Mr. and Mrs. Claus are exhausted!

It was several days of Christmas this year, so Thursday we were in Ocean City, Friday in Cinnaminson and Saturday at our home!  Nicholas is one loved an lucky boy!  He was not sure of what to think of the Christmas presents this morning.  He woke up on the wrong side of the bed because he unfortunaltey wet through his diaper.  This doesn't happen much but once in a while it does and he probably drank too much the night before.  After we got this fixed he still was in a bad mood and kind of whiny.  We walked out in the living room and his mouth stayed open but no sound was coming out.  He just stared at the presents!  He wasn't in to opening them though.  He wanted a "baba" (drink) and "nana" (food- not sure why he calls food this) and even after breakfast he still did not want to open presents.  We put on Alvin and the Chipmunks and he slowly started coming around.  I started making us a breakfast and by the time I was done, Nicholas was ready for presents!  Eric helped him open the gifts but it actually took a couple hours because every gift that was opened, he had to play with before moving onto the next!  By lunch time he was all done with presents!  Our living room looked like it exploded with toys!  I loved every moment.
Nicholas had lunch and I started cooking our dinner.  I got most of the dinner accomplished while Nicholas was napping, Eric helped with the string beans and with dishes.
When Nicholas awoke from his nap, we all played with the toys in his bedroom.  I took pics and videos of him.  It was nice to relax- just the three of us!  We had our dinner, watched another Christmas cartoon and gave Nicholas his bath.
I feel like this day went so quick.  After all the anticipation, planning, shopping, coordinating visits with family......now it is all over and that just means so much to me.  I am sad and happy at the same time.  Happy that we had our Christmas and Nicholas had a great experience but so sad because I miss the days where I was having Christmas as a kid with my mom and dad.  It really makes you think- where does the time go?  Why does it go so fast?  How can I slow this down a bit???
I really just try to enjoy my time, my life and my feelings.  That I think is the only way you can slow things down.  When you try and please everyone and do for everyone else (outside of your nuclear family) that is when your time just gets eaten up and used.  This if course is not for everything because of course it is nice to give your time and help relatives and go visiting but there has to be definiate boundaries when it comes to this, otherwise you will lose your own time.

Nicholas this year, 2010

Nicholas last Christmas (@daycare) 2009