Mother's Day

Today marks my 2nd mother's day. I remember last mother's day like it was yesterday. I had spent the night in the apartment and I was not feeling good. I didn't know why. Later I realized it was mastitis. I received many calls that day wishing me a happy mother's day. I spent the day in the Great Falls NICU next to my baby all day. The nurses had made me a mold of Ethan's hands. That mold will hold dear to my hear forever. His hands were so tiny. So fragile. I loved my baby.

Today I love my baby even more. I didn't think it was possible to love him any more but some how it is. The day Mark and I were married I remember the priest saying "Today is the day that you will love each other the least." I freaked for a moment. I thought "what the heck is he saying that we don't love each other at our wedding!" But he continued on with how we would grow to love each other more and more with time. I have found this to be true with our baby too. There are days that I feel like my heart is going to explode with love. I love Ethan. I love his expressions and how much he loves life. He loves us. He loves the dogs. He is just a happy baby and I love it. I wonder how I got so lucky to be his mom. I am so grateful to have him as part of our life. I couldn't imagine life any other way. I have come to realize that what they say is true. Motherhood is the hardest job you will ever have but it is the most rewarding.

And because I have been slacking on the pictures here are a few....

Here is one of my favorite pictures of him with Kiara....

Here is Ethan on Easter morning (it was nice but a little cold yet)

Saw my beautiful niece Ava....

Our last couple weeks have been a little crazy and this is just a sneek peak of what we have been up to....

Ethan and I took a road trip to AZ with my mom. Here is Ethan in his pack and play watching baby signing time dvd.

Ethan's first time in Victoria's Secret ;)
We got a picture of Ethan with all the state signs we passed but we missed the AZ one on the way there but we did get it on our way out of AZ....

And on our way back home we had to stop for a Dr's appointment for Ethan....

We were gone for 12 days. It was fun and nice to get some sunshine. Ethan was an awesome traveler. He was happy to see Dad when we got home though.