January 2021 Moms
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*~*~*Holiday Plans Thread*~*~*
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Some of us talked a bit about holiday plans this (extra special 
) year last week and someone mentioned maybe a thread would be good to discuss how we're all approaching it! What are you doing this year for Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas/Hanukkah/etc/what did our Canadians do for Canadian Thanksgiving?
) year last week and someone mentioned maybe a thread would be good to discuss how we're all approaching it! What are you doing this year for Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas/Hanukkah/etc/what did our Canadians do for Canadian Thanksgiving?
Re: *~*~*Holiday Plans Thread*~*~*
Christmas with DH's family one weekend in early December. This makes me somewhat nervous but DH's brother will be coming in from DC and they haven't seen each other since before DH deployed (so May 2019) and I know this has been hard on both of them. We won't be going anywhere for awhile with the new baby so this may be the last opportunity for awhile. Actual Christmas we're staying put. I've invited my parents if they would like to come but they'll be coming back a few weeks afterwards to watch DD while we have baby so I don't know if they'll want to make the trip twice.
Obviously we'll change any or all of these plans if the risk increased or if my OB cautioned against it.
EDD for #2 1/28/2021
Thanksgiving/Hanukkah/Christmas: Staying home; my husband's family has been isolating and they plan on continuing that until a vaccine is available. I won't be seeing my family either; I see lots of Zoom calls in my future.
Thanksgiving: we were going to drive to my family's 4 hours away. I don't think the ride will be comfortable and my parents current place is tiny and I don't really want to hang out with excited 6 family and chance catching ANYTHING, like even a cold would be miserable. DHs family is local and being smart about covid so we might go there or have my sister over 🤷🏻♀️
Christmas: omg this seems so far away 🤣 Christmas day will be with DHs immediate family. Maybe we'll have my sister and BIL over for Christmas Eve.
My parents will likely visit at some point, and if ANYONE even has so much as a sniffle I have zero interest in seeing them. I caught "just a cold" from my neices last pregnancy and it was sooooo awful. It lasted weeks and I even had to take off work to sleep it off for two days. Our girls are in a smaller daycare and with all the covid precautions I'm hoping we all stay healthy. I don't need to worry about additional germs
@HappyFeet34 yikes to your possible xmas baby! I'm also slightly nervous with a Jan 5 due date; but FTM so no idea what will happen.
For Xmas my parents will have just moved to our city, they're arriving a couple weeks before. I'm thinking they'll probably quarantine and get tested and we'll do something low-key with them since they'll be literally around the corner from us.
Thanksgiving my husband always has to work. The kids and I usually go to my parents house to watch the Macy’s Parade and have a turkey lunch. However, my parents are being absolute idiots about not wearing masks or distancing at all. We haven’t seen them in person for a long time now. Just our little family has our turkey dinner on Black Friday when my husband is off and we can spend all day together.
No idea what’ll be happening by Christmas. Our state (Ohio) is currently posting its biggest positive numbers day after day. Our county is especially bad. We are back in full isolation other than my husband going to work.
I'm not sure about Thanksgiving and Christmas. Things seem to be getting worse in our area and then I'm obviously moving into my 3rd trimester so I'm just not sure. My ILs are more than okay with just skipping holidays this year. They're older and I think worried about being around me. My sister's family is super safe. My parents are pretty good. They wear their masks but they see more people than I would like.
Thanksgiving will probably also just be us. Our state is experiencing a huge surge in cases right now and a lot are in our county. Maybe we’ll see my mom but not really sure.
Christmas is a huge question mark. I get my cerclage removed 12/18 and once its out, we’re kind of just on baby watch. It will likely just be us and maybe my mom will come and watch the kids open presents. Its sad but I figure its one year and its not really worth the risk.
Halloween: Going dark decorations wise and watching a Harry Potter marathon. Normally our house is one of the most decorated on the street so I'm pretty sad about not doing anything this year.
Christmas: Would only be with DH's on a normal year - not going because too much snow at the cottage and they aren't taking any COVID precautions. We virtually drew names for the gift swap, so we're dropping ours off when we're up there in a few weeks. Maybe zoom calls the day of? But I assume everyone else (extended family so 20+ people) will be there so maybe not? My mom has joked about making DH a turkey/stuffing since he's missing his family dinner so maybe that will happen.
Hanukkah: We'll probably be at my parents house. We've been bubbled with them this whole time, so no reason to stop now. My sister is talking about pulling her son out of school early so they can isolate for 14 days and then come see us. We've only seen them in person once since March , in the middle of the summer outside and when he's back in school we will go back to not seeing them so this is the last chance for awhile.