Happy Mother's Day!

Words cannot describe how incredible it was to celebrate my very first "official" Mother's Day as a new Mom! Last year I was 5 months pregnant, so it was kind of "unofficial". I'm not going to lie, I was emotional all day long for some reason. I would just stare at Saije and be overwhelmed with the most intense feeling of love that I have for her. She is such a joy and such a blessing in my life. I don't know what I would do with myself if it weren't for her.

The day before Mother's Day, Brogan sent me the most BEAUTIFUL flowers! He knows pink lilies are my favorite flower and he made sure and tell the flower people that hot pink is my favorite color so they tied a hot pink bow on the hot pink vase and put hot pink accent flowers in the bouquet. He is such a Sweetie! The card read: "You are the best Mom a child could ever have. Love, Brogan". It put me into tears! One thing I really love about Brogan is that he stands behind me as a Mom and is constantly helping me out and pushing me to be even better. Having that kind of support is so great. I love you Honey. Thank you so much for making my day with these gorgeous flowers! MUAH!

We started off the day going to church with my friend and her sister and Mom. Saije and I have been going on occasion to church with them to the First Baptist Church and I really really love it. I feel so welcomed there and so loved. Complete strangers will approach us and give us big hugs and ask how we are. They have a really nice child care program too that I use during the big meeting where Saije can nap or play or whatever. Of course the worship service and worship band was based around Mothers and we even got little goodie bags from the children of the congregation. I cried during parts of the service because it made me realize how important Motherhood is and how badly our world needs good Mothers who will love their children no matter what choices they make or where they go in life. A Mother cannot make her children's choices for them, good or bad, but they sure can love them regardless and make sure they know they are loved and not make them feel any less than loved. It's a rare quality alot of Mothers possess these days and I just hope and pray that my children ALWAYS know how much I love them. No matter which direction in life they go, I want them to know they always have a Mom who loves them and will be there to wrap my arms around them.