Happy Mother's Day!

Today is my 4 year celebrating Mother's Day as a mother.

Growing up I remember Mother's Day being about making your mom feel appreciated, loved and special. Buying her something pretty or attempting to make her something at school. Making breakfast in bed for her. I hope my mother knows how much I have always loved and appreciated her. Now I'm blessed with two great mom's. The one who raised me and the one I married into. I love them both.

2006: My first Mother's Day wasn't the greatest. I was in the hospital just waiting for something to happen. I didn't really feel like a mom yet. I was aching, all over. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Everything hurt. Just a couple weeks later, I'd become a mother for 10 short, blessed hours.

Afterwords I was left empty.

2007: By the next Mother's Day, I did feel like a mom. A tired but happy and renewed mom. Miranda was just a month old. I was just getting my parenthood sea legs. Figuring things out still. It was a good time. I can't remember now what Adam did for me but I'm sure he was very sweet.

2008: This time, Adam wasn't home yet to celebrate with me. He was stateside, thankfully, but not home in Connecticut yet. Miranda had just started walking which brought on it's own mischief. I was happy to have seen my husband after his deployment and anxious to get him in the home I had prepared for him.

2009: I can't even remember how last year's Mother's Day went. Adam was working for the pool company I believe. Money was tight. Things where rough. I do remember feeling that as long as we had each other and we were all happy, healthy and sane that things would turn out alright.

This year, Adam spoiled me rotten on our anniversary and we used it as a celebration of both the day we were married and Mother's Day. First of all, he kicked me out of the house for a few hours. Maverick had a veterinary appointment anyway so I took him there and then Nicole and I headed to the dog park. We spent quite a long time there, just hanging out. Maverick had a complete and utter blast. From there I went to Nicole's parent's house and waited for Adam to tell me I could come home. (In case you're wondering, Miranda was with her Grammy.)

Once I walked through the door, I noticed a clean house and a beautiful candlelit dinner. I was shocked to see he had bought and cooked me *lobster*! My absolute most favorite food in the world. There was also asparagus (my favorite vegetable) and linguine alfredo (not a favorite of mine, but still delicious). There were two glasses of wine and a big box on the counter. I was so happy and feeling very blessed.

Blessed to have a man who loves me. You could tell he had put a lot of thought into the dinner and everything was so nicely prepared. Nothing could have meant more to me at that moment. After the delicious dinner, Adam allowed me to open my present. Inside was a gorgeous jewelry box and a bracelet. My man sure does melt my heart. It was funny to hear him talk about how the saleswoman told him that the 5th anniversary is 'wood' and he had wanted to buy me a new jewelry box anyway.

After dinner, he did all the dishes and clean up and told me to run upstairs and get ready to go out. He ended up taking me to The Cadillac Ranch, the only decent honky-tonk place around here. Adam had a couple beers. I had already had a few sips of wine and didn't feel like having more than that so I never did get anything to drink there. We mainly stood around and watched everyone else dance and have a good time. Adam and I aren't very coordinated and neither of us are any good at dancing so we just stayed out of everyone's way. We did slow dance once to 'God Bless the USA' but that was it. Once Adam realized I wasn't having a good time anymore, we went home and pretty much went straight to bed. I was tired and my feet hurt from the uncomfortable shoes I was wearing. Even so, I had a great night celebrating the love Adam and I share.