First Mother's Day

It would be inaccurate to portray my first Mother's Day as beautiful and perfect. Mother's Day happened to also fall on Kendrick's four-week birthday, and the above picture is a pretty accurate representation of what our day was like. Mother's Day coincided with the peak of this little guy's fussy period, which started after his two week birthday. 

C tried very hard to make it a nice day for me and made a delicious breakfast of pancakes (my culinary request for the day), sausages, and eggs. He even brewed the last of my highly coveted, decaf coffee from Philz. During breakfast, a beautiful flower arrangement from C's family got delivered to our door. The lovely note was very uplifting. 

a bright bouquet on Mother's Day

C took charge of all our meals that day and grilled a delicious dinner of shrimp (my mom's favorite), salmon, and steak. It was the first time we've used the grill this year, which surely beats when we got the grill last year, I believe. Kendrick and I took a little breather outside to hang out with Papa while he grilled. We also took a few family photos while outside, but being as fussy as he had been, Kendrick looks crazed in most of those photos, so I won't share them here.

spending time in the backyard while Papa grills

This picture reminds me: Our yard is looking stupendous! C has been really working hard to make it look great and it's paid off in spades. What a refreshing change from what the past winter did to our yard! The azaleas I planted last year are starting to bloom around this time, our hydrangeas that we pruned last year are teaming with new leaves, and we discovered that we have a lilac bush! We planted some nice perennials along the back fence a few weeks ago, where previously, only tall weeds grew. This was spurred mostly by the fact that we can see directly into our neighbor's backyard and they put up some nice landscaping and plants all by themselves in about a morning. 

Here's to fewer fussy Mother's Days and more time spent in the yard in the next few months.