Happy Mother's Day Mom!

"MOM"--this is a word that has taken on a whole new meaning for me this year, not only for the obvious reason of becoming one, but also because of the unity that I now feel with that segment of the population that wakes up each morning yearning for the next time she sees her child's face, for those women who ache to their core if she sees her daughter in one ounce of pain, and those mom's who lose all concept of adulthood when their son is mistreated at school and are ready to go to blows with any snooty principal or bully kid that stands in their way!

It is for this reason that whenever I feel those motherly feelings I immediately reflect on my own mother during my growing up years and feel that much more appreciation, respect, guilt, and love for her. All the skinned knees, broken hearts, hurtful teenage words, bad decisions and life struggles that she watched me suffer through and undoubtedly suffered silently beside me. All the while soothing, waiting, listening, patient, supportive, and loving me through it all, putting her own feelings aside for my own.

My mom has so many amazing qualities including but nowhere near limited to- her ability to laugh at herself ("you think life's funny or something?"), her frugal nature, knack for organizing, solving any problem you throw at her, eloquent writing, and of course her landscaping skills with a simple pair of scissors (true story) :).

So, Whenever I feel those tinges of doubt or insecurity about my abilites as a mom, I simply reflect on my mom, and her mom (grama dixie), and even her mom(grama D) and I realize that all of these amazing women have shaped the mom that I am today. Then I am put at ease knowing that Charlotte is one lucky girl to have inherited these wonderful "mommy genes".

Thankyou Mom for everything you do for me and my daughter and family and also thankyou to all of the amazing mommy role models in my life: Karen, Grama Dixie, Aunt Lu, Deedee, Sue, Aunt Wanda, Aunt Jenny, Granny, Aunt Dana, Kelly Ryan, and Mrs. Joyce.

Have a wonderful Mother's Day....I love you!

first day of mommyhood

like mother, like daughter
2 generations of mommies3 generations of mommies 2 of the best moms in the world!



"baby hogging" note the scissors in her hip pocket!

Grama Dixie and her girlsmooches

Crawling and other assorted tricks

Hi everyone! Yes I realize that it has been a while since we blogged but Charlotte just passed 10 months and she is doing new things everyday....It is so much fun to watch...Here is a little clip of a few of her tricks. Well enjoy...