I don’t know who decided that it would be a good idea to add a repeat play function on the Baby Einstein DVD menu. I would like to give them a big hug and say thanks for the extra time in the shower! When Addie was born I only had baby Einstein on VHS, so I am really enjoying this new found bonus time as I get to shave both legs and dry my hair everyday Bravo!

Adam had a gig Saturday and he left at 6:30 in the morning to go be a musician in North Carolina. So I had the bed to myself and a pretty good thunderstorm to help me relax Saturday night. I had a glass of wine and got into bed to watch tv, and I have to admit it was kind of nice. As soon as I turned off the tv and my head hit the pillow, Alivia woke up hungry and of course she wanted to eat….these damn kids want to eat every day! She then woke up every 2 hours for the rest of the night. Sometimes I want to run away just so I can get some real sleep. I stomp in the nursery all irritated and bleary-eyed, and then I see her smiling face and suddenly I am no longer pissed off. That is how my mothers day started though. I was groggy, but I drank a massive amount of coffee so I could survive the day and walk upright.

My parents just live down the street and Addison spent the night with them Saturday. My dad makes a great breakfast, so Sunday Alivia in her pj’s and I with my giant coffee made the trek toward the pancakes. We had a nice morning and then I took the baby back home so she could take a nap. It was incredibly windy and I opened the doors and let the air come through the screens while I tried to figure out what dessert I was going to make for our family gathering later in the day. When Alivia woke up we went to Publix and she gnawed on her toy chicken leg (see above photo) and made everyone in the store smile.

After we got home I decided that in honor of mother’s day I would pour a glass of wine while I baked my dessert. I sort of forgot to eat lunch, so that glass of wine prompted me to make buzzed mother’s day calls to my girlfriends with kids “Oh hi! you are such a good mommy…did you know I love you?” I laughed a little extra as my friend Melissa told me for her first mother’s day, her husband made her a “momlette” for breakfast…get it? Yeah, I thought that was awesome. Addison stayed down at my parent’s house all day and Alivia didn’t seem to mind that I poured myself another glass of wine. I don’t normally drink during the day, but what the hell it was mother’s day.

I usually get pretty busy when we are having company, and Adam tells me to calm down and reminds me that no one cares if I dust in the bedroom or vacuum the stairs. I have been known to run around and get a little stressed out on these occasions. Personally I think it’s normal to get this way and to care what people think about how clean my house is. Mothers’ day this year was pretty much an exception to my normal frantic behavior. I cleaned the sink in the bathroom and made up the bed. When my grandma came in I hugged her and said “Heeeey! I’ve been drinking and the bathroom’s a mess” She just chuckled and said “That is what I love about you”. I love my family. We know how to have a good time. To be honest, I may have been self-medicating just a bit. This was our first Mother’s day without my Aunt Missy and I knew it was gonna be a hard day. I tried to keep cheerful and I succeeded in getting through the day with minimal tears and lots of smiling haha and slurring. Missy would have liked that.

Without going into too much detail, my Aunt Missy was killed in December, 10 days before Christmas. She was 36 and she was like my big sister. She has a 6 year old son and my grandparents are raising him. She was my dad’s baby sister and he still has his brother, but our family has a big gaping hole in it now. It hasn’t been very long and we are having all of our firsts without her and it’s been a hard year so far. We miss her terribly and life will never be the same….ever. I might tell the story of how she died one day, but I today is not that day. Just know that she was amazingly awesome and funny and we were lucky to have her in our family.

Back to it….Mother’s Day was good, I ate too much and drank too much, and had fun chillin with the fam. Yeah, it was a good day. I like being a mom most days, but especially yesterday

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