How do I restore from backup on iPhone 4S?

I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 5 on Wednesday and last synced it with my Mac on Thursday night at 11:30pm before going to bed.  I bought the iPhone 4S on Friday morning and started it as a new iPhone.  I think that I did something wrong, because I never saw the option to "Restore From Backup" so that I could port over my last iPhone 4 with iOS 5 back up.  Can someone tell me if/how I can do this?  Maybe I need to restore my 4S and start over. Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks Bryan.  Sorry to sound like such an idiot.  The first time I tried that, but backup options didn't auto populate.  I restored the 4S and followed your advice above.  Worked like a charm.

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