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12/26/2003 Archived Entry: "the day after"

I'm far too tired and swamped with things to do to write a long detailed entry, I'll keep this brief (brief for me, anyway). I'll get to it sometime soon and share pics too. Suffice it to say, our holiday was lovely. Christmas Eve day was spent cooking. We went to my in-laws' that night to be with everyone. Tabs had a grand ol' time with her 3yo friend that she played with on Thanksgiving. The two of them were wired beyond belief. Okay, I guess anyone with kids knows exactly what I'm talking about :) Just as we were getting ready to go, SD pulls out a guitar and everyone starts singing Christmas carols. Pure joy, exactly how I imagine Christmas Eve. We got home and put the little one to bed. Needless to say, Christamas Eve. duties kept Chris and I up for another 3 hours.

Yesterday was nice. Tabitha was so excited when she woke up and loved everything in her stocking and her Santa gift. She played with some toys and opened some gifts then we headed to my in-laws' to do gifts with them. Afterwards it was home and my mom and sister came over. More gifts were opened and Tabitha finished opening what was left from us. Tons of stuff, of course, but she loved everything. She got a bit out of hand while they were there. No surprise really, she always seems to be that way around my mom. I haven't a clue why. I feel for my mom who never gets to see her grandchild acting peaceful. The food did not go as I planned, through only the fault of myself, but what we did have was pretty good. After we ate, my mom and I sat and talked for awhile, Chris slept on the couch- he's still sick and was pretty wiped out by then- and my sister opened some of the toys for Tabitha. Not sure if she was just being nice or doing it out of boredom, but I appreciated not having to do it, those toys are murder with all the twist ties and tape and such!

After they left, I sat at the computer trying to just relax, Tabitha played with whatever was opened, and I'm not remembering what Chris did, lol. I think he did some cleanup. Anyway, the hectic days are over, though I'm not looking forward to taking all the decorations down. We went to Ikea this morning and got a new bookcase for Tabitha's room so I need to go build that and then take care of finding homes for all these toys. Hopefully I'll get some pics up tonight, but don't hold me to that.