Mother's Day

Not a fun coincidence - My first Mother's Day is also my first Mother's day without my Mother. Seems unfair that now that I have a new gratitude for what it takes to be a mom that I don't get to share that gratitude with the one that deserves it.  I missed her today but the day was busy enough that I didn't have much time to dwell on it.

Love you, Mom - - miss you terribly.  I love this picture of you winking.  Such a fun loving woman.

My day started off great!  Peter took Max when he woke up and I got to sleep in a little.  When I woke up I had this waiting for me.  Peter and Max had gotten me these beautiful tulips and a thoughtful card.

Brittany's husband, Joe, was working in the morning so Peter offered to make us both breakfast.  He did a great job! (He always does a great job on breakfast.)

 Hard at work in the kitchen.

 My plate - so yummy.

We were so full after breakfast that we decided we had better go on a walk and work off some of that food!

 Max isn't a fan of his hat.

 Hayden sitting on the massive longhorn sculptures at the park.

 Landen and Maxwell in their strollers.

 Looks comfy to me.

 Peter and Hayden ran all over the park, including down the hill.  Peter has so much more energy now - wish he could share some of that with me.  I rarely have energy to do anything other than work and try to keep things running at home.

 At the park.  I am only including this extremely unflattering picture of me as incentive to stop being so frumpy...certain clothes are comfy, sure... but come on, Kallie! 

It's hard to care about doing my hair, putting on makeup, etc on the weekend.  (Not that I do that much of it during the week though.)  I am definitely in a glamour slump.  I have other needs, like sleep, or washing bottles, or pumping, or blogging.

Anyway, after all that walking and running around we were all hot so we walked to 7-11 for a drink.   It was a fun way to spend the morning!

In the afternoon we drove around showing Brittany some of the model homes that we had liked then went back to Brittany's to hang out.  Now that we have started looking for a house, we are spending a lot of time going through MLS listings and walking through homes.  Friday after work, Saturday, and sometimes Sunday.  Haven't found anything yet that we LOVE. 

 Check out the backyard in a house.

Max caught a nap in the swing.  He's a pro at naps in Brittany's swing but not so much a pro at naps at home.

We went out to dinner at Cici's (a cheap pizza buffet).  High-style-living for Mother's Day! (I tease though because it was great.  I like cheap pizza and I love not having to cook dinner.)

Shirt worn purposely for Mother's Day

It was a fantastic first Mother's Day.  I am blessed to have such a great husband and son.  It was fun to spend the day with Brittany and her family too.  That helped me not miss Mom all day.  We were originally going to do something specific to remember mom but we didn't get to it.  So we just talked about her and remembered her instead.