Monday, May 12, 2008

My first real Mother's Day



For the past four years Matt has given me gifts, flowers and all the Mother's Day treatment. Every year I would awkwardly become uncomfortable and say, "I am not a mom, don't get me anything." I don't know why I would ever shun special treatment, but for some reason I was not very appreciative. He would always continue despite my rudeness and say," You are the Mother of our future kids." To make me even more uneasy I would always stress on Fathers Day when he looked around all curious to see what I did for him...and it wasn't much. Last year I was a little more open to the idea, as I was pregnant, and this year I was all for the bells and whistles! I was loving every moment of it. I am very grateful to be a Mom. I kept kissing Samuel and telling him thank you for being my baby, I love being your Mommy. The father son duo didn't miss a beat from breakfast in bed, roses and mommy gifts. Any chance there was to do a diaper or clean a mess I didn't hesitate to mention, "It's Mother's Day!"
I better gear up because after five good Mother's Days, and only having a 7 month old, I better prepare one good Daddy Day this year that is well deserved.

7 comments:

callie said...

what a cute pictue of you two...isn't it amazing that a whole new holiday with presents begins the moment you have a baby. fabulous. i'm wondering what other strings i can pull to milk any other "necessary" holidays...happy mother's day for real!

Anonymous said...

Love the photo! You look gorgeous, as usual.

Cute post. I on the other hand thought I deserved a chocolate dipped strawberry like all the other moms at church when I was 12, just because I would someday be a mother!

The Airharts said...

What a great husband-I have to remind my husband that he better do something so I dont spend the whole day in tears. HA HA-what do I expect though-I married an Airhart( I think they were born with hardly any feelings)Anyway-the suits are pretty close-email me and let me know what your thinking and I can answer any questions-I also have my website going -you can link to it off my blog.Let me know

The Richards Family said...

Ash, you little boy Samuel is so so cute and I just LOVE his name! Looks like things are going really well. I have to be honest and tell you we totally thought of you when we were in NY but did not have your number. I guess I could have gotten it from DV but we did not want to impose. I am glad I can see what is going on in your life now that you have a blog. I love this whole blogging thing! You look fabulous....as you always do! Take care and keep in touch!

Laura said...

mothers day is the best! you should be spoiled every minute of it cause having a baby is lots of WORK and tons and tons of FUN!

The Parkers said...

He is seriously the cutest little boy in the world.

Melinda Jones said...

What a cute picture of mommy and son. Aren't baby boys the best? We might be a little biased though :)