So if a packed December calendar, my daughter’s 2nd birthday, Christmas preparations, the stomach flu and a cold for the entire family wasn’t enough, I was diagnosed with shingles yesterday! It’s going really well over here 😅 In all seriousness, it sounds like I caught it early and I’m really hopeful that the anti-viral medication I’m on means it will be as quick and painless as possible. And we had an otherwise, really nice weekend.

We went to Dempsey’s class party Friday afternoon then picked Lydia up from Grandma Lori’s and went home for a quick dinner. Steak and baked potatoes for the adults, spaghetti and meatballs for the kids. Lydia stole my wagyu! Afterward, we picked up hot chocolates and went out to look at Christmas lights. My favorite 🤍 We saw a couple of really decked out houses in Englewood, a light show that both kids loved and ended at “the house on the hill” in Arvada.

Saturday was our one down day, hallelujah! I made us all buttermilk pancakes and honestly, why do I ever make anything else? Afterward, I took Dempsey to a make up swim lesson and it was so nice to watch him without also chasing Lydia around 😅 We hit up the grocery store, then headed back home for present wrapping (Lydi helped by wrapping herself 😂) and then my cousin Emily, who’s in town with my aunt for Christmas, came over to see us. We ordered in Beau Thai for all of us and just hung out until the littles went to bed. It was very chill and very nice 🤍

Sunday we had breakfast and hung out for a bit before taking a walk to the park. Dempsey set up that little scene with the gnomes and told us it was a movie 😂😍 During our walk, I decided I might go into urgent care for this little patch of red bumps that had shown up on my upper thigh at the end of the week. I was worried it was maybe a spider bite or something and my sister said I should at least go in and make sure it wasn’t shingles. She called it! When I described how it showed up, the doctor had basically already diagnosed it and then when he saw it, he confirmed it was indeed shingles. Fun! I’m not going to lie, my heart was beating so hard when he told me. I have Christmas plans and a vacation coming and two small children, I don’t have time for shingles! But I’m feeling better about it now. Fingers crossed that it doesn’t blister while I’m attempting to wear a bathing suit in Hawaii 🤞

As a good distraction from my distraction, we had my family over last night for a real casual Christmas celebration. Dempsey was enamored with my nephew and they basically spent the whole evening hanging out together, it was too cute! I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas 🎅🤶🎄🎁✨