Morning-- I got one of my favorite breakfasts: eggs and tater tots; the breakfast table was a field of petunias and daisies. Then we wandered around green lake and I snuggled with my baby girl in the Ergo carrier while Violet made a sandcastle.
For Lunch, Tyler and Violet made me "funny lunch" from Henry and Mudge, which consisted of a pineapple couch and a fruit/veggie version of our family. Then, I went to Target by myself-- need I say more?
Late this afternoon I sat in the sun with Eloise and Violet, drank some pink wine, and watched Tyler dig up some stumps and root wads in our front yard.
And, while Tyler made dinner this evening, Violet and I, decked out in plastic pearls and butterfly rings, went down in the backyard and played baseball. She took my hand and pulled me through the lilacs and camellias and said it was her flower forest.
Tonight I'll sit up with Eloise and feed her and smell her hair and forehead, and only sort of wish we would all just go to sleep.
I never knew if I wanted to be a mommy. But I have to say, it has been absolutely the most surprising joy of my life. Motherhood pulls you in so many wild directions-- happiness, fear, frustration, and nearly unbearable love.
I wasn't able to be with my own mother on mother's day this year-- thank goodness I have four older brothers to spoil her in California. And, thank goodness I have my own girls to spoil me too :)
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