Happy Mother's Day!

Me and my Beautiful Mother :)

Happy Mother's Day to all the fabulous Moms and Mom's-to-be out there!

Today was really special for many reasons. Of course, I got to spend most of the day with my Mom- who has taught me many things throughout my life, and all that I am and have become, I owe to her. I love you, Mom!

Every year, my cousins and I have a cookout for our Moms & Grandma. Usually we do ALL the cooking, preparing, etc. However, this year was slightly different. When my husband went out to fire up our grill, we noticed that we had some tenants that had just moved in. That's right, a family of mice were now the proud home-owners of a Weber 2 story, all steel house, er..grill. Not only did Mr. & Mrs. Mouse move into our grill...but they TOTALLY SHACKED UP in our grill! I was told that there were 3 brand new, still pink, baby mice that seemed to be just born, right there in the grill. Not my idea of a BBQ, people. Luckily, my mom's boyfriend saved the day. He and my uncle went to his house and cooked our chicken breasts on his mouse-free grill. And Mother's Day cookout was now back on. Phewwww! We had a very nice meal followed by some homemade peanut butter cup cookies and fresh fruit for dessert! Poppy Seed's Uncle Billy stopped by for some cookies and fruit before heading back to Columbus, which was also a nice treat! After dinner, we had an intense game of Catch Phrase that lasted for 3 hours. We don't mess around, people. What a very interesting, and fun day this was. It's so hard to imagine that I will get to celebrate next Mother's Day with our precious little angel....whatever HE or SHE may be! :)

Another reason today was so special, was because Brian and I got to remember his mother, Patty. She was an amazing mother to her boys and she was very, very special to me. I know she is smiling down on us from Heaven and I know she would have been the greatest Mother-in-law I could have ever dreamed of having. I cannot wait to tell our child/children how much of a beautiful person she was and hopefully continue on many of the wonderful Motherly gifts that she was able to share with her boys. We love you and miss you dearly, Patty.

As far as our lil PSK goes, we had a doctors appointment this past Friday and we got to hear the heartbeat again and the nurse said that everything seems to be going well and we got to schedule our NEXT appointment!!! We go in 4 weeks to *hopefully* find out the sex of our precious little baby. I'm going to have a lil talk with PSK to make sure she cooperates since our lovely insurance does not cover any ultrasounds :) It's way worth it though!! Will keep you posted fellow readers. Stay tuned...

This is my final month of teaching dance and our recital is just 3 weeks away! I can't believe how fast this year went! My kids have made me so proud to be their teacher and I'm excited to see them up on the big stage working it out! I may be a little biased, but we have some really talented kids! It's going to be a great show! After recital, I should be able to start updating this blog a bit faster ;)

Well Poppy Seed, as much as I don't want to rush things, I'm very much looking forward to being able to call you by your proper sex, and then soon by your name! Keep baking in there little one...your Daddy and I love you so much already!

Brian and Me

Me, My Mom, Grandma, Cousin, Aunt, Cousin