Mother's Day

For a few years now on Mother's Day I would sit in church watching all of the moms stand and get a special blessing. This was not easy for me. Last night we went to Mass, and at the end all of the mothers stood, and with Colbie in my arms, so did I.

Today I woke up at 10am!!! All I asked for for Mother's Day was to sleep in, and my little wish was granted. I slept for 11 straight hours! The hubs found me standing in the middle of our bedroom, smiling and stretching at 10:05. He had already fed, changed, played with, and put little miss down for her morning nap. He saw me, smiled and said, "your coffee is cold", and smiled back and replied, "I don't care, I am so well rested".

After a slow, and lovely start to the morning, D.B. and Colbie walked in with this:

I appreciate him teaching her about Anthropologie early and what her mama really likes!

We then packed up and headed to some local gardens where we walked around and enjoyed the warm weather and just being together.

The look on her face here totally cracks me up. We had a hard time getting one of C. looking at the camera. There were way too many distractions to pay any attention to her mama.

After our time at the gardens we headed to one of our favorite places in town, the University of Wisconsin student union terrace where we enjoyed some drinks and a great view.

The rest of the day was wrapped up with yard work, talking to our moms and rocking my little, long awaited baby girl to sleep. Something I only dreamt of doing this time last year.

A very very special Mother's Day to all of you moms out there, especially our mom's and grandma. We hope you had a wonderful day, and we wish we could have celebrated with you!!! And for our grandmothers that have past on, we remember you too.

More than anyone in the world, this Mother's Day we are thinking of and praying for Colbie's birthmom, and thanking her for giving me the gift of being a mom. Happy Mother's Day M!