My Mother's Day

One year ago, today (I'm noticing this habit of beginning my stories this way, ahh memories), we found out that there would be a very high possibility of me celebrating mother's day for me the following year. That's right, we found out we were expecting! We were still on our honeymoon, having been married just 9 days before, when I was one (just one!) day late for my "crimson flow." I remember I'd been cooking some steaks and the meat just smelled nasty. I thought it had gone bad and I asked Jonny to smell it, really smell it. "I don't usually smell meat this close babe, it smells fine," I looked at him and I knew.... "I'm pregnant." He obviously didn't think that's what it was, just that I was having a crazy moment. We'd only stopped my birth control 3 weeks before (2 weeks before the wedding) and neither of us thought it could happen 'so quick.' But I, knowing my body, had a strong feeling that's what the cause of this smell-tastrophe was. So, I took out one of the handy-dandy pregnancy tests I'd been given as a wedding gift (my friends don't know me well at all, do they?! ha) and gave it a little tinkle and patiently waited for the full 3 minutes. And I swore I saw a change. I showed Jonny. He didn't see anything! 'Come on babe, look, it turned into a plus, can't you see it, that faint line?' 'Baby, you just want to be pregnant so you think you see something.' He did not believe me! So even though it was later in the evening (maybe 8 or 9?) and Walmart was a good 30 minutes away from Onslow Beach (little did I know the C-Store right on Mainside was open 24 hours and carries preggo tests), we headed straight to Walmart where I picked up a Clear Blue Easy and a copy of What to Expect When You're Expecting (like I'm sayin', I knew). Got back to the cabin and did the little tinkle tinkle action again and what did the clear blue easy say? ...


And my response? OMG IN YOUR FACE I KNEW I WAS PREGNANT WE'RE PREGNANT WE'RE PREGNANT WE'RE PREGNANT!!!!!!
And Jonny's response? "...silence as I shove Doritos in my face."
Of course then I was like, babe you're not excited? We're pregnant! Why aren't you excited and I learned then that he was excited but pretty much in shock (like I said, we didn't expect it to happen that quickly) and a bit on the 'scared shitless' side. After the news finally sunk in for him, though, he got so excited. He was super excited to be a dad, he told everyone. He called his family, he told the guys he worked with (and he was still on leave), his friends at home, everyone! His excitement of becoming a dad continued throughout the entire pregnancy. Even if he may have been less-than-thrilled about my killer mood swings he was soo soo excited to meet his baby (and for me to not be pregnant anymore hahaha) and to be a daddy. And when she finally arrived I think his excitement grew even more, the guys tell me about how he told everyone about his baby and showed off her pictures to everyone he met. There wasn't a guy more excited and happy to come home to his baby girl.





My first mother's day was pretty great! My daughter has wonderful taste and picked out a gorgeous bracelet while shopping with gramma the other day (haha gramma miiight have been a great helper). We relaxed much of the day and then went to Red Lobster for an early dinner and chowed down on some delicious lobster, crab legs, and shrimp (holla Ultimate Feast!) and just enjoyed a couple generations of moms and daughters hangin out (oh, and my dad too!)
I hope everyone's Mother's Day was lovely and you all enjoyed time with your kids and your hubby's showed you their greatest appreciation!

Today brings about a very busy day, stopping in to see my sorority sisters at the annual Teeter-Totter-a-thon held to raise money for CMN. Then I'm going to get my hairs did, my friend Tina offered to do it for me and I'm pretty excited! And then I'm meeting up with another Gold Star wife who is just fabulous and I'm pretty excited to finally get to meet her. Hope everyone has a fantastic day!