How was your Mother's Day?

I had a pretty good Mother's Day. I wondered how all of your's went! Here is a summary of my day...sorry it's a little long!

Things started off great with Jeff taking care of the boys until I woke up and showered. Jeff gave me my card and made me pancakes. The card is a funny story. As I came downstairs, I realized the boys were taking a nap. Jeff gave me a sheepish look and said something happened that I might be upset about. He helped the boys make me a Mother's Day card (remember I have an entire room dedicated to scrapbooking and card making). He used the black ink pad to put Jake's handprint inside the card, but the ink wouldn't come off! He panicked and used wipes/soap/more wipes and even googled getting ink off skin. It still didn't come off so he didn't do Ryan's hand in the card. I laughed (much to Jeff's relief) and told him the black was the only one that was waterproof. So when the boys woke up we got out the blue ink pad and stamped Ryan's hand on the card. I was wrong!! None of the inks come off the hands! Now we have a blue handed baby and a purple handed baby (after the black was scrubbed long enough it turned purple). I can't wait to take them out today and answer the question many will be asking "What happened to their hands"..."Daddy helped them make me a card"! So cute!

It's a good thing the morning went so well, because Jeff went off to the pool for his swim (the Disney tri is next weekend and he is still training) and then to his friend Mark's to get a part for his bike. He then proceeded to lock his keys in the car. He didn't get home until 5:45. I was supposed to go post nursing bra shopping in the afternoon...alone. I didn't get to go shopping and Jeff felt really bad. He even came home bearing chocolate chip ice cream (my fav).

Ryan's Hand

Jake's Hand

 

OMG, too funny!

I woke up to Arjun saying Momma in his crib! Best gift ever! Then I had to go to the store to buy wrapping paper for my mom's gift. When I came back, Alex had to run an errand for work. He called and said to go in our room and there on the bed was a card for me from him. He even wrote in it (long story short-he never has and now it is a tradition not to write in the card) but he wrote something sweet and lovely to me. Then he said go in the babies room and in Indira's crib there was a musical card from them. He said " To our favorite mother, thank you for giving birth to us. the last 7 months have been the most amazing months and we are looking forward to at least 22 more years! I was cracking up and asked him why he wrote 22 yrs and he said that is how long they will probably live here....too funny!

Then we went to my mom's and had a bbq and went swimming. The twinnies LOVED it even in there floats I bought them. My brother got me a picture frame that says twice the love.

All in all it was a nice relaxing beautiful day. I got to see my babies, and spend time with my family. I didn't need anything else.

Pool
From Left to Right: My nephew Daniel with Indira and my nephew Cody with Arjun

 

Overall it was great. But... Dh had to work in the morning, came home around noon with an Egg McMuffin, a Star magazine and a corny card and said "Happy Mother's day" :lol: . Then we went to my aunts for brunch which was really nice, I got to see my whole family. Dh then took the boys to his parents so I could stay home and relax the rest of the day. He brought them home dressed for bed, fed and very sleepy. It was really nice.

I love your story, that to me is the perfect mother's day!

 

Mine was FANTASTIC! I already posted what my gift was (Disney trip) but I'll tell you about the day. The deal was that Stevie would watch the boys in the morning before their first nap (he usually sleeps in on weekends and I do baby duty ALONE :angry: ). I was supposed to sleep but I really didn't want to. I thought it would feel so good to not have to be responsible for babies but honestly, I just missed them. I told him all I really want is company while I take care of them...just not to feel like I'm in it alone all weekend. So anyway, he watched the boys while I did a load of undisturbed laundry. I was even able to put the clothes away!!! After we put them down for their nap, he made me breakfast. Now this is what's funny...by the time the boys were up from their nap DH was tired already! I had to literally drag him to Toys R Us to go shopping for the boys. When we got back home he was all "um...it's time for them to go back to sleep right??? ". We put them down and he jumped on the computer to try to find something to entertain himself without having to talk or think. He was rushed and in a panic to have some "him time" before they woke up. After what seemed like 10 minutes to him, we heard Braxton wake up and he screamed ****! ALREADY! I could not stop laughing. He was a MESS! He finally admitted that this SAHM thing is hard and that he has no idea how I do this every day. We ate dinner with the boys, put them to bed and then a friend of mine came to babysit while we saw Iron Man (disappointed by the way ). We got back home arounnd 10:30 and he was ready to pass out. We normally go to bed around 12:30 or 1. When we got back I said "so...you ready to make out for 2 hours...better yet, let's go to bed then I'll wake YOU up at 2 am to make out." Needless to say, for the first time since I've known him, he was not interested. It was like a minirole reversal therapy session. So...in addition to 4 days at the happiest place on earth, I also got proof from DH that my job is harder than his and that's the best Mother's Day gift I could ask for It was a really good day.

ETA: Oh yeah, and I got to watch my Disney vacation planning DVD with popcorn and Milk Duds!

