The Holidays

So... I return. It's now the 28th of December, and I think it is the first day since my last post that I have been home for longer than 3 hours during the day. Christmas is stressful. Well not actually the holiday itself, but the shuffling of people, that's the crazy part. Christmas Eve belongs to my family (Mum's side) and I'm not giving it up. It's our game day and it's only adults... which is great!! Brighton is the only kid there and he is only 6 months old, so he just plays on the floor. Christmas day gets hectic though... I want to have Christmas morning at home. I always remember being at my Nana's, cousins, or somewhere else... never really at home. Well I want memories at home with my kids on Christmas. There is something magic about seeing a child on Christmas morning. The hope they have that Santa came, ate the cookies, and left them a surprise under the tree. It's just a heart-warming moment. So I want that at home. But then comes the rest of the family... both my husbands family and my Dad's side of the family live close so we have to see them both on Christmas day... which means we spend 3 hours at each place and then run somewhere else... CRAZY. Boxing Day is just nuts... Especially when you have a 6 month old with you who hasn't had a decent nap in 3 days. I got a few good things, and the things I didn't can wait till later, because I am not subjecting myself to the madness that is going on for the next 2 or 3 days. So after Boxing Day I am finally thinking I might be able to stay home and get some rest and maybe organize a bit from after Christmas.. WRONG!! It's my nieces birthday on the 27th so we were out and about for that...Today I am staying home, no if's, and's, or but's.... HOME!! Even though everything was crazy it was nice to see my family and my hubbies family. My family is great... they are so kind to me, Todd, and Brighton - thanks guys!! Sorry this entry is all over the place, I'm not feeling 100% and this is how it spilled out of my brain.
Off to take a nap while Brighton is taking his...