The little things.

I am nursing a serious holiday hangover. The week leading up to Christmas was stuffed to the gills with stress, and while we had an awesome Christmas, all the travel and hosting has left me exhausted. In times like these, when I'm lacking energy, it's really the little things that get me through. A few lovely little things of late:

* Henry wildly flapping his arms with excitement while opening his Christmas gifts. I didn't get it on "film", but here's my very excited boy on Christmas morning:

* All of the incredible sleep Ben and I were able to get last night, thanks to my awesome Mom and Dave who offered to keep Henry for the night. What an awesome gift!!

* Having my brother home for a little bit. I've gotten to see him twice already, and hopefully at least a few more times.


* The beautiful colors of the season. I made sugared rosemary and cranberries to go with the Buche de Noel I made for Christmas dinner, and I was in awe of the gorgeous colors (pre-sugaring):


* My new iPhone cover, whose impending arrival has me stalking UPS trucks everywhere: