Mother's Day 2012

Photo by Michael Campbell
DESCRYstudios

Sometimes I have unrealistic expectations for what holidays should be. Birthdays are usually themed with decorations to match, 4th of July has an abundance of Red-White-Blue food & attire, Easter should have cute baskets and egg hunts. Not everyone does these holidays the same. Therefore, I have been disappointed in my adult lifetime on a regular basis due to a lack of excitement or "to-do" about certain holidays.

Thus, I set the bar low of Mother's Day 2012. My first two, 2010 & 2011, I worked the entire day and it was less than glamorous. Dinner cooked for me both years, but with a infant there's not much else to fuss about when you are at work all day. 

Mother's Day 2012 started off differently. I received my first Mother's Day gift last Sunday. Eric's daughters picked out a pair of earrings from a vendor at the Montpelier Wine Festival. Earrings fit me perfectly and the girls were too excited to wait a week to give them to me. I wore them all day yesterday and they noticed with big smiles on their faces. 

Yesterday began with breakfast in bed from Eric. Katelyn's gift was that she slept in until 9am. Although I think her sleeping in was a coincidence, an extra hour of peace to eat a hot breakfast in bed was enjoyable. We then went to church at Calvary Chapel Fluvanna. Pastor Steve gave a sermon based on Proverbs 31- what being a woman should be about. The sermon reconfirmed my decisions to stay at home to be a homemaker and mother. 

Although the day was not about gifts, they were perfect. I received a blueberry bush and a photo album from Katelyn. Recently I have been talking about putting a garden in our backyard and Eric gave me a blueberry bush to start the project. The photo album was from a secret photo shoot my Mom, Brandi, and Brandi's friend Michael organized. Michael shot many awesome photos of Katelyn at Darden Towe Park (see his facebook site here: https://www.facebook.com/descrystudios).

The day ended with a family dinner at my Parent's house. Tim made a big BBQ rib dinner for all 10 of us. Perfect way to end the evening. Although I set the bar low for Mother's Day this year, I feel I underestimated the people that are now in my life. This Mother's Day was exactly what I thought Mother's Day should be. Perfect day.