1st Mother's Day

Okay, so if you really want to get technical, my first Mother's Day was last year while I was pregnant. This is the first official Mother's Day with Luc out of my belly.

When Frederic asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day, I simply said one thing- you get up in the morning when Luc wakes up, feed him, play with him, put him down for a nap, etc. so I can sleep in until ~9am.
I haven't slept-in in forever. Even when I was pregnant, most mornings I was up by 6 getting sick.

That was my first gift. I nudged Frederic twice when Luc woke up at 5:40am. He fed him and then took him on a long walk on the trails to keep the house quiet so I could sleep. Even a woman Frederic passed on the trail asked, "Giving Mommy a break?"

By 8:45am I was awake and went downstairs where Frederic was making me breakfast and Luc was next to him playing in his high chair. Frederic suggested we eat on the deck since it was so nice out, and when I went outside there was a lounge chair (the kind that shaped like an 's', you can tilt back, and has a overhead shade cover). Woot! Now I can chill out on the deck comfortably. While I was eating, I got my other presents (a baby and Momma elephant statues like the others I'm collecting).

In the afternoon we had a lunch with all my family (grandmother, parents, brother, aunts, uncles, cousins) at Harryman's House in Reistertown. Afterward, we went to Frederic's parents house for dinner. Luc didn't sleep much on this day, so by the time it was his usual bedtime, he was super cranky and tired. We got home around 8pm to put Luc to bed, and I was asleep on the couch at 9:45.

It was a very long day, but very special.