Mama

Mama.  Such a simple word but one that holds so much weight.

When I first looked into his eyes, I knew I was done for.  Over the past two years and nine months, I have changed tremendously in my mama role.  I have surprised myself in doing things that I thought that I would never do and I have done many things that I had always dreamed of doing someday.  I have stretched, I have grown, I have cried, and I have laughed {infinitely more times}.  I now understand and appreciate my own mother that much more.

Ack, I HATE this pic of me, but this was life just two weeks in.

Oh, little man G... I will never forget the day that you made me a mama.  It has been an awesome ride so far.  I love you to the moon and back, now and always.

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On days like today, I am so very thankful to have my entire family close by.  This morning, just our little family went to the park, and then we met at my parents' house for a potluck brunch - easier on the kids and no reservation needed!  The afternoon was spent napping at home, watching golf, and lounging around the house.  A perfect little Sunday.

My mama and sisters

Sweet cousins

Happy Mother's Day to all of the mamas out there!  Also, as someone on FB so eloquently put it, "Love and prayers for the longing moms, the empty armed moms-to-be, the sacrificial birth mothers, the grieving moms, the grieving daughters, and the motherless babies."

Also, because this article is hilarious ...
http://www.chicagonow.com/baby-sideburns/2013/05/ten-things-i-want-for-mothers-day/