Happy Mother's Day

This was a pretty relaxed mother's day this year. Steve was home on Saturday and we spent the day with the kids and us. We went to the park and took the kids down to Toys R Us. In a weak moment, we bought the kids more magnetic letters and numbers. They LOVE those things. Since Steve was home, I used this time to run some errands by myself. I went to Target and did my whole shopping spree there. They mostly see me there with the kids. After I had checked out, a gal who sees me a lot told me happy mother's day. It really hit me this year. I am a mother! I told Steve when I got home how it had hit me. I was officially a mother last mother's day but it wasn't really a reality to me yet. I was thinking last year of the women who gave me their children. They made it possible for me to be a mom. This year, I felt like a mom. Brooke and Kyle have ME as their mom. So the kids and I spent a day together as daddy had to work. We played in the backyard, Brooke and Kyle decided to eat the sand in the sandbox and we took a trip to Bed, Bath and Beyond. I decided to take a nap with the kids so it really was an easy day. After calling my own mom, I was wishing I was up there in Washington seeing as my sister and new brother in law were over at my parents house making brunch. I hate living this far from my family. Hopefully soon, it won't be an issue as we hope to move there in the next 5 years. I would move this summer if we could but not likely! Oh well.

So Happy Mother's day to all of the mothers out there and the mom's to be(I'm shouting that out to you Heather!).