The Wyatts of la Petite Roche: our busy, barfy, sneezy, white christmas

Christmas 2012 will definitely be one that we remember. We started our 4-day celebration by welcoming the stomach bug into our home. Landon got hit hard and almost took his first trip to the ER. Thank goodness an on call nurse from our pediatric clinic advised us on how to get him back up and running. I suffered a mild, one night bug and luckily Pres & Jon were spared. Just after ridding our home of the unwelcome stomach bug, we opened the door to some kind of sinus mess that hit everyone. Runny noses, sore throats and nasty coughs spared no victims. After dealing with back-to-back illnesses, I wanted nothing more than a relaxing, lazy Christmas Day. We got up on Christmas morning and stayed in jammies for Santa's presents, stockings and our gifts for each other. After cleaning up and getting dressed, it was time to head over to Jon's parents. My parents were hosting lunch at their house so it was time to go over there around noon. I already felt like we had been running hard that morning so I was excited about getting over to my parents house and chilling for the rest of the day. Things were looking good for just that when it started sleeting. We were told to be prepared for some inclement weather but to be honest, I totally blew it off because really, when does it ever snow when it's actually predicted to snow? We decided to pack up around 3:00 and head home in case the roads started getting bad therefore cutting our visit, and my relaxing, way short. After getting home without any problems, I was still convinced that nothing was going to happen. Well, some thing DID happen. Actually, 12 inches of something happened. I couldn't believe it! Snow upon snow upon snow blanketed us. It was a white Christmas. They closed Jon's office so we were looking forward to a fun snow day to make up for our slightly sad last few days...but then I remembered we were celebrating Christmas 2012 where nothing goes as planned. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight...at 9:15 when our power went out!