Mother's Day, 1986. My sisters and I decided that it would be a great idea to make our mom a Mother's Day breakfast. I was 7, Katie was 5, and Elizabeth was 2 1/2. To our mother's surprise, we walked into her bedroom with a plate of burnt toast...and a Coors Light.
"Oh my God...I can't drink this, girls!!! It's 6 am!"
Our eyes immediately turned to disappointment...welling up with tears because we thought we had let her down. We had worked so hard on her special breakfast and mom wouldn't drink the beer.
Mom saw the looks in our eyes and quickly cracked open the Coors Light, took a swig and said, "Mmmm...this is the best beer ever! Thank you so much girls!"
Lol. Sorrryyyy Moma.
Here are some pics of my beautiful Moma and I when I was a baby.
Happy Mother's Day, Moma! I love you more than you will ever know, and appreciate all you have done for us and the boys!
After seven incredibly long and painful years, this is what I woke up to on Mother's Day:
My three men staring at me:) I still can't believe this is my reality, but I'm so happy where I'm
at. All of the years of depression have finally lifted, and I feel
like my life is just beginning. I love motherhood, and it is by far the
best job I've ever had! I will never forget all of those years of
infertility, and I pray for all of my friends still waiting to be parents on a daily basis. It is SO hard and I know how difficult every Mother's Day can be. Been there and don't want to go back. Infertility permanently affected who I am as a person and put a definite strain on our marriage. I still feel the all to familiar sting when I hear a pregnancy announcement...probably because it comes so easily for most. And probably because we will still have to go through the same crap if we ever want more children. It's so unfair! Having children did not "cure" me. I will probably always have issues, but I'm doing my best to look forward from here on out.
Why did we have to endure years of heartache and disappointment? Why did we have to drain our bank accounts and rack up tens of thousands of dollars in debt? Why did we have to put ourselves through countless medical procedures that failed every. single. time. Why couldn't we just have sex like normal people, get knocked up, and live happily ever after??
This, my friends, is why. If everything would have gone as WE had planned, these two beautiful boys would never be. God knew what he was doing. As a matter of fact, the entire ordeal brought God into our relationship. We had no faith before. Downward spiral. It goes to show that everything is in His time...we have no control. The end result is MUCH better than we could have ever imagined! I don't know what I would do without my babies, and I thank God he made us wait for them!
My first Mother's Day was unbelievable...Andy and the boys made sure that it was a day that I'd never forget!
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| Breakfast in bed...cornflake crusted french toast and bacon. Yummo! |
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| My little hams wearing their Mother's Day onesies just for mommy. |
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| Mother's Day onesies |
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| My little giggles! |
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| Griswold gave me a bottle of toilet water. Thanks man. |
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| Andy gave me a beautiful locket for their pictures that will be engraved with their initials:) |
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| Anderson in his Mother's Day outfit. Little nugget. |
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| Anderson and Baney gave me a "Mom" charm for my Pandora bracelet. Sigh. Love my little men. |
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| My happy Baney! |
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| Baney giving mommy some cuddles. |
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| My life is complete! |
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| Ahhh! |
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| Love love love them! |
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| Can't get enough of their toothless grins. |
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| Handsome:) |
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| My entire life is sitting on this bench, folks. |
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| We even surprised Mmmie K with a visit, and got to facetime with Aunt Ebeth! |
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So grateful. I can't wait until the day my little men bring me burnt toast and a Coor's Light at 6am. I will gladly crack it open to wash down the toast. And give them kisses all over their chunky cheeks.
To me, every day is a cause for celebration...for every day is Mother's Day now!
10 comments:
LOVE this post! We struggled for a lot less time than you, but man, it still hurts to think about how bad my heart hurt during those years. Glad you had such a wonderful Mother's Day...you deserve it!!!!
What a beautiful post. Happy Mothers Day.
Oh my gosh, I just cracked up laughing at that story. Yay for Coors Light!
I don't think I ever heard the Coors Light story. Or I probably did, but I don't remember it b/c I have had one too many Coors Lights in my life time! Enjoy the toothless grins! As soon as teeth start erupting, that sweet baby breath goes out the window. Mandaddy had to tell your mom it was time to start brushing your teeth when you breathed on him and his head snapped back! Lol! (Maybe an exaggeration, but you get the picture!) Teeth=bacteria=bad breath! Oh the fun you have ahead of you! This is a great post! I remember that snow day and holding you up to the window to see it. I said, "Pretty!" and you repeated it! So smart!
Love, Aunt M
You look a lot like your mom. Very pretty. Love the charm for your bracelet and the locket.
Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
Sounds great! You look just like your mom.
So glad I got to "see" them! And so glad you got to finally celebrate this day :) Love y'all!
I LOVED reading this post...brought tears to my eyes. I absolutely hate that you & Andy had to endure the torture of infertility, but I am so thankful that it brought God into your life and that He DID answer your prayers...better than you could've ever imagined. You & Andy have been blessed with precious boys and I know that you'll enjoy every single day with them. We love you guys!! Happy Mother's Day (every day). :)
I love the story and how you give all the credit to God... for HE is truely the one in control. Motherhood fits you well, not that I ever doubted. So happy for you both :)
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