Livin' The Good Life: Happy Mother's Day

5/9/11

Happy Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was absolutely wonderful! It began with Matt getting up with Cadence (LOVED THAT!!) and making me breakfast. They made me waffles (with whipped cream on top), fresh strawberries, chocolate milk and coffee. Yum! Yum! Yum! After breakfast, Matt cleaned out the dishwasher, loaded the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, gave Cadence a bath, got her ready for church and let me take my time getting myself ready for church. It was heaven!! We had quite the photo shoot before church (Cadence really was in a good, picture-taking mood, so we took advantage). Church was amazing and very encouraging. After church, we headed to The Ivester's to spend the afternoon celebrating Matt's mom. The men (and Matt's sisters) did the work-grilling, cleaning up, etc. and again-that was heaven. :) Me and his mom enjoyed sitting back and relaxing while being catered to. After the Ivester's, we went to my parent's house where, again, the men did the work. We enjoyed a great day of family time and just enjoying each other.

I have to say that I am absolutely blessed. I am blessed in so many ways, but in honor of Mother's Day I need to elaborate on how I am blessed as a Mother (and as a daughter). As a mother, I am blessed with such an amazing little girl that completely blows me away every day. She is the sweetest, most tenderhearted, compassionate little girl. She loves people with every ounce of herself and she gives the best hugs and kisses. She tells me that she loves me multiple times a day, we have so much fun together in everything that we do, we laugh hard and play hard together! Cadence is truly a gift from the Lord-the best gift I've ever received. I hate how she is growing up so quickly and I wish that I could just slow down time. I cherish my moments with her-my cuddle time, our shopping time, every single time with her I cherish. She is a very, very good girl (with the exception of normal 2 1/2 yr old mood swings haha) and she just all around makes me very happy! I look forward to many more years of being her mommy, as well as a mommy to my sweet little girl that is currently residing inside of me. :) I am blessed and I thank God for giving me my two, sweet girls. I am also blessed with an amazing husband who is the best daddy to Cadence. She loves him SO much and he is wrapped around her finger. :) Not only does he play so good with her, but he helps so much with her (with bathtime, taking turns getting up early with her on the weekends to give me a break, getting her dressed sometimes, and even fixing her hair-he has mastered a hairbow). I am blessed with a husband who loves Jesus, loves me and loves his little girl with all of his heart. He provides for us and takes care of us in so many ways. Thank you, Jesus for Matt!

As a daughter, I am truly blessed with the best mommy in the world! Not only is she my mom, but she is truly my best friend-and she always has been! I never went through those preteen/teenage years of hating my mom/being embarrassed of my mom. Of course I had the teen attitude at times with the rolling of the eyes, haha, but never did I dislike my mom. My whole life I have had fun with her, confided in her, loved her, been able to be silly with her, etc. I've never feared telling her something because she has always allowed me to come to her with anything-good or bad. She loves Jesus and has always prayed for me, which I can't thank her enough for. She has cried with me, laughed with me, been mad with me (at stupid boys and stupid friends), and so much more. I literally could write forever about how much I love her and all of her amazing qualities. I do not take her for granted, because I know what a true gift from the Lord she is. She knows me inside and out and I can call on her night or day for anything. She is the most selfless woman that I know and she always gives 100% of herself to her family and friends. She is the best woman that I know, no doubt. She learned from the best, my Mimi, and I pray that I learn from both of them. I pray that Cadence and I (along with Emily and any other future children) have the kind of relationship I have with my mom. Happy Mother's Day to my best friend, my favorite, my mommy! Thank you for being the best mommy (in the past, right now, and for the future) and for being the best grandmother to my daughter(s). I love you!

Here are some pics from Mother's Day (the first four are actually from Saturday-downtown Greenville.) They were too cute not to add. :)