Mother's Day

With all of the busy-ness with Finn's surgery and the craziness of the weeks since, I haven't had a chance to post about my first real (not just pregnant, not dog related) Mother's Day.  As I started to think about Mother's Day, I was reminded of last year....

Last year I remember being sick and spending most of the day in bed watching movies.  I can't remember if it was 'morning' sickness (which lasted all day and throughout my entire pregnancy) or if I was also sick with a cold as well.  The smart people at the W Network decided to play 'Stepmom'.  A movie I had never seen and, OH. MY.  If you are a woman and have seen the movie then you have probably cried.  Now imagine being newly pregnant full of crazy hormones while watching it.  Poor James found me sobbing in bed.  I'm not sure that he really knew what to do.  He came in to give me a hug and I remember saying, "It's (sniff sniff sob) just (sob sob) so (sob sob sob) saaaaad (sob sob sob)!".  And it wasn't just the movie making me cry, it was that darn Hallmark commercial where the daughter records a message for her mom.  The mom opens the card and I believe it says, "You rock!".  Tears, tears and more tears.  Oh so ridiculous!  At least I was able to laugh at my sobbing self.

This year was a little different.  Okay, a lot different!  James took Oscar and Finn out for a walk before I even knew that Finn was awake....sleeping in is such a simple (but oh so sweet) little pleasure!  Finnybean woke me up with a beautiful card and a smile to melt your heart.  It was the smile he gives me when he hasn't seen me for awhile - if I've been out for a couple of hours or he's been hanging out with James.  It's the I'm-so-happy-to-see-you smile.  The Oh-there-you-are-I-missed-you smile.  The smile that is really gift enough!  Our Finn is so talented he recorded his voice on the card - something that is apparently pure coincidence since James does not remember the commercial that made me cry a year ago.  It will be such a treasure as he grows up and loses his baby voice.  We had my favourite breakfast - waffles and blueberry sauce - and he napped long enough for us to get ready to go to the Henderson's for lunch. Oh yes, and Finn looked very dashing in his little lumberjack outfit. For this reason (and this reason only) I'm glad the weather was cold and yucky that day....otherwise, I'm not sure when we would have seen him in his very mature-looking plaid shirt!