My First Mother's Day!

I celebrated my very first mother's day today, so I thought I would reflect on recently joining motherhood. You never know what your mother truly means to you until you have one of your own. It's true. I always appreciated my mother and grandmother and everything they did for us, but my appreciation  for them has reached a whole new level now, because I know how much they loved me. I love my son that much, and unless you're a mother, I don't think you can understand it. It's amazing how quickly it happens---as soon as I saw him, I loved him more than anything. What's really special is that once you become a mother, no one can ever take that away form you.You will always be someone's Mom--even when you're gone. Alex has only been here 2 months, and I don't remember my life without him. He's been the best surprise I've ever had! It's awesome to watch him grow and change from day to day. So, enough of the mushy stuff--Let's talk about presents! When I woke up this morning, Abe told me he still had to go to Wal-mart to get my present. I was so mad! LOL. But then he came back like 5 minutes later with presents in hand. He had been keeping them in his car. I held Alex in my lap while I opened them. They got me a cute picture frame for my desk at work, a really cool mini-photo album for my millions of Alex pictures, and a bigger photo album to match that has different size photos in it--slots for 8x10's, 5x7's, and 4x6's. It's really cool. I loved my presents. Then Abe's Mom got me a Hydrangea plant, and some Petunias. Maria got me a beautiful light purple Azalea bush. And Mary got me a cute scrapbooking kit. Now I just have to get to work on the gardening and the scrapbooking! But first, laundry is calling my name. Until next time...

Such a handsome little man!

Me with Alex and my Mother's Day presents--Nevermind the fact that I look like a beast in the morning!