Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!


I started out the morning with the sweetest little voice of Madelyn coming into my room telling me "Happy Mother's Day"! In her hand she had she had a beautiful card and a little box wrapped in tissue paper! Inside was a perfect necklace and on the front it was stamped with the word "mommy". Around the circle were the words "hand holder", "dream soother" and "love giver"! Bob got the necklace from Lisa Leonard designs and I love it!! It was a great start to my day!


The girls and I went to church this morning and brought Bob lunch to him at Menards. The rest of my day was spent hanging out with my two beautiful girls and doing little things around the house. Maddie painted me a picture and Amelia just crawled to be where ever I was. I really am blessed beyond my wildest dreams.


It took eight years for my dream of becoming a mother to come true. Mother's Day was a day I looked forward to because I have such a great mother, but there was always a little sadness into why I wasn't a mom? I guess I had to learn patients and know that's it's not all in my timing!

Motherhood has been the most amazing experience for me! I look at the girls and I can't believe that they are mine. They bring us so much joy and I am honored for them to call me Mommy! I pray that I will be the same mother to my girls as I have and I'm grateful for the example that was set before me!


Happy Mother's day to my beautiful Mom...I love you so much!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Easter, Birthday and Crawling!

I realize that it has been a while since I added some new pictures so here is what we have been up too..... The girls had fun coloring eggs with their aunties!



I was surprised how much Maddie loved hard boiled eggs. For the longest time she would only eat the white part, but now she want the whole thing with lots of salt!


Madelyn and Amelia all ready for church Easter morning!




Maddie was excited to go to church since it was pancake day! I love having her tell me what she had learned in Sunday School and the reason why we celebrate Easter. Easter baskets are fun but I want her to know the true meaning as she grows up and know that Jesus died on the cross for us!





My friend, Amy, invited us over for dinner with her family and it was wonderful! They planned a Easter Egg hunt for the kids and it was so fun to watch them run to find all of their treasures. We were lucky that it was actually a nice day outside and the kids had a blast!



My 34th birthday was May 1st so Bob and I took advantage of my mom being close by and stayed downtown Minneapolis for a night. We stayed at the beautiful Graves 601 hotel and had dinner at Fogo de Chao! It was great to spend some time with Bob since he had been working so much through his remodel at Menards. The following day we went to PF Changs for lunch and headed to Albertville to shop at the outlet stores. It was the perfect weekend for me and we had a wonderful time!







Miss Mia has had one busy day!! She cut her first tooth on the bottom and started to crawl! I better make sure everything is baby proofed because this girl is into everything! Maddie didn't get her first tooth until her first birthday so Mia is a little ahead of her! That explains why she has been waking up so much at night! I'm sure the poor girl has been so uncomfortable?


I wish I could slow down time! My girls are growing up way too fast and I want to treasure every milestone with them! My girls mean the world to me and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't thank God for picking me to be their mother!!