My Mother's Day

Usually a few days before a holiday or my birthday David says "do you want to go ahead and open your gift?'' He gets so excited to show me that he can't make it to the actual day, but Mothers Day was an exception!

I went to see my dad yesterday to celebrate his 80th birthday and David asked me to be home by 5:00 so that I had time to get ready for my gift. I had no idea what he was planning. He outdid himself!

 

I came home to find a suitcase on the bed with a receipt for a pre-paid suite! I was asked to pack my bag so that he could add something to it after I'm done and I couldn't open it again until I got to the hotel. David then said "you also have a reservation at Ruth's Chris for 8:00 and Tiffany will be meeting you there." I was so excited I think I jumped up and down and couldn't stop smiling. How he pulled this off I have no idea.

 

I was immediately flooded with anxiety and guilt. David and Annabelle were sick so I felt horrible leaving him at home with all the kids. He told me to stop and get my bag and leave. So I did just that! I got to my room, which was beautiful, and unpacked my bag. I see my kindle with an unread book on it and a pretty blue box. He knows how I love blue boxes! It's my first cross and it's stunningly beautiful.

 

 

Tiffany met me at the restaurant and we stayed for two and a half hours! We had fantastic food and got caught up on our daily lives. I love spending time with such a kind, intelligent, and hard working mother. She's amazing and I wouldn't have wanted to have dinner with anyone else.

I took my leftovers back to the hotel, called David, then I immediately went to sleep! I work up and went to the gym to get in an hour long work out. Although I missed the kids like crazy, It was nice not to have to pack them all up to go to the gym.
I showered, packed, stopped into a nail salon for a pedicure then drove as fast as I could home. I entered the house and had little people running toward me yelling "mama's home!" I can honestly say that was the best part. Madelyn and Christopher gave me their homemade cards. David told me how glad he was that I had fun but that he was even more happy to have me back.

Being a mother of four is hard, exhausting, at times frustrating, but it's also wonderful, lovely, joyful, amazing, astounding, and the best thing on Earth. David and the kids own my heart, my mind, and my love. They're my reason for living.