My First Mother's Day!

It was a pretty perfect day! My mom came out Saturday and spend the night to help us be able to go to church on Mother's Day. And we made it! It was naptime for Lauren and she had a hard time staying asleep during the service, so I spent the majority of it walking the halls with her. There were several other moms doing the same thing, so it was actually a perfect way to spend the morning!
After church my mom and went to her mother's condo to visit with her and her mother and my mom's sister. We took some fun five generation pictures and then I took a nap while the grandmothers played with the baby!
Chris gave me a couple mommy books, one I had asked for. And "Lauren" gave me a necklace with her birthstone, which she promptly began to pull on! Chris also made me filet mignon and shrimp for dinner!
I kept thinking back on Mother's Day last year, right after the failed IVF. Mother's Day had been hard for me for years, but to have the failed IVF right before it was too much. Now that Lauren is here and I never have to dread Mother's Day again I'm glad to be able to look back and remember how hard it was waiting to have a baby because I can appreciate all the little things so much more.

I can't wait to help Chris celebrate his first Father's Day!