Happy Mother’s Day

kasper — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:56:17 +0000

Hope all you Moms and Moms-to-be out there have a fantastic day!

My Mother’s Day started at six this morning when I heard baby D wake up. Hubby bolted out of bed to get to the bathroom before the little guy really started wailing. Six o’clock is really early even for baby D and before hubby went to check on him he was quiet again. I managed to sleep in until about 8:15 (only 45min longer than a regular day) and then went looking for my boys. I expected hubby to be on the computer, but he wasn’t. In front of the tv? Nope. My little boy was in the dining room in his highchair and daddy was no where to be seen. As I walked towards the kitchen I saw him “hiding” in the bathroom ready to pounce. I told him that that was no way to start my day – with a heart attack.

He really came through for me this year and managed to remember something I said that I wanted and 2 great cards. The first card was from baby D and the little guy even “signed” it. The the card from hubby:

For My Wife on Mother’s Day
You’re everything special a wife and mother could be.
I’m thinking about how lucky I am to be married to you, because you’re all that I could ever want in a wife. You’re my friend, my confidante, the one who always loves me, and the one who supports all my efforts. You mean more to me than words can say…
Today, I’m also thinking about what a special mother you are, and how happy it makes me to know that the wonderful woman I love is also the best mother a child could have.
Happy Mother’s Day and All My Love

Okay, so he didn’t write the card, but it was so beautiful I had to share it. My gift was a keychain photoviewer. I really wanted one around Christmas time but couldn’t seem to find any. The best part of the gift is that he actually remembered something that I wanted that I didn’t have to hint about.

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We were supposed to be going to the zoo today as the last bit of my day, but the weather is so yucky (windy and cold) that I have opted to stay in and watch movies and maybe order a pizza. Once again to the Moms out there, have a happy day!

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kasper — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:59:38 +0000

I just got home from another enjoyable Parenting Group session. Even though we do have an agenda for each session we tend to do a whole lot of socializing. I really love these women! I’m not a very out-going person and had to really push myself to even attend my first few sessions. It feels so comfortable and look forward to seeing everyone every week. In my day to day life I feel isolated, but that’s just me not being social. I really don’t have any friends, just people I like that I work with pretty much. They would get together but I guess I give off some sort of air or something because (with the exception of a group that has now fallen apart) they never seem to invite me along. When I was moving back in October, I’d only been attending this Parenting Group for all of like 3 weeks when 2 ladies offered to help me pack or look after baby D so that it would be easier for me to pack. That’s just the kind of women we’re talking about here. Something I’m really not used to. In the past, and we’re talking about the 9th/10th grade here, I had best friends who all disappeared when I was going through a rough patch because apparently I was too moody. Isn’t that exactly when you need your friends?! Yeah, mine dumped me. I guess I never really got over it. Since then I have had a couple of friends who’ve just used my friendship and never reciprocated. I’d say I’ve become pretty bitter about the whole idea of friendship and now find myself wary of what the other person wants from me. Unfortunately I won’t be able to keep going to this group once I go back to work since they meet Thursday mornings from 9-11. I’m hoping that when they get together for the odd dinner out that they’ll remember me.

When I’m attending my group, I put baby D in the nursery with a sitter who also looks after a couple of other kids as well. When I picked him up after today’s group the sitter handed me a craft that she would’ve done with the other kids. It was a can covered in construction paper with 2 construction paper flowers sticking out attached to straws. The flowers said ‘Happy Mother’s Day’. Awwwh. I just think that is the coolest thing ever! I have to admit that I was a little disappointed last year with my very first Mother’s Day. Hubby’s just become so complacent with special days. I got a generic Mother’s Day card and that was it. I was at least hoping for a 1st Mother’s Day card or something more meaningful. I certainly tried to make a big deal out of Father’s Day for him. So I was a bitch and called him to say (besides other things) that I really hoped that baby D’s once a week sitter didn’t make more out of Mother’s Day than he would. I mean I think I’ve managed to get the day to myself, since he was prepared to visit his mother this Sunday. I stupidly asked why he wanted to visit and he told me ‘because it’s Mother’s Day’. Uh hello? Your wife is also a mother last time I checked! He’s called me materialistic in the past, but I’m not asking for diamonds and pearls (though I will gladly accept any that might be given) or anything. Just looking for a day when he pampers me a bit and shows me that he’s thankful that I’m his son’s Mother. I don’t think that’s unreasonable is it? I mean that is what the day’s about right?

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