Mother's Day?

Just about 17 months ago, I officially became a mommy.

I have waited my entire life to be able to celebrate Mother's Day & have looked forward to being able to celebrate this "holiday" more than any other.

I mean, if they had "Wife's Day" that would have been the holiday I looked forward to the most, but you know what they say, everyday is wife's day...haha, yeah right.

Well, when it comes to Mother's Day, I do feel like that statement is true.

Everyday is Mother's Day.

Don't get me wrong, since there is a day when it is pretty much expected that I get treated all nice & get a handwritten card & get to go out to eat & get pampered & get to do all the fun things about being a mom (meaning Matthew takes care of feeding & diapering little dude) then wow, I am all for it!

But, really...to me, everyday is Mother's Day.

Everyday I get to kiss chubby cheeks countless time, tickle soft thighs & neck crevices, play hide & go seek around counter islands, have story time...all sorts of fun things.

Yes, I also change super gross diapers, wipe boogery noses, wash grimy hands, feed a sometimes picky eater, say "no" at least two dozen times, supervise timeout, & stop the ever important thing I was doing when someone suddenly decides they wanted to wake up early (thankfully this doesn't happen too often).  And don't even get me started on what I'll be doing during those super scary I-have-a-teenager days...yikes.

But you know what?

For this sweet boy...

I do that not-so-fun stuff countless times because it means I get to be his mommy.

And because...

Everyday is Mother's Day.

And I wouldn't have it any other way  :)

Happy (early) Mother's Day to all my fellow mommies!

Throwback Thursday

It's a Thursday & I haven't synced my phone to my computer in a while so I decided to post an oldie (but a goodie)...

Apparently this is what it's like to have hiccups for the 1st time (outside of the womb)

...as well as what it looks like to not blink for 23 seconds.

I promise you my child was used to me holding him by this point (he was 2 days old) & he wasn't terrified of me (as it may seem)...he just had no clue what it felt like to hiccup with oxygen.

I laugh at this video every.single.time I watch it.

Pretty sure it will be one of my bride videos for him when he is older.  You know, the ones your parents hold hostage over your head to make sure you don't try to be too cool for school when you're a teenager.

No, I'm not going to tell you what my #1 bribe video of myself is but I will say it features my protruding toddler belly (not too unlike Abram's current pudge), a pink bikini, & that it involves the questionable sunbathing habits I had back in '84 when I was 2 years old.

Anyway...

Happy early weekend  :)