Tongue Tied . . .literally

Rhett is tongue tied, it is a real thing, not just a saying. The skin that holds his tongue to the bottom of his mouth goes all the way to the tip of his tongue and is too short. It holds his tongue down so he can't lick his lips, touch the roof of his mouth with his tongue, stick his tongue out (that part isn't such a bad thing). This causes trouble with eating and speech. To correct it they just snip the skin to relax it's hold on his tongue then allowing his tongue to move more freely like it should. Unfortunately due to his age they have to put him under to do the procedure. He is too old to let them do what they need to do and hold still. So, his surgery is scheduled for Thursday, December 24th at 7am. Yep! That's right. The 12th surgery in the Bryce Family is scheduled.
Luckily, it is a simple procedure that will take minutes with a quick recovery. They expect him to eat normally and have pretty much no pain.

For posterity's sake:

Dear Rhett,
We are sorry we have passed on our random, weird surgery gene to you. Hopefully you will grow out of it before too long.
Love,
Mom and Dad

P.S. I know it is Christmas Eve and I hope you don't think we are the meanest parents ever for scheduling your surgery then but I am a very logical person (as you will come to find out) and logic won out in this case, as it does most times. Dad and I are both off of work Christmas Eve. We have a 4 day weekend to lovingly take care of you and we have already met our insurance deductible for the year so when they said they could get it done before the end of they year, we said, "sign us up". And honestly, right now you don't know the difference between Christmas Eve and any other day of the year. Thanks for understanding. Love, Mom.