Family comes first, of course, but some planning would certainly simplify things.
My 4 year old's birthday is in October, so you can see how well I take my own advice. I ended up doing the 'wait at home for the delivery when my friends are in the woods' thing too.
Itturns out that's not the worst of it. Birthdays happen the same time every year. [:@]
Just kidding.
We work it out, but we wouldn't have to if God and I had similar ideas of when the youngster should arrive.