The Mother of All Mother's Days

Yesterday was my third Mother's Day. While I am not a big fan of the "Hallmark Holidays", I am all about having a "me" day. Usually my day is my birthday. My one day to be spoiled. I get a pedicure, get taken out to dinner and generally refuse to do my normal chores around the house. I mean, it is only one day! For Mother's Day, like Valentine's Day, I always tell Josh do not get me flowers. I do not see the point in getting overpriced flowers under any obligation he may feel. I would rather get flowers on a random day. Much more exciting and you don't have to beat down the crowd for the last stem.


My first Mother's Day was when Abigail was only 5 weeks old. At that point, she was still eating every 2-3 hours and I hadn't been back to my doctor for my 6 week check up yet so I was not feeling 100%. Let alone taking Abby anywhere because of crowds. So we did something very simple and just stayed at home. But Josh and Abby got me a card, which I appreciated.


Last year, we had been planning for 6 months prior to go on a cruise with a close group of friends. There ended up being 12 of us heading for the sunny Bahamas. What none of us realized until about a month before we set sail, was that it was Mother's Day weekend. Since there were three of us who were mothers of little ones at home and left our kids with their grandparents, we were actually giving great Mother's Day presents to our mothers/mothers in law. See how that logic works? Flawless, right? We had a wonderful time on our cruise and actually would love to go on another one very soon but who knows if that will be a reality.


This year, Josh had been asking me for a few weeks "What do you want for Mother's Day???" Since I really had no little trinket I wanted nor wanted Josh to spend a lot of money, I had told him that I all I wanted was to sleep in, be taken out for lunch/dinner and maybe let me have an afternoon nap. That is it. Simple right?


Saturday we went out to the nursery for some plants for the house. By the time we got home to plant them, it was about 95 degrees. Way too hot to be outside digging in the dirt so we decided to put it off until Sunday morning. Even though Josh didn't want me to do any work on Mother's Day, it was more important for us not to be outside planting in the heat. Not to mention, I am 6 months pregnant and there is not a lot of work I would be doing but plenty I could guilt Josh into! HAHAHA (evil laugh). So I slept and awoke to a nice aroma of waffles. I crawled out of bed and put our sheets in the wash. It is my Sunday morning ritual so I wasn't phased that it was Mother's Day. Sheets still have to be clean. I hear a holler from downstairs yelling "Becca???? Get back in bed!!!!" I jump back in bed and Josh greets me with a tray of homemade waffles and a cup of hot tea. (Tangent: We have been married over 6 years now and Josh has never made me breakfast in bed. I am not complaining but just stating a fact. I was blown away by this gesture) Abby joined us on the bed and proceeded to eat half of my waffles with me. I didn't care because they were amazing tasting and eating them in bed with my two favorite people. With such good waffles, who wouldn't want to eat more? I can't blame her.


After breakfast, I came downstairs to a very clean kitchen. I am not used to this after Josh normally does cooking. I didn't even have to spot clean! We proceeded outside to start planting and while it was starting to get hot, it wasn't unreal. Josh started planting while Abby and I played in the dirt. Before long, it got hotter and I pulled out the water mat for Abby to play in. She loved it! We had a great morning and then it was time for lunch and a nap. Josh made Abigail lunch and I gave her a quick rinse off in the bath tub. After she ate lunch and was napping, we showered off and settled in to watch some TV. My stomach started grumbling and Josh jumped up to make me a sandwich. Again I was just wowed. After lunch and a quick cat nap, we all headed for the car to run some errands and go to dinner. We ended up at Sweet Tomatoes because a) I love their salads and b) I figured it wouldn't be packed with mom's which would mean a long wait. I was sort of right. There were a lot of mom's there but it was not crowded. What made it even better was that they had great food and Abby was on her best behavior. She ate everything and even asked for more. It was a fantastic evening.

After a great day, we just got ready for the impending week. Josh sprinkled the day with saying "Happy Mother's Day" and "I love you". I am still smiling from it.