Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mothers out there! I didn't get to spend time with my own mom (other than a phone call) today, but will get to next weekend. We had a fun day scheduled, I was really looking forward to it. Monte's parents were coming down, and we had plans to meet them for brunch, and a fun day at the zoo, BUT Monte woke up very sick this morning. For once it had nothing to do with his Crohn's, just a stomach flu type thing. A guy he works with had it this past week, and Monte's medication is an immunosuppressant (sp?) thus making him pick things up easily. Hopefully Isabella and I are able to fight it off, we will see though, we made it all through the long winter without anything. I was really sad that of all days, we wouldn't be going to church as a family, and well, I guess I was feeling sorry for myself. Like it was his fault he got sick, come on Angela! Monte's parents had a longer drive than us, and they had already left, so Isabella and I still went to meet them. After forcing myself to make an attitude adjustmest on the way to town, I ended up having a delightful day, even though we all missed Monte. I realized on the scale of things, one day, even if it is Mother's Day, of not having things work out exactly like I'd hoped is really VERY small. And Monte was the one who was worse off, I hope the poor guy gets over it soon! The Willow Tree figurine above was my gift from Isabella, it's so sweet! I'm so thankful to that little girl for making me a mom!
At the zoo.
The kid loves water! I think all the water was her highlight. Although, she tells me the parrots are still her favorite.
I don't even know what this is, but she took a liking to it.
She was so excited, she ran the whole time we there! I had one tired little girl that fell asleep as soon as she got in the car.
Grandma and Grandpa sent her home with a bubble lawn mower, in Grandma's words, "Every kid needs a bubble lawn mower." At least we're not the ones spoiling her, at least I hope not.
4 comments:
Ohhh, that sounds exactly how I'd have felt about it! Good for you for adjusting the attitude - and I am sure Monte was more disappointed than you were. Poor guy! Hope he's feeling better soon.
We usually go fishing on mother's day, and it was drizzly here most of the day. But that's not terrible because 1) it rained and 2) Hubs didn't have to plant! And that means he'll be out of the tractor for another day or two. Not all bad!
Sorry to hear that your day didn't go as planned. I can understand your feelings, for sure. And I bet Kristin can, too, for it sounds like something similar happened to her this year. :(
Get well soon, Monte!
How ironic, my Mother's Day was a bum deal too this year. Except here, not only did I have a sick husband, I also had one pretty sick kid, and one minor-sick kid. We still went out for dinner, which I wasn't so sure we should have, and even though he wasn't feeling so great, my husband still managed to get the house cleaned up for me. Other than that, it was a pretty low-key day. It sounds like your day wasn't a complete loss. Hopefully Monte gets to feeling better soon. Nate is home from work today, still sick.
Happy Mother's Day Angela! you are a great, inspirational mom!
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