I should have worn heels -- life at 5'3" - Mother's Day - page i

May. 10th, 2009

04:27 pm - Mother's Day - page i

I say "page i", because since the girls aren't born yet, this is sort of a pre-Mother's Day. A Mother's Day prequel. Or like those extra pages of stuff that start out with roman numerals before the actual page numbers start. I realize I'm being a good mom by taking care of myself and, therefore, them. So I am thoroughly enjoying my first Mother's Day.

Today started out very nicely with me waking up from a sweet dream about the girls. It was very short and simple. I walked into the baby room where they had been sleeping. And they were at an age where they weren't quite crawling yet. They were awake, and when they saw me, their faces just lit up, like they were saying, "Hi, Mom!" I like these dreams much better than than the anxiety-ridden ones.

I received two lovely Mother's Day cards upon waking up. One from Ken (the sweetest husband EVAR) and one from the twins. He said they tapped a message to him in morse code to let him know what kind of card to pick out. How cute is that?

Then we packed up and headed to my parent's house where I was making brunch for my mom. Well, it turned out to be more of a joint effort between the two of us. I know we're supposed to be all pampered and spoiled, but we love to cook/bake and so we experimented with a long-forgotten recipe from the cookbook she made the family for Christmas this year. The brunch came out beautifully. We had asparagus and swiss cheese crepes with fruit salad and maple flavored sausage links served with orange/mango/pineapple juice. It was the perfect balance of sweet and savory. And playing in the kitchen with my mom is one of my favorite pasttimes.

After brunch, I even got my mom on Facebook. So maybe she's reading this crosspost even now!

My sister, her husband and Ken and I crossed paths as we passed through our parents' house. As we were leaving, they were arriving. And of course, there were belly pics to be taken.

The proud parents-to-be.

The pregnant sisters. Can you tell which one of us is having twins? (I'm a 25 weeks, I think she's at 18 or 19 weeks.)

And for the rest of Mother's Day, I'm spending it with my favorite daddy-to-be.