Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mom's out there!

I am so thankful I get to be this lil' ladies mommy

Today I am reminded how blessed I am to have so many great mom's in my life - Carrie, Grandma Judy, Grandma Doris, mom-to-be- Jessica and so many more. All these ladies have inspired me to be a great mom and taught me so many amazing things about motherhood. I am so grateful DJ had Carrie for a mom. The love she has for her kids is undeniable and I hope to be the mother she is one day. I feel so blessed to have her for my mother-in-law (to be). :o)

To celebrate being a mom I get to spend the day with my two favorite people - DJ and Taylor.

We'll enjoy some time in the sun, a wonderful brunch prepared by a dear friend and her family, and just relaxing on a Sunday.

I hope all you other mom's out there enjoy your special day as much as I will.

Mother's Day 2011

***I posted something smilar to this yesterday but for some reason all the changes I made to the blog yesterday are no longer here. . . very odd. I've noticed this with a lot of blogs today***

We had a very good Mother's Day here. DJ and Taylor made me breakfast. In a few years Taylor will stop waking up so early and it might turn into breakfast in bed. . . :o)

The weather was amazing all weekend! We went shopping for a plant for DJ's mom for her Mother's Day gift. I love shopping for flowers. They are all so beautiful.

There was lots of love going around . . .

Grandpa had the top off the Jeep all weekend so us ladies stole it and went for a little joy ride. Taylor loves this Jeep. She had to take her pig-tails out so she could feel the wind in her hair. She was clapping her hands, singing and dancing to the music the whole time. We didn't go very far though - just to Sonic during happy hour for some slushy's. Yum!

Oh, I love her wind blown look!

We spent the rest of the afternoon playing volleyball and relaxing in the back yard. Some of us even tried to take a nap. . .

I don't have a single picture of the past two Mother's Days so I told DJ we at least needed some pictures from this year. Taylor has fallen in love with taking pictures and I think she might be in charge of the camera more often . Here's a glimpse of her photography skills. . .

I hope everyone enjoyed Mother's Day and felt very appreciated all day!

M-O-T-H-E-R

"M" is for the million things she gave me,

"O" means only that she's growing old,

"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,

"H" is for her heart of purest gold;

"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,

"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"

A word that means the world to me.

Mommy & Daddy

I had to post a new picture of DJ and I. This is the first picture ever taken with DJ rubbing my belly. :) It was taken on Mother's Day!

Happy Mothers Day

I know it's a little belated but Happy Mothers Day Everyone! I hope everyone had a great day! We had wonderful weather here so Mother's Day was spent outside. I had a great day. DJ and I were lazy in the morning and then met up with his family. Technically I'm not really a mother yet so this was more of a Happy Mother-to-be Day for me. :) I love having all these holidays back to back - between birthdays, Easter, Mother's Day etc. . . I have to admit that right now the most exciting thing about family get together's has to be all the food.

The title of my blog really does fit my situation. My belly has begun expanding on a daily basis. It's amazing how fast my tummy is growing but miraculously, I haven't gained any weight anywhere other my tummy. I'm very excited about that! I thought for sure my face would balloon up as well as other areas that I was not looking forward to seeing increase in size. Of course my chest has grown but that's never an area I'll complain about until I start worrying about the affect gravity is having on my body! :) Everything is going great with the pregnancy. I'm a little irritated more and more everyday because I am currently 18 weeks and I still have not felt any movement from the baby. I keep sitting still, remaining calm etc. but I just don't feel it. I know it's not supposed to be a hard kick, something more like butterflies but this is something I don't want to miss out on! I hope I feel it soon. Tomorrow we go see the liver specialist again for a follow up but I know it's not going to be anything big. The 20th is the day DJ and I are both counting down to. . . we find out if it's a boy or a girl! I can't wait! I'll keep you posted.