Mother's Day 2009

Mother's Day, a day I had been waiting for for a long, long time. To now finally be a mother, with the most precious of little girls at my side, is amazing and very satisfying. It's humbling to have a 6-month old be able to teach you new things about unconditional love, joy, happiness, a fresh perspective on life, and so much more... all without words. Just plain sweetness - that happy, toothy, drooly smile, those big, beautiful blue eyes that look at you with utter love, her big, kissable cheecks. Can you tell I'm in love? So this was easily one of the most fulfilling, happy days of my life thus far. My first Mother's Day was very meaningful to me.

I got to do everything I wanted to do on Mother's Day, and Matt treated me like a queen, including making me breakfast - lucky me! In the morning we went to church, after that we went to brunch with my family (at the same hotel that we had our wedding reception at - fun), then we went home and took a great nap, and took a nice walk outside. It was a wonderful day!

Mckenna was definitely loving being with all of her Person cousins. Here she is admiring Dan and Abby's 2 1/2 week old little girl, Ayla. I know these two have a lot of fun together in their future!


Ayla is so little, cute, and sweet!


Jacob and Mckenna were having a ball together. Jacob was making Mckenna laugh so hard, just look at her face! I love that there are so many cousins to play with and have fun with... so much to look forward to over the years!


Dad, Tommy, Mckenna and Jacob.


Jessica and Sarah. Brad told me that the other day Sarah said to him, "Let's go pick up Mckenna and Ayla and go shopping!" Isn't that cute? With all of those boys in the house, I'm sure Sarah will definitely enjoy all of her play times with her girl cousins. :)


Little Joel - I think he was sleeping almost the entire brunch. Here he is one day shy of one week old. Little peanut!


Two new mommies with their two cute little babes. Again, Mckenna really likes her cousins! :)


I love these girls!


Happy new parents on our first Mother's Day!






When we got home, we changed Mckenna out of her dress and she took a nice, long nap. After waking up refreshed and happy (as always!), she was ready to play with her in-house fluffy sister, Nemo. You can't tell from the picture, but Mckenna's onesie says "I love my mommy" - good choice Mckenna! :)


Daddy and daughters...


Nemo is really a good sport with all of Mckenna's playfulness with her.


Time for our walk. My Aunt Barb knit this cute hat for Mckenna, and it matches a beautiful knit sweater dress that she will wear in the fall. Could she be any cuter?




Happy and tired at the end of a long and fun day. Thank you God for the awesome blessing of being a mommy!