Mother/Daughter Mother's Day!

Hello! I know I'm a little slow on the draw, but I wanted to tell you about my first Mother's Day as a grandmother...and more importantly, Andrea's first as a mother!

This was an instant of not really knowing what to expect, as I've had no life experience in 'sharing' Mother's Day. Mother's Day was really one of my favorite day's of the year. The day I was recognized and appreciated for all the hard work, struggle and sacrifice I've had to endure in being a mom. Totally worth it, yes, and the good always outweighed the bad, the great moments definitely outshining the not-so-great moments. Happy tears totally outnumbered sad ones.

My kids always went way out of their way to make my day special! Since they were kids! Whether it was making me some pancakes in the morning...to taking me out, the fact that they were making such an effort always made me so happy. Even to this day, the effort is there...even though now that they're adults, just all of us getting together is a huge blessing for me!

But this year...it was a little different. I wasn't the only Mom in the bunch! I didn't want to take Andrea's first Mother's Day away from her. So how did it work? We've never been a big fan of going out with everyone and their mother (yes, pun intended), so we decided to do dinner at home. Tostada bar. We each had our 'assignments' and we worked together in the kitchen and tried hard not to resent the boys watching basketball in the family room. Seriously? It wasn't "Boy's Watching Basketball Day", it was MOTHER'S DAY. Sigh. At one point, as we made the shredded beef and warmed up the homemade beans, Andrea asked, "Is Mother's Day always like this?" LOL. Um, yes. From now on, we fight the crowds and go out!


I got some nice card from them, and nice gifts, including a bracelet with charms that spell "Grandma". Awww. Cute, right? A nice heart sapphire necklace from Tony, and movie from Bill. (One I requested). Heartfelt cards that tell me how awesome I am...gotta love that, right? But my favorite, favorite moment of the day, was watching Chad give Andrea her gifts. Sooo cute! Lots of knick-knacky things, and a muscial snow globe that had an angel, and was inscribed with First Mother's Day. It made her day special, and stand out just a little bit! Yay!



So, all in all, we had a great day, we spend time together as a family, which is my favorite thing in the world. I appreciated all the well wishes from family and friends, but especially the very special cards I got from my stepdaughter Meghann, and the 'Grandma" card from Jess. It meant a lot to me!

The cherry on the top? The Phoenix Suns sweeped the Spurs that night!! But, that's a whole other blog!


(Jake, sporting his orange...of course I had to throw him in here somewhere!)

Lots of fun to share!

I know that most of you keep up with stuff that happens on facebook, so I really don't feel the need to have to blog much these days. But I do miss the writing...the sharing...etc. I don't really like eblog as much as I did blogging on myspace, because on myspace, I could see how many hits I had, people could comment...and it was just more interesting to me. Here, I just feel like I'm talking to myself!

I've been wanting to share this story since Easter. Jakes first Easter at Grandma's was alot of fun. My favorite moment though was when he became way too curious about the platter of ham that was in front of him as he sat on his daddy's lap.



He stared at this platter for so long. It was as if he just couldn't figure out exactly what this strange flat pink stuff was! Plus, it smelled pretty scrumptious! He just kept looking and looking...and got closer and closer....



We were all getting quite the kick out of it...and what I didn't record (and I take pics of everything when it comes to Jake) was when he reached out to touch it. At that point, he wasn't really reaching much, so we got excited that he was reaching. It was after dinner, so it wasn't hot, so he reached out and grabbed at a piece. He didn't take it, but he played with it for awhile. Then...he did what he always does...he put his hand in his mouth. He was so startled by the taste, he started to cry. I mean really cry! It was like he was saying, "What happened to my hand??? Why does it taste that way! I don't like it! Help!!!!" LOL...poor Jake. That was his first taste of real food, and he was not a fan!

Of course, since then...he has started cereal, baby fruit and baby veggies. Guess what? He definitely is a fan! Today I let him try out my Ritz cracher (suck, not chew) and he seemed to like it okay. He really loved his cereal, sweet potatoes and bananas tonight! He even drank water out of a water bottle!





Not to mention he's a hoot in restaurants! Here he is at Si Senor after him and his mommy picked us up at the airport.




My little man is growing up so fast, and developing this awesome personality! Today I heard him laugh for the first time, and it was so awesome! He is a cute little bundle of joy....who just isn't so little anymore. I relish every minute that I get to spend with him and I know he knows that his Grandma loves him very much!!