Mother's Day

I had a really good Mother's Day this year!  It was extra special because of the addition of Joshua to our family.  I feel very blessed to have the privilege of being his mom and I am also very thankful for the other moms he has had in his life - for the one who brought him into the world and for those who helped raise him and love him for the first year of his life.  The kids and Jason made the day very special for me.  Jason got me this beautiful hummingbird feeder:

Eva made this for me at school:

Here's the translation, in case you can't read it:  My Mom is 33 years old.  She weighs 10 pounds, and is 28 feet tall.  She has blonde/brown hair, and blue eyes.  She works at home.  My Mom's favorite thing to do is fun things on Saturday.  I love my Mom more than anything.

Breanna wrote a couple different poems for me that she made up all by herself.  I was very surprised.  I thought they were really good.  The first one is very sweet and the second one is pretty funny.

 

The 2nd one is a little hard to read, so here's what it says:  "Mommy.  Cleaning, cooking as fast as a cheetah.  Making her green, gooey, soup.  Taking care of three kids, its hard to do, so I help her out!  Making 12 meals a day, isn't so easy.  And its hard with a baby.  In the kitchen, all day long, she just needs a rest, so I give her free time, while watching my brother.  I love you Mommy."

With the new diet I am on for my Leaky Gut, I eat a lot of soup with pureed veggies and it usually turns out green so the kids think it looks pretty disgusting.  I think it tastes pretty good.  To get enough calories during the day, I have to eat quite often, so between the meals I am cooking for myself and the separate meals I make for the kids, and sometimes even additional ones for Joshua since he can't always eat what the girls and Jason are eating, I sometimes actually do make 12 meals a day.  It's better now, but for awhile it did feel like I was in the kitchen all day.  I just thought it was so funny that she made a poem about it, but I guess that is my life right now.  I'll post a pic of my green, gooey, soup with a recipe one of these days.  It actually is pretty tasty and extremely nourishing and easy to digest.   

After everything I have been through recently I feel very blessed to be alive and to actually feel well enough that I could enjoy Mother's Day.  I really don't think there is any better job in the world than being a mother.  I love my little kiddos so much!  They bring so much joy into my life and I am so thankful that I get to be their mom!