Mother's Day Weekend!

Anyone else ready for life to slow down?  I know I sure am.  Lately I feel like I'm always getting ready for something!  It has been a few busy months!  

Friday I stayed home with my two cuties as usual and also had my precious, amazingly well behaved nephew.  He will be 1 in June, and is such a doll and I was amazed at how well he entertains himself!  I seriously was in awe !

Here was my ornery little one, this boy will not stay off the counters!  Once I caught him he scooted back and tried to "hide"

The three boys playing with cars and trains!  Adorable they were!

Saturday morning the boys and I ran a ton of errands getting ready daddy and Uncle Nathan's birthday party!  They turned the big 30.  That evening we had a 24 adults and kids over so it was a full garage/ house.   I had never tried it before but we ate in the garage and it was perfect, plenty of table space and not to cold / hot in there.  After dinner we headed inside to hang out and let the kids play in there so we could keep tabs on them better.  It was a great night of fun with friends and family!

Matthew and his twin blowing out their candle

Birthday Boys

Then on Mother's Day we went to church, came home cleaned the house, played, watched a little TV to relax the boys before nap.  Then Sunday night my mom, and one of my sisters and her family came over for dinner and cake to celebrate my mom for Mother's Day and her birthday which is actually today!  

I just want to give a shout out to my wonderful mom and share with you all how beautiful she is inside and out!  My mom is sooo hard working, dedicated, driven, strong, giving, fun to be around, and loves with all her heart.  

She amazes me every day at how hard she works, and how she is just always giving of herself to others!   I love her soooo much!  

She is also a marathon runner and has ran over 10 marathons in the last 10 years!  She is the reason I'm running my first half in June.  While I'm struggling to finish 13.1 she will rocking the 26.2 mile race.  She is below in the orange!  I have always looked up to her for running and working so hard to get where she is and now I actually get to do some running with her.   I have loved it! 

Here are some of my sisters and I with my mom at a wedding last summer.  Mom is on the far left!

She has one more year until she hits 50,  I hope when I'm her age,  I look half as good as she does!  Love you momma!

We failed to get a fancy dressed  up Mother's Day photo but here is my boys and I chilling after church getting ready for our naps, which we all took awesome ones by the way! 

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!

4 Years Ago

Four years ago Mother's Day was hard.

Every year now around Mother's Day I think back to that year and I'm even more thankful for the two little blessings I have been given.

Let's go back to that year for a moment.  Matthew and I had been trying for about a year and a half to get pregnant.  I was trying a little harder than him, he was okay with waiting a little while and had faith in God's timing while me not so much I wanted a baby now.  I was to the point where every pregnancy announcement by a friend or aquaintence was enough to send me to tears.  I wanted to be pregnant so bad.  I wanted a baby, and I was starting to worry it wasn't going to happen for me.  That year we had a big get together for Mother's Day with one of the sides of my family and when it was time to eat, my dad said "okay all the mommies get to go first"  I lost it!  I broke down in tears.  I wanted to be a "mommy".  Little did I know I would find out in the 2 weeks I was expecting ( so for those of you who haven't figured it out, I already was pregnant on Mother's Day just didn't know it, haha which may explain some of the extreme emotions I had, had in the weeks leading up to that day)

Now looking back I can also tell you, it was God's plan all along.  I think about the extra time alone Matthew and I accomplished and the things we did.  We were remodeling a house like major remodeling and I can't imagine having a baby during that time.  Then the October before I had Noah my parents announced to us they were getting a divorce.  It was totally unexpected and something that has forever changed a lot of aspects of my life and who I am.  It was a  few really tough years following that.  But that news was in October and in January Noah, our first was born.  It was perfect timing.  His name means peacemaker, and he truly was.  He brought a broken family together.  He helped turn all of my daily tears to joy.  He gave me something else to think about and focus on.  He lived up to his name and helped give us a new joy!

For those of you that have been trying and I'm sure some of you have been waiting longer, and it hasn't happened yet, I'm  so sorry.  I have friends who want to be mom's and have waited longer than I did.  I pray for them a lot, because I know the feeling and can't imagine waiting longer than I did. I understand that desire and the pain in "waiting".  If that's you, let me know I would love to add you onto my momma in waiting prayer list!  I also want to encourage also to enjoy the time you have now, time to do what you want.  Time to do things with your husband and hobbies you enjoy .  I know you probably hear that a lot and some days it may make you mad, but you never realize how awesome being alone and having no one to care for sometimes is until you don't have that option anymore.  I wish I would have just relaxed more and had more faith that it was going to happen when it was time.  Someday when you become a mom, I'm sure you will look back and be thankful for some of the extra moments you had and see how well the timing of your little was actually was!

If you are waiting I would love to know and will honestly pray for you!

To all you current mom's Happy Mother's Day, we truly have the best ( but sometimes incredibly hard) job on the planet!