Motherhood. Sentiments about moms and motherhood bombard you from every direction, commercials cards, well wishers, strangers. Everyone tries to put their thanks and appreciation for their mother into words. I have always appreciated my mother. I love her for her wisdom and comfort, belief in me and encouragement. But I really never understood the sacrifice and true depth of her or any mother's love until this year when I became one. I stand in awe of all mothers and the love for their children and I am in awe that this feeling of love I have for Noah is how God feels about me but more so! I hope all the moms had a great mothers day!
My first mother's day began with chocolate chip waffles, eggs, and sausage in bed. When we were done with breakfast we saw we had missed the start of church by twenty minutes. So we stayed in bed a little longer and then got ready for our busy day. I had made our moms hardcover books of Noah pictures from Blurb.com and I was so excited to give them to Nana and MiMi. We ate lunch with Nana and Puddin at the Melting Pot in Birmingham. It was a fantastic meal. Melted yummy cheese, lots of meat and sauce, and to top it off melted chocolate! It was a perfect Mother's Day lunch. But the best part was giving Nana her present. I think she liked it! After the meal Adam had to go to work so Noah and I headed to MiMi's alone.
It was apparently Spa Jenny at MiMi's. MiMi loved her book and I loved relaxing with my sisters and laughing and of course the pedicure! After a sweet nap in the hammock we ate a steak dinner. It was hard to leave. All in all it was great first mother's day!
I forgot... God, Adam, and Noah gave me a great gift! An answer to prayer. We found an elliptical machine at our neighbor's garage sale Saturday. Better than I had hoped for! So I received the gift of better self confidence and health!!!
5 comments:
I am so glad that you got your elliptical machine! I have to admit that I am a little jealous though. I have wanted one for a while, but also need one for cheap. I was happy to see more pics!
BEAUTIFUL pictures. I love the one of you and Noah laughing and the one of yall sleeping!!! They are so good! Noah is so handsome and you look beautiful!
You will LOVE an elliptical machine. It does not take a whole lot of time to burn a lot of calories... that is how I lost all my weight from Karoline. I need to get back on it but it is in the garage. It's not very motivating to go workout in a messy garage!! You will really enjoy it though... well, as much as you can enjoy working out.
Happy Mother's Day, Carrie! The pictures are beautiful, and praise God for the elliptical machine - what a sweet answer to prayer!
He is getting so big! I want to hear more about this melting pot place. I am very interested in all things melty...
I am thrilled about the elliptical. It is not as good as the ones at the gym but it has a timer, tells you how many calories you burn, and how far you go and resistance. Those were my requirements. Now I just need a spot for it. I think it might end up in the garage like Beth's! It was such a God thing too, I cried when I bought it. I told the two ladies, I know this is silly but I prayed for this elliptical machine. They looked at me with Noah on my hip and just nodded. They knew and understood! And Em, I can't even really put into words the amazingness of the melting pot. When your time is up and you are in Bham I will take you there.
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