Mother’s Day…

This year was my 3rd celebration as a Mommy…and I can honestly say that each Mother’s day just keeps getting better and better.

My first Mother’s Day (2009) wasn’t great…Owen was about 6 weeks old and his projectile vomiting had started days before…and we had no clue what was wrong with him. Was a scary time for a first-time Mama…but after his surgery (on May 18th, 2009 for the Pyloric Stenosis) he was all good! No more exorcist baby, which = a happy Mommy,Thank God! Ü

When I look back at these pictures…gosh my life was so different. Its weird to think that I had a very large cancerous tumor wrapping itself around my heart here…and had no idea! Our life was consumed with Owen…and well I guess things never really changed in regards to that Ü heehee  I had NO idea what was in store for me that day…cancer was the LAST thing on my mind…never would I have thought.

My second Mother’s day (2010)…I don’t even remember what we did…so obviously it probably wasn’t something extordinary BUT I was healthy, alive, not sick from chemo or anything else…and was able to enjoy the “title” of Mommy with MY Owen and MY Hubs!!!

I sometimes wonder when Owen looks back at the millions of pictures we have, some with long hair, short hair, bald, what will he think?? I hope I am around to explain to him how his love for me (along with his fathers) made me feel so beautiful during those rough rough times, even when I knew beauty wasn’t in the vocabulary. No hair, no brows, no eyelashes, nothing…Owen still loved me…he knew no different! Yosh still loved me… he had no other choice! haha Just Kidding…my husband is seriously one of those amazing ones that seriously didn’t mind my hair being gone…not all women are so lucky

 

And my third Mother’s day was awesome…I got to spend time with the people I love…no hassle no pressure! I woke up to the cutest, most thought gifts that Yosh had come up with in a long time.  He had forgotten his creative juices the past few years…but they are back and he did a great job! He made me a frame that says “A Mother’s Love is Unmatched” and filled it with cute pictures of me and My Owen! He also did some sneaky work…by having Owen hand paint an apron for me.  One of the evenings I was off getting my zumba on…Daddy let Owen have some fun with the paints!! I love it.  And since I’m cooking sooooooooo much I’m sure that apron will get some real “mileage” (**I hope those of you that know me will hear the sarcasm in this..since I’m a HORRIBLE cook and rarely even TRY to better my skills!** haha)

My silly little man making funny faces…I think picture opts will start getting more and more tricky as this little dude ages!! I love it.

We headed to Redlands around 10am to visit with Yosh’s parents, who were boarding a train that day heading to New York to visit my sister-in-law and family.  I love going over to Mya and Papa’s house..Owen knows that house like as if we go there all the time…the puppy, toys and he especially loves the ability to run his Papa all over that house!!!

Marilyn getting to spend some time with 2 of her 4 children, while anxiously waiting to board that train to see her ONLY daughter.  I must say…its got to be pretty cool when you have lots of kids to spoil you rotten on a day like Mother’s day!

And then of course like every other darn Sunday I had to go grocery shopping while Owen took his nap. I came home and starting “prepping” dinner since MY parents were coming over for a casual dinner of BBQ’d chicken, banquet chicken and Jody’s awesome twice baked potatoes with Apple Blossoms and vanilla ice cream for dessert! A lovely low key evening of eating and watching the movie “Cars”…pure bliss! 

I love my Mother and Owen surely adores his Nana! Thank you Mom for being so darn amazing…you are a true role model, an awesome listener and kind-hearted lady with high expectations and never worries about holding her tongue.  The laughs we have shared will never be forgotten (well I hope I don’t forget them…but you know yourself and this darn “chemo brain”…maybe I should start documenting some of the laughs we share, you know like the ones we share during our Killer Abs class haha) and I’m so happy to say you are not only my Mother but also my best friend! I love you Mother xoxo

Happy Mother’s to all my “mother friends”…new and old.