Before christmas I forecasted how my christmas day would look. I thought it would be a little bit of fun to do a ‘revised’ version (in bold).
7.30ish Erin will wake up looking for her milk
The Christmas Eve Party went off with such a bang Erin didn’t wake until 8am!
7.35 I will wake up and wonder if I can put her off for five minutes
I woke up and thought s**t why did I not a) eat more yesterday, and b) drink a pint of water before bed…..oh, and c) what the hell are those flashing lights in front of my eyes.
7.40 Erin’s noises will escalate from gurgling to full blown shouting
Check
7.45 I will ‘come too’ and realise that it’s Christmas Day and get excited
Check (as well as “oh crap, I hope this isn’t a hangover”)
7.46 I will ’spring out’ of bed (after nudging Alex, to wake)
Ok, so I didn’t quite spring…
7.47 Nudge Alex again and threaten to remove duvet…
Alex was more sprightly than usual, and took great pleasure in laughing at my fragile state
7.48 Heat Erin’s milk, and go and say morning to her
Alex did the milk, whilst I got Erin up
7.50 Take her through to our room, Alex will probably feed her (I will try not to fall asleep)
Check
8.05 Move through to livingroom to see what Santa has left 
We actually didn’t go through to livingroom until about 9am
8.10 Empty stocking first, move onto presents, get strong coffee
We opened a few presents and the stocking before Erin was ready for her weetabix and nap
9.30 Take a break, give Erin weetabix and put down for nap
Check
9.35 Alex will cook breakfast for us
Check
9.50 House will be smokey and kitchen will look like a 4-course meal has been prepared. Breakfast will taste nice
CHECK
10.15 Quickly clean kitchen before Erin wakes
Uh, no, we kinda abandoned the dishes…
10.30 Play with toys for a while before getting dressed
Check
12.00ish Drive over to Mother in laws’
We also picked up my sister in law and boyfriend en route
12.15 Be greeted (jumped on) by dog and family members
Check
12.16 Erin will be passed around and when the music stops (!) will chill out in her high seat for a while (I’m hoping)
Check
12.30 Give our presents to the family and open ours
Check
1.00 Be offered a cup of coffee, accept and slyly slip some Tia Maria in it
Offered coffee and requested some ice cold water instead…Tia Maria was NOT on the agenda
1.15 Be calm after sly shot of Tia Maria
Yes, well…
1.30 Shit! Remember that Erin should have had some lunch, act like good parent and tell Alex to prepare something 
Check
2.00 Be tired after late night, early morning and drinking in the afternoon. Doze off for 5 minutes.
Check
2.05 Text friends to say Merry Christmas
Hmm, forgot to do this, should ring them now…
2.20 Help prepare dinner (I’m on the prawn cocktails)
I laid the table instead of preparing the prawn cocktails
3.05 Wish that Erin would have short nap to freshen up, accept she won’t and have another tia maria
Check (apart from Tia Maria bit!)
4.00 (or thereabouts) Sit down for dinner
Dinner was closer to 5.30pm
5.00 Help with clearing up
Check
5.30 Give Erin a bath and start settling her for bed
Skipped the bath as we had a bath in the morning with her new crayola bath tablets and squeezy toys.
6.30 Spend evening playing games and having a drink
Spent evening playing trivial pursuit and drinking irn bru.
