Dec. 26, 2005 - I admit it, I slept in this AM.
Boy was I tired! I regularly rise at 5am (or close- depends on if baby is wakeful and needs to nurse) and start going about my day. I was especially tired because I was up by 5 on the 22nd as I had my MIL coming over so I could help her make her holiday cheese balls that she gives to her friends and neighbors annually. MIL can't (or shouldn't!) drive currently so I had arranged for a friend of hers to drive her over and dh drive her back when he got home. Mil has a torn ligament in a leg as well as both thumbs in a splints due to them being very painful when used.
On the 23rd I rose at 5am, had my quiet time and shower and begun baking. I was in the kitchen until 10pm, I think. I had baked 6 loaves of banana bread, 3 batches of caramel corn, 2 batches of fudge (one chocolate, one vanilla), and prepped the turkey with the seasoning paste I make.
On the 24th I was again up by 5 so we could hit the road to go to my parents who live approximately 3 hours north for the day. My sister and her family were to be there as well. We were late starting as we had to drop off items at my in-laws, get gasoline, and hunt down some batteries for our new digital camera. I'm a shutterbug and could not stand the thought of running out of battery power! As we'd just gotten the camera I had no idea how long the batteries that came with it would last. We celebrated my dad's birthday (he's a Christmas baby) while at my parents and it was nice for my sister and family to finally meet our 8mo old daughter. We then drove home...... to a slew of unwrapped presents. So after getting the children to bed (the 3 older ones) we began to wrap. Dh saved the day because shortly after we started I had to nurse the baby and fell asleep! I woke back up about 2am and he was just finishing. I was so glad as I was feeling quite ill due to being so tired.
On Christmas we did sleep in until 7 or so, but had to get up and ready for church. I was not able to start the turkey cooking as we have a gas oven and decided it would not be a good idea to start it and leave. Dinner was finally ready at 7pm. MUCH later than we are accustomed to! We try to eat around 2PM at the latest on holidays. Dh and I joked that for presents we'd set up the camcorder on it's tripod and let them have at it while we slept- and watch it when we awoke from a nap. After all 2 of them can read. :) Of course we didn't DO it, but it was enticing. LOL
I have realized how important the naps I try to take every day as I nurse the baby are! I won't get one today, I'm sure, but I look forward to tomorrow when life goes back more towards normal. It's only 10:30 and you guessed it! I'm ready for a nap!
BUT, instead, I need to run as we are running later than we'd hoped in going to MIL's house (15 minutes away) to meet up with the visiting sister-in-laws and their children who stayed the night at my in-laws.
