Surviving the Domestic Jungle

Well, its the day after Christmas and I am feeling a pretty good! I did overeat yesterday (as much as my smashed stomach will let me) and my Kids got some great toys and had a lot of fun. We went over to my parents where all my siblings, their spouses and kids were and we all just sat around, ate and laughed! Pretty much what the holidays are all about….spending time with family!! Poor little Hailey never seems to have much fun because Avery ditches her for her 9 year old cousin and then the babies are too little to play with so she kind of plays by herself and seems kind of bored but as soon as those babies are old enough, she will be the ring leader of that operation! Should be interesting!! I have an enormous mess to clean up today because there are toys everywhere in my living room, kitchen table and entry and of course, it all falls on mommy to keep it somewhat organized. I love Christmas but it is a lot of work between the purchasing and organizing. I cant wait until they are old enough to just clean it all up themselves!! Next on the agenda is New Years which is always hyped up to be such a big deal but never is. I’m not sure what we are doing and we probably wont do much which is fine by me. I have to start cracking down on the baby shower planning because it is right around the bend and I want it to be a big occasion! It is such a big deal to me that this is the first boy and I want the party to be a good time! I think I finally decided on the cake I want, Ive done my registry and all I need now is to do the invitations!! Should have done those first but hey, I don’t do much conventionally.