Hard Hat

I should have bought Jonah a hard hat for Christmas. He is at that age where he has more bumps and bruises on the front of his head than he does hair on the top! I remember when Wyatt was at that age and I felt like I could never get a picture of him without some kind of purple or blue mark on his face. Jonah is not walking yet but he gets injured a lot when he is cruising on furniture. He lets go of one piece of furniture to lean to another and move along, but often he miscalculates when he should be letting go. If he happens to get it right, then Wyatt will push him over or bump into him and he always manages to land on something face-first. It will be a miracle if he makes it to age 2 without some kind of brain damage! We are doing Christmas here tomorrow with Grandma and Grandpa Davis and then leaving to go visit Grandma and Grandpa Rodgers on the other side of Michigan tomorrow night. I always enjoy driving across Michigan on Christmas Eve. We have done it for 9 of our last 10 married years (except for last year because the boys were just about to be born) and it is kind of magical. We say goodbye to my parents, get packed up in the car, play Christmas music on the radio, and drive across Michigan. We have had some really snowy scary drives on Christmas Eve where we weren't sure that we would get there easily, but then we got our truck with 4 wheel drive and ever since then we have never driven through Michigan on Christmas Eve in the snow. Funny how those things work huh? John's parents are always waiting up for us and this year will be special because we didn't get to see them last year for Christmas and this year we have 2 more little guys to enjoy! I am hoping that we have a few more Christmas' where we can travel with the boys before they want Santa to come to their own house. Right now it looks like there is a big storm moving across West Michigan tonight and tomorrow with high winds and ice so we will be traveling very carefully tomorrow night and praying for a safe and uneventful Christmas Eve trip.