Mother's Day

I had the best Mother's Day.  I got the sweetest card from my "babies daddy" and Gavin and Nolen made me stuff--which is pretty much the most treasured gifts a Mother could get.  They are often times humorous but always so sweet.  I felt really loved and special.

Nolen made me this....it says "I love my mommy because.....she reads to me, she takes me to toys r us, she gives me hugs and she plays with me."

Nolen also made me this.....a few of his facts are wrong (he blames the wrong eye color on Daddy-HA!) but I LOVE it.  His drawing of us cracks me up....don't you love my gi-normous hands?

Gavin painted me this rock.  He informed me that the 3 blue things are birds, and the orange thing hanging from the tree is a bird feeder.

This book is hilarious......I will tell you what it says since some of his spelling is wrong.

My mom is just like a superhero because she can.....

clean the whole living room all in one day! (HAHA!)

Even when my mom is exhausted she still.....
does nothing! (This is my favorite....at least he knows I am able to relax)

My mom is so smart that she knows....

sewing.

My mom is also as beautiful as....a butterfly and as sweet as...flower.

I love my mom so much because.....she keeps me safe.

There were soooo many years where I did not like Mother's Day.  I wanted so badly to be celebrating it as a Mommy and I felt especially sad on this particular day.  After several years of fertility treatments, surgeries and disappointments.....we now have 3 amazing little boys.  I know that our boys are miracles from God.  People who don't know anything about fertility don't realize how much of a miracle conceiving a baby is.  Everything has to line up just perfectly and while it happens all the time for a lot of people.....it is so incredibly difficult for others. 

This day is so special to me....but at the same time I can go back to those days and remember exactly how I felt and my heart breaks for the people who are feeling the way I did.  I don't ever want to forget what that was like.  So, while I had a great day this Mother's Day with my full, very loud home, I was also praying for the childless....because I know what that is like too.