Mother's Day

I heard another quote recently that I thought was a beautiful sediment (and so appropriate for Mother's Day, especially for me), "when a man that treats his wife like a princess, its proof that he was raised in the arms of a queen".

and another new favorite, "grandmas are like moms with frosting."

what a great day.  and I am so blessed to have such an incredible family!  I've got the most amazing husband and wonderful (although regularly monstrous) children.  And to make life just so much sweeter, I've got an incredible mother and mother in law.  I could write endless praises of each of them, despite lacking the writer's touch that could fully capture how wonderful these women are and how much they mean to me.  My mom is truly one of my very best friends and I have an incredible relationship with her.  And my mother in law is an amazing women and I feel so blessed to have such a great relationship with her too.  I can't imagine life without either of them and I depend on them so much.  Especially since having kids (and particularly in the last year) I think about how often I call for advice, friendship, support.  How often I ask them to watch my kids or get to share a playdate with them.  It's so much that I could never thank them enough and often wonderful how I can be regularly more appreciative of all that they do. I am SO blessed to have such amazing ladies in my life.

Today was a good day.  The baby slept great last night, the kids were sweet and cuddly this morning.  My parents had spent the night and we had invited my husband's parents over for breakfast as a joint family celebration of Mother's Day.  Unfortunately, breakfast ended up being much later than planned so the girls got rather cranky as the morning went on and eagerly went down for naps.  But despite that, we had a great time.  Husband and his sister took charge in the kitchen, making a fantastic breakfast of eggs benedict and fruit.  Then we had our church meetings where the theme was honoring motherhood (complete with a chocolate-and-caramel-covered-pretzel treat).  The Primary sang a musical number during sacrament meeting and Butterfly got to participate (for the first time!).  She happily bounced up the aisle to join the rest of the children and then fumbled into her spot.  She didn't sing much of the song and actually looked a little confused but was happy to be performing with the rest of the kids and eventually caught on to the singing.  She scurried back to me with an eager, make-me-melt hug that makes me want to capture and savor the moment forever.  Maybe if I squeeze her tight enough, I'll never forget just how amazing it is in that moment of sweet perfection.  AngelBaby was sweet and charming, cooing and giggling up a storm in our last class and after church, Butterfly presented me with an adorable paper flower that she made in Primary.  Husband left church for the airport so we didn't get to spend the evening with him but my parents stayed to play.  My dad made dinner, treating us to crab pots and we stuffed ourselves on the delectable food.  (my favorite is the crab, the girls' favorite is the shrimp.)  Then we played through the evening, running around in the backyard, playing with toys and watching movies until I reluctantly put my beautiful girls to bed.