Oh... Mother's Day. You are JUST a day. Yet, you have become almost more than I can bare!
I used to detest Mother's Day, even after I became a mother. We were spending the whole day completely stressed, nearly in tears, trying to make sure we squeezed everyone in and everyone was happy with the amount of time they were seen that day, resenting the pressure to do so, forfeiting my own day... it stunk.
But then I realized that it really isn't about that one day, it's about the relationships you have every other day. So, we started focusing on those. While we still do the best we can and try to organize that ONE day, we try not to let it consume us if we can't do it.
What does consume me is how emotional Mother's Day is for ME, without all the running around. I had the BEST day. My kids and my husband were so, so good to me. They didn't buy me anything (with the exception of a Toy Story card that plays "You've Got A Friend In Me", loooove it. Cracks us up everytime time. And Layla surprised me with the Glee Madonna cd with a little help from Ba! SO perfect!). But they made me feel so special all weekend! They made me breakfast and the sweetest cards. Even Brynn and Cale made me cards for the first time! I was so excited!! Layla wrote me a (fill-in-the-blank) poem:
My mother is the best mom in the world!
She is as pretty as a ROSE.
She smells as nice as a FLOWR. (flower)
My favorite thing she does is LAF. (laugh)
Her favorite food is SINDAMIN ROLS. (cinnamon rolls) lol. ??
She is the best at HOPING. (hopping).
I think my mom looks funny when she AX SILLY. (acts silly).
I wish my mom would SING every day.
I wouldn't trade my mom for A PUPPY DOG.
HAPPY MOTHR'S DAY!
I LOVE YOU, LAYLA
She also wrote me a note that said:
To Mommy, I want to give you this beecus I love you. I want to make you a speshul dinr tonite. We are going to have vechtubls and desrt is puding. I love you! Happy Mothr's Day!
Lol- They were all just over-the-top sweet! They learned it from their Daddy.
What a day. BUSY day. Emotional Day.
Feeling so blessed to have them. Feeling sad for birthmom, knowing she must be missing them on this day. Always feel the paradox pain of infertility/joy of motherhood on this day. Feeling Lucky. Feeling Loved. Feeling Tired. Feeling like a MOM!!!
"A mother's love liberates."
Maya Angelou
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
My favorite topic- NAMES!
I couldn't skip this! I'm following suit a' la Kelly's Korner, and taking an opportunity to tell you about our kids' names. Some of you, at least family and close friends, already know the reasons behind our choices, but a lot of my loyal followers may not.
Layla Paige
Layla's first name was chosen MAINLY because it was one of few her daddy would agree to! We had been discussing names since we were 16 (my favorite hobby), but Layla was never one of them. The name sort of came out of nowhere and I was hesistant to mention it to him. After a sea of "No's", I haphazardly threw it out without much hope, only to shockingly get a "Yes!" in return. She was also close to being a Lucy. I'm a HUGE fan of Lucille Ball, but we weren't telling our names and everyone was guessing that her name would be Lucy- which turned me off. Plus, she just felt like a Layla!
Other contenders were:
Audrey (Hepburn fan)
Lane (family name)
Arden (family name)
Sadie (what my grandfather used to call me)
Her middle name comes from my Aunt Paige, who's is awesome. She has THE most kind heart and is always there for her family. She has more loyal friendships than anyone I've ever known! Those are all qualities we hoped for Layla to have, so it was a perfect fit :)
Brynn Christine
Brynn is a name Nathan has always liked and has fought for. It was on my list, but not as high up as others. However, we were only given two days to name the twins, who had already had four sets of names so the pressure was ON! We already knew a little bit about their personalities and had three pictures of them. We thought Brynn sounded nice with Layla, and it was fresh and spunky just like our sassy little girl! Fits her to a T!
Originally, we had actually decided she was going to be Maya or Mia, depending on HIS name, but none of the choices we narrowed down to for him went with either of those so she became Brynn!
Christine was the name of Nathan's grandmother. Nathan adored her. He had already asked that our next daughter be named after her, and then we found out that Brynn's birthparents had given her the name Christine, so it was perfect!
Cale Benjamin
I mentioned the name Cale and Nathan loved it immediately. It was so him. When we had to pick not only two baby names, but two names that went together, we had a little trouble! We kept looking at his picture and none of the names we liked really suited him. We narrowed it down to two sets of names. We were literally pulling into our agency knowing we had to give them their names, and we didn't know what they were! But he was a Cale. There was no denying it. We made the decision as we opened the door, lol.
The other name was Boston. We still look at him sometimes and say, "You are NOT a Boston.".
Benjamin honors Nathan's younger brother, Ben. He has always been such a sweet support for us, both in our relationship and the adoption. He's one of Nathan's best friends and he's a fun uncle to our kids. He is family-oriented and he's a guys' guy! A wonderfun man for our little boy to look up to.
