On the road again...

Well... not quite yet. But early tomorrow morning we are piling into the car again to start the long trek home. Yippeeee!!!!

I hope that everyone had an incredible day of family, eating, and for the lucky - napping! We had a very nice, but quiet day. Steven got up with Emma and let me sleep. At first I didn't think I was going to be able to go back to sleep, but since it doesn't happen to often, I decided that I really needed to take advantage of it and do my best to sleep. It took about 30 minutes for me to get back to sleep, but then I slept until almost 10:00!! It has been years since I have done that. It was a wonderful way to start the day. I did have grand plans of helping my mother in the kitchen, but I apparently did something to my back and I was having a MAJOR problem with a pinched nerve and there were moments when I literally could not move without being in excruciating pain. Definitely NOT the way I had planned to spend the rest of my day - but that is just the way it happens sometimes. We ate until we could eat no more and then decided to go for a walk. And wouldn't you know that it had been sunny up until we decided to leave the house. It only rained for a little bit and that gave us time to clean up the leftovers. It never did really clear up - but it was nice to get out and walk (or in my case, hobble).

This morning I thought about getting up early and hitting the stores. Thought about it, but never actually made it. We did manage to get all of us out of the house mid morning and I was able to get a lot of our Christmas shopping done. Before I was a mom, I always had the Christmas shopping done by Thanksgiving. So I am pretty proud of my self for having at least three fourths of it done by the day after. Well, we are getting ready to eat turkey leftovers and then I think we are going to drive around Richmond to see the 'Tacky Lights'. Sounds pretty interesting - HA!!! And then, if I am lucky, we will stop at Cheesecake Factory for some pumpkin cheesecake and a good cup of coffee!!! Then I have to pack and start loading everything for that little drive we are taking tomorrow :-)

Have a great rest of the week-end everyone!!!