All I Want For Mother's Day

....is still asleep, lying in their beds.
And I can honestly say, that I think I'm the luckiest woman on the face of the earth. If my life ended today, I for sure have everything I've ever wanted & my life is complete.

This was our first "baby". And I have to say that in this case, puppies are a bit more difficult than human babies. Marley went to a new home when Flynn was one & we learned of her severe dog allergy.

This was Jeff & I at the House of Blues, our last trip without a kid in tow (well, one was in tow, but the 'easy' way). We were waiting in line to see Ziggy Marley.

When Flynn was born, via emergency C-section, I got to briefly hold her while they wheeled us back to recovery (in the bed). I didn't get to hold her again (except for a brief moment where I unsuccessfully tried to nurse her but she wasn't interested since she couldn't breathe), until she was a week old, & freshly off 1/2 her wires & tubes.

I'll never forget that moment, EVER. We were finally getting to bond & I'll always remember how our eyes locked & she gazed at me until she fell asleep.

We were so excited when we came in the morning of this photo, and she was wearing only her heart monitor. We knew we were one step closer to bringing our baby girl home!

Happy First Bday Flynn!

My very swollen & very pregnant (8 mos) belly, with our boy bakin' away inside.

We meet Gabe.

Flynn meets Gabe.


It was so surreal to me the night after I had Gabe. Being able to actually have my baby with me! I didn't sleep for like days after I had him.

This was one day when Flynn was at Nana's. I spent the whole afternoon playing with Gabe. When you're the 2nd kid, you're not real familiar with uninterrupted time with your Momma.

When Flynn was 8 months old, I was pregnant again. We lost that baby. Now we can anticipate being reunited with him or her in heaven.

Life's not easy when you're a mom. You'll never be the same. Your heart gets broken. You don't go long between cries. You find yourself a lot more tender than you were before. But it's a change I thank God for. The hard work of taking care of 2 little people who can't take care of themselves, the loud house, then toys everywhere. I wouldn't trade them for the world.



And now, these handsome kids seem to be all my life has known. What a blessed life with them.

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, to my mom in law, to all the women who are blessed to be a momma.