I’m still waiting on my photographers to get me the pictures from the Baby Party. So, before I recap the event, let me talk about something else.
My friend Emily came down for the shower, and brought her almost 8 month old Evan. I’ve met Evan once before, when he was 2 or 3 months old. He cried a lot then, and a lot less this time around. I was thankful for that. It was kind of weird, this being the first time a baby spent the night at our house, to think that in a month or so, we’d have a baby forever.
One thing I loved about Evan was how his face lit up, in a big happy smile, whenever Emily entered the room. Man how I want that. I cant wait for the day that AJ recognizes me in such a way that he smiles like that.

Its been a pretty boring week on the adoption/baby side of things. But thats okay, cause this Saturday is our first Baby Party. I’ve been looking forward to it. I promise pictures and full details on Monday.

My house celebrated Mother’s Day on Saturday.
First, I woke up much too early. But I was quickly surprised with my very first Mother’s Day present. Yay! Steve bought me a lovely necklace.

 

The stone represents AJ’s birthstone. But its not. AJ was born in November, and that birthstone is citrine. Which is kind of a yellowy orange stone. Not that pretty. So, Steve was wise enough to go with something else, blue topaz. And we’ll just pretend.

While out celebrating with my mom, I bought a pretty hanging plant in honor of AJ’s birth mom and foster mom.  I hope it lives a long time.

All in all, not a bad way to spend my first mother’s day.

Duuuuude. Remember Mr. Happy? I know you do! Well here he is as a Boo Boo Soother. It doesnt get much better than that!

So, it’s Mother’s Day this weekend. It’s kinda weird for me. I have a son, I call him my son, I love him deeply. But, I don’t really feel like a Mom. I don’t have the gear, the spit up on my shirt, the bags under my eyes… I’m still just me. And thats weird.
Whats interesting to me is that already I have been celebrated as a mom more than I would have expected. I mean, its just been a few e-cards, and a couple of well wishes from coworkers, but still. I wasn’t expecting anything, really.
I think I would like to take some time this Mother’s Day and honor AJ’s birth mom and foster mom. Perhaps I’ll pick up a plant in their honor and plant it with my mom. I would like to do something that could continue to be a tradition each year. We’ll see what I come up with…

Happy Mother’s Day to all my friends who became moms this past year. You are all really inspiring to me. And of course to all the moms that have been moms for ages! You’re the best!