Whew.

To anyone who "does" Christmas several times each year, you're my hero.

Tomorrow will make Christmas #3 for us and...

I'm pooped.

This is the first time my Christmas celebrations have fallen outside of December 24-25. We've basically been Christmas-ing since last Friday. We kicked it off with my awesome mom and dad, pictured below.


If we all look a little bleary-eyed, it's because we stayed up all hours playing Wii ping-pong, bowling, and snowboarding.

Aside from Wii-ing and eating a lot of food, we did a mini-Christmas play. I couldn't resist this pic of our pretend "Mary."



Thankfully, as my mom put it on Wednesday, "Wii go home!"

I am now sleeping again, and I've also regained use of my left arm.

Which gave me all the energy I needed to barely scrape by, in time for Christmas #2. We had a great day today with a wild and wacky bunch on my hubby's side.



I absolutely loved all the yummy southern holiday food, and the noisy, full house of people milling around, taking endless pictures, and reminiscing over endless memories together.

If my kids look a little bleary-eyed, it's because they are so stinkin' tired from opening thousands of presents.



Poor them.

Hopefully they can bounce back in time for Christmas #3, which starts tomorrow morning.

I thought I had enough for this year.

Until we got home tonight and put our kids in bed. I set our table for a cozy Christmas breakfast, arranged a few things around the tree, and breathed a big sigh.

Home.

I can't wait to soak in a quiet day with my precious kids and to relax with my hubby, who has been working his tail off and helping out with the kids.

Christmas #3 might be just what I need to recover from 1 and 2. Stay tuned for more pics later...except I won't be in them.

I plan to be behind the camera, in my pajamas!

Merry Christmas!

More Stuff about Nutrition!

Hey y'all...

Lindsay, over at Passionate Homemaking, and I did a combo post on finding balance and nutrition. She is super sweet and had some great things to say! Check it out here.

If you haven't read my full series on this topic, start here.

Four Things in A Day

1. Stayed home from church with a toddler who might have been a stomach-flu timebomb.

She never did detonate, though. Phew. By noon, I decided it was safe to hold her on my hip instead of three feet out in front of me. We were all very glad. Especially me. You just never know what will happen when you put the stomach bug and an 18-month-old together!

2. Toughed out a long workout...it was, well, "insane."

I proudly completed the whole thing (except for all the push-ups. Shhh. Don't tell.). Of course, so did my 4-year-old daughter...so that may not mean much!

3. Had half the ingredients for pizza, and half the ingredients for taco salad. What to do?

Make Mexican Pizza!

It didn't look very photo-worthy, but maybe this pic will give you an idea of how good it tasted:


I guess we were hungry after working out!

4. Skyped with my parents. Always fun.