Here's my jumbled attempt at summarizing my Mother's Day Weekend! It started off with a trip to Houston on Thursday. I got to hang out with dear friends. As you can see we have multiplied since our college days! I treasure these moments when we get to hang out, even if we're chasing and feeding kids between conversations.
Back row: NatalieFront row: Kelli and Avery (6 mo.) Mandy and Oliver (3 mo) me and P(1 yr) Ellen and Summer (9 mo) and Ben (almost 3)
Here's a pic of my child trying to get everything within reach. He managed to spill a water and a coffee, as well as spit-up a couple of times. No surprises there! Thank you Kelli for being soooo understanding of all our messes!
Mandy and Oliver! They were in from Alaska and this was the first time we got to meet Oliver. You can't see in this picture but he's got some rolls...they are fantastic!
Some of the kiddos playing together.
Mr. P excited about Oliver's groovy moves in the chair!
They're actually sharing...isn't it sweet?!
While I was home I also got to go to this little boy's birthday party!!! Happy Birthday TEGAN!
I might have given P some cake...there's no evidence though!
It was a really fun party with lots of games of Dodge Ball, and just a few injuries! ;)
and it wouldn't be Tegan's party without some karate moves! Now onto Sunday, Mother's Day!
Here's one of my Mother's Day gifts! I love all the gifts I got, but these are from Jason and it's a plant called Lamb's Ears! It's one of my favorite plants, and we had them planted at our old house, and J has probably heard me say 100x how I wanted some where we live now! They are really fun plants with delicate texture, hence the name.
Love this plant as well. We've had this for a couple of years, but wanted to share it because it's a favorite of mine. It's a succulent, called Hens & Chicks. And if any of you struggle in the green thumb area, this is the plant for you...it's hard to kill.
This is Mother's Day last year. I think Preston was about 2 weeks old. And all I knew was that mothering consisted of very little sleep and feeding every 2.5 hours! My gift from J was the Japanese Maple Tree!
Mother's Day 2008: And here's the Japanese Maple Tree planted and growing!
Here's a pic of my child trying to get everything within reach. He managed to spill a water and a coffee, as well as spit-up a couple of times. No surprises there! Thank you Kelli for being soooo understanding of all our messes!
Mandy and Oliver! They were in from Alaska and this was the first time we got to meet Oliver. You can't see in this picture but he's got some rolls...they are fantastic!
Some of the kiddos playing together.
Mr. P excited about Oliver's groovy moves in the chair!
They're actually sharing...isn't it sweet?!
While I was home I also got to go to this little boy's birthday party!!! Happy Birthday TEGAN!
I might have given P some cake...there's no evidence though!
It was a really fun party with lots of games of Dodge Ball, and just a few injuries! ;)
and it wouldn't be Tegan's party without some karate moves! Now onto Sunday, Mother's Day!
Here's one of my Mother's Day gifts! I love all the gifts I got, but these are from Jason and it's a plant called Lamb's Ears! It's one of my favorite plants, and we had them planted at our old house, and J has probably heard me say 100x how I wanted some where we live now! They are really fun plants with delicate texture, hence the name.
Love this plant as well. We've had this for a couple of years, but wanted to share it because it's a favorite of mine. It's a succulent, called Hens & Chicks. And if any of you struggle in the green thumb area, this is the plant for you...it's hard to kill.
This is Mother's Day last year. I think Preston was about 2 weeks old. And all I knew was that mothering consisted of very little sleep and feeding every 2.5 hours! My gift from J was the Japanese Maple Tree!
Mother's Day 2008: And here's the Japanese Maple Tree planted and growing!
