celebrate with them. Luckily for Chris, there are leftovers, and we get to have one more gift opening session. Finally, all the Christmas festivities are over, and just in time for new years!
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