I
realize this is almost a week late, but you know . . . life.
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Gift that Guinevere "made" for me at daycare. |
As
you may remember, last Mother’s Day I was very pregnant. My parents came up and my mom & I got
massages. I had a grand idea that we
would do a repeat this year, but my mom’s ankle is still recovering from a car
accident she was in right before my sister’s wedding, so we thought it best to
save massages for another time.
This
year, my morning started out early. I
had sworn to myself that I would let Aaron handle the 5am feeding, but
Guinevere had a rough night the night before.
She was awake and crying until about 2am and Aaron handled her the whole
time so that I could sleep. I was so
grateful for being allowed to sleep through her late night crying session that I
didn’t mind getting up for the early morning feed.
When
Aaron finally arose, he walked to the store on the corner near our house and
got donuts for us for breakfast. The
three of us all ate breakfast together as a family. Obviously, Guinevere didn’t eat the
donuts. I chopped up some strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries and bananas for her.
At one point, about three bites into my donut, I looked over at
Guinevere’s fruit and I will admit, I was a little jealous. Is that silly to be jealous of my daughter’s
breakfast? I don’t eat donuts very
often, and it was just so much sugar all at once. The fruit looked so much more refreshing – so
I saved half of my donut for later and ate some fruit.
After
breakfast, Aaron watched G so that I could go to a pilates class. Since we didn’t go to the spa, I figured I
would use the Jacuzzi and steam room at the gym. It may not have had the spa aromatherapy, but
I definitely found it relaxing. I miss
the gym! The biggest adjustment to me
about being a mom is not being able to just go wherever whenever I feel like
it. Now, I have to coordinate with Aaron
and make sure someone will be home to watch the baby.
My
parents came up in the afternoon and we visited Aaron’s set. Originally Aaron was supposed to work on
Mother’s Day, but he was able to work it out so that they only needed him
during the hour or so that we were visiting.
My parents enjoyed being able to see their son-in-law in action. And, of course, everyone on set loved seeing
Guinevere.
Me, Guinevere and my mom. |
Once
we got back to the house, my dad made us all spaghetti and Aaron set the table
while Mom and I played with Guinevere.
Guinevere was adorable and in a great mood almost all day. She’s started clapping on demand and it may
be one of the most adorable things I’ve ever seen.
With
that, I will leave you with a video of Guinevere clapping.
Parenting has so many interesting transitions. Freedom is certainly one that kicks in early and often, but it's lost in all those amazing unique moments you have with the little one.
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