As for the next one, whom we are still trying to make room for...
we are actually ahead of the game! Of course, things can always change, but we actually have names chosen already AND they have been set for quite some time :)
We even have back-ups.
We'll never tell of course, lol.
But we will continue the tradition of family names, as it's very important to us.
Aaannd we'll name another 3-4 just for fun (for me... not him, ha. But he plays along REALLY well! Such a trooper!).
Layla Paige
Layla's first name was chosen MAINLY because it was one of few her daddy would agree to! We had been discussing names since we were 16 (my favorite hobby), but Layla was never one of them. The name sort of came out of nowhere and I was hesistant to mention it to him. After a sea of "No's", I haphazardly threw it out without much hope, only to shockingly get a "Yes!" in return. She was also
Other contenders were:
Audrey (Hepburn fan)
Lane (family name)
Arden (family name)
Sadie (what my grandfather used to call me)
Her middle name comes from my Aunt Paige, who's is awesome. She has THE most kind heart and is always there for her family. She has more loyal friendships than anyone I've ever known! Those are all qualities we hoped for Layla to have, so it was a perfect fit :)
Brynn Christine
Brynn is a name Nathan has always liked and has fought for. It was on my list, but not as high up as others. However, we were only given two days to name the twins, who had already had four sets of names so the pressure was ON! We already knew a little bit about their personalities and had three pictures of them. We thought Brynn sounded nice with Layla, and it was fresh and spunky just like our sassy little girl! Fits her to a T!
Originally, we had actually decided she was going to be Maya or Mia, depending on HIS name, but none of the choices we narrowed down to for him went with either of those so she became Brynn!
Christine was the name of Nathan's grandmother. Nathan adored her. He had already asked that our next daughter be named after her, and then we found out that Brynn's birthparents had given her the name Christine, so it was perfect!
Cale Benjamin
I mentioned the name Cale and Nathan loved it immediately. It was so him. When we had to pick not only two baby names, but two names that went together, we had a little trouble! We kept looking at his picture and none of the names we liked really suited him. We narrowed it down to two sets of names. We were literally pulling into our agency knowing we had to give them their names, and we didn't know what they were! But he was a Cale. There was no denying it. We made the decision as we opened the door, lol.
The other name was Boston. We still look at him sometimes and say, "You are NOT a Boston.".
Benjamin honors Nathan's younger brother, Ben. He has always been such a sweet support for us, both in our relationship and the adoption. He's one of Nathan's best friends and he's a fun uncle to our kids. He is family-oriented and he's a guys' guy! A wonderfun man for our little boy to look up to.
As for the next one, whom we are still trying to make room for...
we are actually ahead of the game! Of course, things can always change, but we actually have names chosen already AND they have been set for quite some time :)
We even have back-ups.
We'll never tell of course, lol.
But we will continue the tradition of family names, as it's very important to us.
Aaannd we'll name another 3-4 just for fun (for me... not him, ha. But he plays along REALLY well! Such a trooper!).
The last day!
We had some unfinished business at Magic Kingdom, so we headed back over (yay- my favorite!) AND Aunt Angie came! Woot. Four years is TOO long.
VERY high on our to-do list was Princess Tiana. Brynn's absolute fav and possibly replacing Ariel and Layla's fav. We waited all week to get back to see her, then waited in a very long line to see her. Unfortunately, B fell asleep in that line. So we faced the tortured question: To wake or not to wake? Brynn had really wanted to see her, so we decided to wake her.
Wrong answer.
The last day was a little disorganized, as we scurried about all over the park trying to hit everything we hadn't done the first day and everyone was just on the very last leg of energy. We gave it all we had though, soaking in every last drop. We managed to time it just right where the VERY last thing we got to was Mickey and Minnie :)
We barely made it, but what an awesome way to end our trip!
This is the kiddos in all their new Disney shirts loading up to head home! It was seriously one of THE best weeks ever. You should have been there.
VERY high on our to-do list was Princess Tiana. Brynn's absolute fav and possibly replacing Ariel and Layla's fav. We waited all week to get back to see her, then waited in a very long line to see her. Unfortunately, B fell asleep in that line. So we faced the tortured question: To wake or not to wake? Brynn had really wanted to see her, so we decided to wake her.
Wrong answer.
The last day was a little disorganized, as we scurried about all over the park trying to hit everything we hadn't done the first day and everyone was just on the very last leg of energy. We gave it all we had though, soaking in every last drop. We managed to time it just right where the VERY last thing we got to was Mickey and Minnie :)
We barely made it, but what an awesome way to end our trip!
This is the kiddos in all their new Disney shirts loading up to head home! It was seriously one of THE best weeks ever. You should have been there.
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