Mother's Day

We all have different reasons for celebrating Mother's Day and reasons why we feel like Mother's ourselves, but for me Mother's Day this year was not a day to honor myself but a day to honor our son because this moment here... gave me the honor of being his mom and the title of "Mother" and let me tell you..there's no better job.

Yesterday morning I arrived home from work around 7:30am (yes. I got a job but that's a whole other post for another day) to find flowers downstairs. I could hear Alan in Chad's nursery feeding him his morning bottle and as I walked up the stairs I noticed a sign on the upstairs bedroom door cut out of red construction paper in a heart shape that said "Do not enter! Happy Mother's Day!" Only my awesome husband. After sleeping for awhile I came downstairs to find Alan and Chad outside BBQing for dinner. Alan made BBQed ribs and potato's with rice and rolls. Yum. We also had Kim (MIL) over to celebrate because that woman deserves a day of celebration for raising an amazing son and helping take care of Chad while I work. Even though I complain all the time to Alan about wanting to be home with Chad all day everyday, there is nothing like leaving your baby with someone and knowing he is safe and looked after as well as you could do yourself. (Thanks Kim!) We had a delicious dinner and hung around. After I put Chad down to sleep in his crib Alan told me my appointment was ready and opened the door to the room upstairs that he transformed into a massage place, candles and everything. (TMI? Sorry.) Awesome husband, Awesome Mother's Day. Thanks Daddy. My card even had Chad scribbles on it. Loved it.

But Mother's Day, most importantly, is a day to celebrate the one woman in my life who deserves it more than anything. My mom. There are no words to explain the love I have for this woman and the example she is to me. Alan and I joke around because whenever I have something I cant decide on Ill say something like "Let me think about it some more" and he'll respond with "Or call your mom" and we laugh. My mom would give anything in the world to make sure her children are provided for and taken care of. She is such a strong example of selflessness and love. I know every child thinks they have the best mom in the world but really I do. I am so blessed to be apart of my family here on earth. My hope is to one day be just half the mom she is to me with Chad.

Happy Mothers Day!

For Grandma

Standing all by himself

Being silly tonight

Chad's Buddies

Alan was outside BBQing tonight and we had the curtain open to the dogs outside. Chad crawled right over to the door and started talking to the dogs and wouldnt stop! He loved them!

Disclaimer: Sorry about...#1 the dirty window (it doesnt stay clean with two dogs), and #2 the sideways video (I dont know how to change it)

Some more...

Since I dont have much to post about...here's MORE CHAD! :) Since my days consist of mostly (who am I kidding) ALL of him!

He now finally has his two bottom teeth in. I've been giving him people food and trying everything and Ill tell you...this kid is piiicky! He'll eat yogurt but push out the little chunks of fruit in them, he'll eat bread and crackers but wont TOUCH soft apples, pears or bananas. I tried to put them in his mouth cuz I swear once he tries it he'll like it, nope, his shoves it right back out making his gross face and gagging. He loves his sippy cup, but not to drink, to play with. He is quite a character and we love every minute of it!

Can we say Bed-head?

New Toy

Our child is S P O I L E D rotten.

I'm not even kidding, I swear our family room looks like the inside of the toy department at Walmart. :)

Camping!

For Easter/General Conference weekend the Bennett Family decided to go camping! Grandpa, Grandma, and Maddie dog drove up to meet us and the whole family got to spend the weekend together! We had so much fun we are planning to do it again next year!


There were trails to hike, a river to throw rocks in, and LOTS of playing areas for the kiddies! We had three cabins and outside each cabin a tent. Mommies and babies slept inside and daddies and big babies slept in the tent. On Saturday we had an Easter Egg hunt and Sunday the Easter bunny surprised us even while we were camping! I did manage to fry mine and Chad's face, yeah I know, mother of the year award. Next year I won't just bring sunscreen, I will actually use it! :)


Here are some pictures:

Some of the kiddies

Chad getting his eggs!Easter Egg Hunt
Grandma reading her Easter Story

Big Boy!Loved his Eggs!
Porter tree climbing

Poor sunburned face!