We are blessedly and safely tucked in at home. Finally. We managed to leave at noon and got home at 8:30. A long drive for what it should be but with two little ones with matching little bladders, you don’t get much say about how often to stop. But they were fantastic on the ride. Emma apparently has realized how long 8 hours in the car really is because she told me when it was Maryland time again, she didn’t want to come back because it took way too long. I agree. But unfortunately we don’t have much choice in the matter since I’m guessing we can’t convince my entire extended family to move a little closer.
ILs were at our house waiting on us when we got home. The kids excitedly showed them every single toy they got. I let them stay up late and I think Lexi is just now actually getting to sleep since she had a long nap in the car. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I’m so glad we came home today instead of tomorrow so Christmas is not right on top of us. I realized I have a present or two to pick up tomorrow and need to do some wrapping of the girls’ larger gifts. I think Scott has a reorg of the toy room on his agenda since there are so many new toys here and coming.
Scott has to work tomorrow night so I’m not really sure of our schedule over the next two days. We’ll probably end up at Mom’s tomorrow night since he’ll be working. We went back and forth today on the way home about how to handle Christmas day since he’ll have worked all night. He may wake up long enough with the kids and go back to sleep or just stay up and try to caffeinate himself through the day while we bounce back and forth between parents’ houses. Who knows.
At the moment I’m just glad to be home and still have a few days off from work.