Happy Mother's Day

 It's a Hallmark holiday.  But one I had better never, ever forget.  You've met my Mom.  :)  But honestly, I don't mind making her feel appreciated on these days as I get older.  The longer I'm a Mom, the more I appreciate her.  I still don't agree with all her choices or understand some of her decisions, but I can understand the strain of four kids.  I'm laying in bed no chance of sleep.  Ellie got up at 545 drank her bottle and then proceeded to talk to us until I got up at 7am.  I cleaned up the kitchen and then came back into bed at 7:45 so Todd could cook.  It's almost nine and I'm just getting things done on my computer!  I don't need Todd to do anything for Mother's Day.  Or most of the holidays (birthday and anniversary excluded!) because he does stuff for me all the time.  But, I do not want to cook.  Feeding everyone all the time is probably the biggest day to day hassle.  I found myself thinking about what does Mother's Day mean to me. It's simple.  These faces.  I took these the other day.  Look at the love in Abbey's eyes?  She wanted me to take her photo with Ellie because she thought she looked cute.  And Ellie gave me the tongue.  Then Adam wanted in.  He just loves Ellie.

 I took this yesterday...so grown up!  She makes me heart melt so much.

 Last night, Abbey lined up her dollies on "carpets" like at school for story time.  These are my favorite moments.

 This is my Mom April 2012 when she came back for a day after running away that December.  Looking at them makes me ache for Adam because he took her being gone hard.  Which she never seemed to get.  But that's not really her personality I guess to realize such things.

 Look at his face.  He was so happy to see her again.  Then poof, she left again. Clearly she hadn't been ready.  I know still she struggles with missing Dad so much.  I feel for her on that.  My Mom gave me strength, a core value of not judging people on looks and for valuing honesty and hard work.

 This is a couple years old, but scrolling through I just loved it.  He hasn't changed much has he?  The minute he was born, my life changed forever.  All the things I cared about seemed less important.

 Another old one. My Abbey.  Wild and adventurous.  All my grey hair.  And I love her all the more for it.  Crazy, right?  I think I want Five Guys for dinner.  Boy, I need to focus on losing weight.  Tomorrow.

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