Thud.

Last night, Coffee and I stayed up mighty late – first, hanging out with Oldest One, who “wasn’t tired”, and then wrapping presents until our hands were numb.

Like a moron, I was determined to carry on my family tradition of wrapping each item that goes into the stocking in addition to wrapping the bigger gifts. It makes the whole present thing take longer and it’s way more fun but, ohmygod, it sucked to do all that wrapping.

We finally turned off the lights and hit the proverbial hay at around 1 a.m.. only to be awakened by Middle One at around 3 a.m. He had a nightmare for the second night in a row. Coffee brought him to sleep in our bed, tucked between us. This is a HUGE no-no in the world of foster care but I’m going to assume the agency will make an exception since we ARE adopting the kids once the paperwork shows up.

I was so tired when Coffee plunked Middle One into the bed that I couldn’t even open my eyes.

I also couldn’t fall back to sleep for a very, very long time. Yargh.

And of course, at 7 a.m. this morning, we woke up and hit the ground running with everyone opening gifts and shrieking and giggling.

For the past few hours we’ve been taking turns challenging Oldest One at his new Wii game – Rayman Raving Rabbids – which has been a spectacular hit with all of us.

Here’s hoping it tires the kids out because, oy, I need to get SOME sleep tonight!

The list of gifts included Wii games and DS games and board games and candy and, for Oldest One, the only gift he really really wanted: World of Warcraft. Sadly, the family computer we bought (for Christmas) won’t arrive for a few days. He was giddy to open the package, however, since he’s been asking about it since the day he learned he’d be here for Christmas.

The Boys each picked out presents for Coffee and I – for me, a stack of chocolates and fuzzy socks and, for Coffee, three fabulous t-shirts. They picked out present for each other, too, and I was surprised by their generosity and thoughtfulness overall.

No one has eaten anything remotely nutritious. No one has showered, brushed their teeth or otherwise groomed themselves beyond putting clothes on. No one has breathed a drop of fresh air. There are candy wrapper littering the entire house.

In other words, Christmas is exactly as it should be.

Here’s hoping you’re having a spectacular day, too!