Mother's Day

I saw this quote in a baby advertisement and thought it was pretty clever.

"I am NOT a woman who can always resist ice cream, wears makeup to the pool, and has spotless floors all the time. But I am strong. I AM MOM".

I thoroughly enjoyed Mother's Day this year. I was the lucky recipient of breakfast in bed. Nick cooked crunchy berry pancakes for me. Breakfast was served on Reagan's Disney Princess TV tray (since I do not own a formal breakfast tray). I inhaled them so fast, that I didn't think about taking a picture until afterward.

So, here is the picture from the recipe.

On Sunday afternoon Reagan crawled in to my lap, snuggled up with me and fell asleep in my arms. This is the first time this has happened since Reagan was an infant. I was in "Mommy Heaven". I told Nick that it is the first time in this pregnancy that I have been warm. Reagan has always been a little ball of fire. I very rarely have to worry about her being cold. But with this baby, my regular saying is that, "I feel like I am gestating an icicle".

Maybe Reagan's actions were unconscious, but I felt like it was the best Mother's Day gift she could have given me.

And, to top that off... I opened the mail and found that I had won an iPhone from Cosmopolitian Magazine! Usually, I am not so lucky. One time, in Junior High School I won a Kaboodles Hair Dryer. But in the past 15 years that is really the only thing that comes to mind when I think of prizes I have been awarded. But lately, I have been doing well in the "winners" department (in the past few months, through contests I have entered I have been given: a plaid bag/tote that I use to carry Reagan's stuff to church, $25 in scentsy product, and now the iPhone)!

What a blessed Mom I am!