My Mother's Day!

Me and my baby girl!  She is the SWEETEST!  Love this precious lil angel!

Me and my handsome lil man!  He is such a lil pistol!  Love this lil guy!

Me and my precious family!  (After Brady has fixed my hair) hehe!  I'm so lucky to have a wonderful husband, and 2 amazing kids!  I probably don't say it near enough, but I am very fortunate to have such a loving family!  I never really thought about being a mother growing up, but now...It's what I live for!  I don't know what I would do without my family!  These past 2 years have been a roller coaster with lots of ups and downs and twisty turns but I couldn't imagine my life without Brady or Bria and looking back, I wouldn't change anything (besides my precious angels being sick) - they are both so smart and have such great little personalities - I really can't wait to watch them grow up!

Flowers from my sweet lil babies! 

When people asked what I did for Mother's Day...I just have to say - took care of my 2 babies and my husand...It's been such a crazy past 2 weeks with HFMD infecting Brady first and then Richie...I feel like I've done nothing but try and keep my family separated...It has been utterly crazy...Richie tried so hard to make my Mother's Day special and he did, considering how he was feeling.  Poor guy.  He has really had a rough few days.  He did let me have an hour to myself while Brady was napping - he took Bria out to run some errands and I laid out in the backyard and read a book my friend let me borrow - The Hunger Games.  Finding time to read is like finding a needle in a haystack.  But, it was really nice!

Being a mom means so much to me and I really strive to be the very best I possibly can.  I know I'm not perfect (far from it actually) - but I will live each and every single day trying to do the best thing for them.  I never want to look back with any regrets.  I'm so lucky that my company offers FMLA time for me to come back to work at my own pace (granted, I'm not getting paid on those days off) but not very many companies offer this.  Up until the last couple of weeks, I've been able to work 3 days a week and spend those 2 days taking care of Bria.  I'm now working 4 days a week and once June starts, I'll keep Bria on 3 days a month and then I'll get Brady on that other day off I'll get.  It will be really nice.  I'm very lucky that my husband has agreed to let me do this, and in fact told me that I could do it as long as I wanted.  Not everyone could say this...I feel like I've won the lotto (without actually winning the lotto) and I probably take my family for granted on some days, but I really am the luckiest mom in the world!  Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!  We are all very LUCKY!