My First Mother's Day

Cole and I before dinner (isn't he adorable?)

My Mother's Day gift...a journey necklace with a mother and child

Obviously this Mother's Day is my first official one. Last year on Mother's Day I was 5 weeks pregnant and we celebrated by telling our mothers and grandmothers about the new addition to our family. This year we ended up celebrating on Saturday because Rhonald is on call Sunday. I am not sure why but I have been so excited about Mother's Day! I love being a mom and being with my boys so I knew that no matter what the day would be great! Both Rhonald and I are sick with bad colds (that and bad weather are 2 of the main reasons that I look horrible in that picture of Cole and I but hey - it is Mother's Day so we had to have our picture taken) so we took advantage of Cole's nap time by cuddling on the couch watching a movie...something we don't get the chance to do very often anymore. When Cole was awake we had fun playing with him and when it was getting close to dinner time Rhonald told me to get ready because they were taking me out to eat. We had dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Bone Fish Grill. The food was amazing and we had a very nice time. The only thing was that there were terrible storms and tornadoes going on all around us. If there is one thing I am terrified of, its tornadoes!!!! Of course the man at the table next to us could not stop running to the bar to check the weather and report back to everyone around that there was a funnel cloud in the area where we were (like across the street from the restaurant). Poor Rhonald...I spent most of our time asking him what we would do if there was a tornado... where we would go...would we take the car seat with us or leave it at the table? I thought of everything...I even thought what a relief it was that I am nursing Cole so that I would not have to worry about not having food for him if we were stuck in the bathroom at Bone Fish Grill for several hours. Luckily the storm moved passed our area just as we were getting ready to leave and we were able to make it home without any problem. Right before dinner Rhonald and Cole gave me my Mother's Day gift....a beautiful necklace! Rhonald explained to me that each diamond in the necklace represented a special time in our life together...our first date, our wedding day, our first anniversary and the day that Cole was born. Let me be the first to say that I am not usually one to cry over things like this but for some reason this got to me - I secretly think that made Rhonald feel even more proud of his gift! It was such a wonderful evening and I hated for it to end. I thought that Sunday would be fun - just Cole and I (and Mason too) but Rhonald was able to sneak away for a couple of hours to have lunch with us and told me that there is another Mother's Day surprise coming up - I just have to be patient. Overall, it was a fabulous weekend. I am so happy to be a mom and have such great guys to celebrate this day with! I could not help but look at Cole last night and say a prayer of thanksgiving that I was chosen to be his mother...it has been the most amazing experience in the world!