5/9/10 - Happy Mother's Day!!

Today is the day...it's Mother's Day!!! Just over 2 years ago we found out that we were expecting little miss Olivia, now I'm celebrating my 2nd Mother's Day! It's such an amazing feeling...there really is no feeling in this world like being a mother!

Christian and I made a mutual decision not to make a huge deal of Mother's Day/Father's Day, as far as gifts go. We don't want our kids feeling pressured to give us something "super special" as they get older, or feel pressured to spend the money on such over commercialized "holiday's"...I know, bahumbug right?! We feel it's so much more important to just be together, spend time together, and have our kids just SHOW us their love and appreciation. So, Christian presented me with a couple cards right away this morning, one from him and one from Olivia. Then made us a big yummy breakfast. He willingly cleaned the house...vacuumed, picked up, the whole nine yards...completely unprovoked. That was great! While Olivia napped, I showered and got ready and he mowed the lawn. Once she was up, we got her ready and he took me to and early dinner. Somehow he tricked me into going to Menard's with him after dinner...NOT my idea of a good time, but whatever. After we got home, we spent the rest of the evening hanging out together, just the "4" of us. It was overall a great day!

I did however wake up to some not so good news. I had a voicemail from my dad when I woke up, letting me know that my grandpa was in the hospital. Apparently he was having trouble breathing during the night, so they took him in. I don't really have ALL the details, but it turns out he has fluid building up around his lungs, which they later determined he does have pneumonia. My grandpa has had some heart problems over the last few years, and apparently there is something wrong with his heart again that they will need to do surgery on. I guess they knew about this last month, but were hoping to hold off on it...and it now looks like they will be moving forward with the surgery. I'll be talking to my dad more tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get some more information. Any extra thoughts or prayers my lovely readers could send our way would be greatly appreciated!

Here are some Mother's Day photos of me and my girls :) And one, of Olivia, looking REALLY upset about something...she's kind of a drama queen though...