Mother's Day Bliss

My Mother's Day Bounty!

Most days my job really isn't that hard. I have a hard working husband who supports our family so willingly, while I spend the day hanging out with the cutest little girl one could ask for. I realize quite often just how lucky I truly am. But of course, I'm always up for relaxation and pampering anytime I can get it. And this Mother's Day truly did NOT disappoint. It was hands down one of the best I've had. That, in no way, is meant to diminish how great the others were but this one definitely takes the cake so far!

Of course, my adorable little girly helped as much as a 1 (almost 2 year old) can, but my wonderful husband is to thank for 98% of the efforts. I did manage to document my day with a few photos for your enjoyment....and mine as well since I do enjoy mentally reliving it frequently (okay, every day since, is more like it). It was such a great, relaxing day. It makes all the other days I'm hard at work soooo worth it! ;-)

I received this meal, along with some other thoughtful surprises, in small doses throughout the morning. The fruit plate came while I was showering for church. Then, Addison brought me a "Best Mommy Ever" award with her scribbles and hand print on it. And of course, once I sat at the table I was graced with this delicious breakfast made by John! After breakfast, I was led to my next surprise which has a story to go along with it:

Sidenote: A few months back, John was doing some network wiring around the house and never technically "finished it". Needless to say, since then I've endured having random wires/cords draped in my laundry room. Every time I've opened/shut the door since I'd have to push them out of the way. Not a major catastrophe by any means but enough to drive a person like me batty! So finally, a week or so ago, I told John that all I wanted for Mother's Day was to be able to open/shut the laundry room door without messing with hanging wires. Thankfully the request didn't fall on deaf ears and right after breakfast he presented the finished (finally!) project! I'm guessing he spent the evening prior putting everything in it's proper place? Regardless, now I can shut the door without wires!! :D Thankfully he didn't stop there and gave me SOOO much more. Read on...

After a nice but exhausting day at church we all came home, grabbed a quick bite, and took a nap. Once again, John jumped right up to tend to Addison while I laid back to enjoy more of my nap. Within a few minutes after waking up, I was showered with gifts, cards, hugs, and love from them both. Addison gave me the "starter present", a t-shirt that says "Off-Duty Mom". Then I got the.most.fitting. card from John. It proceeded to list of different ways to show me how to celebrate Mother's Day, with a nap, some T.V., some snacks, veg out, and then ended with "So in other words, pretend your Me!" It was hilarious and included some thoughtful words from him as well. Then I got a gift certificate to enjoy a pre-natal massage. Which couldn't have came at a better time since I've now hit the belly-aching phase of pregnancy.

Soon after the festivities ended John scurried to the kitchen to cook this bounty for me...

One of my fav's, Chicken fried chicken with mashed potatoes, corn, and cantaloupe. It's not an easy meal to make but he did it gladly and without complaint....just lots of questions but I'll take that any day as I sat and relaxed the whole time. He really is a good cook and he does TONS better on the presentation than I do. It's always exciting to see how his meals come out on the plate. After this day, I've sworn to him that we are getting him in the kitchen more often!! He even spent the rest of the evening cleaning it all up (it is a rather messy meal to make too). He even mentioned how much "hard work" all this motherhood stuff is and frankly that is always music to a Mother's ears on Mother's Day!

Next, we spent some time over at Grandma & Grandpa Fields house that evening. Addison enjoyed playing some soccer with her Dad and Grandma in the backyard. She does EVERYTHING John does. She watches his every movement and duplicates it - it's so adorable to see how much she looks up to him. She spent about three minutes trying to put her foot just like how his was when he was looking at the garden. Then she took her shoes off immediately after he took his off to run around the yard and play. It was another great "Mommy moment" to see just how much she admires her Dad and how great an example he sets for her every day. I cannot mention enough how much I L-O-V-E seeing this interaction on a daily basis.

Here is a random picture Addison took of Grandma talking on the phone to Uncle Jim while we all played. She also equally likes to do everything that Mommy does so needless to say when she saw me shooting photos w/my phone she was by my side wanting to do the same...within seconds.

And here she is hanging out with Grandpa Fields. Such a cute picture, I couldn't resist it! She spent most of the day talking to "Gampa" on her pretend phone saying "Gampa....house....pay (play)....house...gampa...pay" with a little head nod in between each word. She was very excited when we finally made it to Grandpa's house to play!

Overall, it was such a great day and I was definitely pampered beyond belief. I'm so blessed to live the life I live everyday and am grateful for my own little family and how much they appreciate all I do. I'm also especially grateful for having a wonderful Mother of my own and also a Mother-in-law that is pretty awesome too. My Mother sacrificed soooo much for us all of her life. I only hope that I can spend the rest of my life showing her how much I truly appreciate it. And frankly, my Mother-in-law didn't have an easy road as she raised my husband who was every bit a boy and gave her lots of gray hairs and shot nerves. But she did a wonderful job raising him and I'm so glad I get to enjoy the fruits of her labors from all those years. He's a wonderful husband in every way but mostly because he treats his mother and his wife with so much love and respect. I'm one lucky lady all around!