 

I had a great day as well! My DH let me sleep in and he took care of the girls in the morning. He fed them their first bottles, changed them, fed them solids, all of which I normally do. Then he gave me the cutest cards, one from him, and one from the girls, and wrote in both of them. Of course they were so sweet I cried. The "girls" got me a Mom bracelet from Things Remembered engraved with their names and a "You've got the keys to our hearts" snowglobe, also engraved. The only thing I've been talking about wanting lately is a picnic basket so we can have family picnics at the park, so he got me one of those as well. Then, we spent the day at a petting zoo/park with the whole family, my parents, g-mom, etc. My first Mother's Day couldn't have been more wonderful. I feel so blessed.... <3

 

I had a good day I got up in the morning to take care of the girls, but hubby stays up late since he works nights. The night before he did clean up and make bottles, so that was nice. Then by lunchtime he was up and I got the rest of the day to myself. I slept and did stuff I wanted to do. In the evening he cooked dinner and took care of the girls. And today he took the day off so he could watch the girls while I go to a Moms of Twins group!

 

My Mother’s Day started Saturday with flowers and then DH grilled ribeyes and shrimp for me after all 4 of us played outside for a few hours. Sunday morning, he gave me a card from him and a card from the boys with outlines drawn of their hands. We went shopping at the outlet mall and then had dinner at Crackle Barrel, fed and bathed babies and then watched “Knocked Up” after the babies went to bed.

What a great weekend for my first Mother’s Day!!!

 

I was not going to add my miserable story to this post, but thought "I'm probably not alone" so here it goes...

My dh had to work late on Friday only got to bed around 2am. Saturday he left me with the kids as he had to finish his work on the computer & send it in, he only finished around 2:30pm. Saturday night while laying in bed I actually shed a few tears as I knew dh would forget my first mother's day...just before drifting off to sleep I thought maybe he didnt...

Well Sunday dawned...kids woke up with all smiles on their faces (lovely gift), nothing from dh...thought I'd wait a bit...about 2 hours later I couldnt stand it anymore & let him have it...maybe not the best thing to do...oh well...so far since we've been married his forgotten all the important dates.
It really grinds me! Funny enough my sister & mother have the same problem with their husbands too!

What to do... :huh:

I'm glad though that you all had superb days!!

 

Well, me and the kids got up at 7, and daddy got out of bed at 830. DH fed them their food and then they went for a nap. I was able to check emails and such, and just relaxed for awhile and chatted on the phone uninterupted!!

When the kids woke up from their naps, I made breakfast...strawberry pancakes with whipped cream and sliced strawberries....yummy were they ever good!!!

Then in the early afternoon, when the children were getting ready for their afternoon nap, DH went to the mall. He came home with a nice mothers day card and the most beautiful flower arrangement.!!!!

I then was able to enjoy a relaxing bubble bath, then we watched a movie and had a delicious BBQ.

At the end of dinner, Wyatt stood up for the very first time by himself...this was so exciting for me!!!! What a wonderful gift!!

It was a wonderful day!

I have always liked mothers day, but for the first time being a mommy, mothers day had an entire different feeling!

I love being a mommy and I am so happy that my first mothers day was so special and perfect!!

 

QUOTE(Denise&Twins @ May 12 2008, 12:10 PM) [snapback]768556[/snapback]
I was not going to add my miserable story to this post, but thought "I'm probably not alone" so here it goes...

My dh had to work late on Friday only got to bed around 2am. Saturday he left me with the kids as he had to finish his work on the computer & send it in, he only finished around 2:30pm. Saturday night while laying in bed I actually shed a few tears as I knew dh would forget my first mother's day...just before drifting off to sleep I thought maybe he didnt...

Well Sunday dawned...kids woke up with all smiles on their faces (lovely gift), nothing from dh...thought I'd wait a bit...about 2 hours later I couldnt stand it anymore & let him have it...maybe not the best thing to do...oh well...so far since we've been married his forgotten all the important dates.
It really grinds me! Funny enough my sister & mother have the same problem with their husbands too!

What to do... :huh:

I'm glad though that you all had superb days!!



My DH forgets stuff all the time. I have been talking about Mother's Day for a month and telling him exactly how I wanted to spend my day. Some women are blessed with romantic and thoughtful men and others of us have to tell them what we want. I'm slowly learning this.

Sorry your day wasn't the best! As I was fuming about not getting to go shopping, I kept reminding myself that at least I was spending time with my darling boys.

 

This was not my first mother's day but my first mother of twins day...needless to say all of my kids made it a bit challenging and tested me as a mother!
Saturday night was terrible, all night long my dd (3yo)-woke up crying every half hour and I couldnt get her to tell me what was wrong-finally at 5am she said her ears hurt-ugh! Dosed her with motrin and caught 2 hours of sleep before the babies woke up. I went grocery shopping and then took two out of three kids to immediate care to get their ears checked-sure enough both have ear infections. Then my parents came over for lunch-we grilled and then my parents said go back to bed we will watch the kids-YEAH! So I did! Then I got a home made picture from my dd and a digital picture frame, and after being well rested actually enjoyed the rest of my day-not getting blown away here in Kansas!
I hope everyone enjoyed their day!

Lesley

 

My DH and kiddos went out and got me breakfast and brought it to me (always awesome!). Then we went to the pier and watched the surfers and fishermen. I love the beach and relaxing! Afterwards we came home and made dinner then put the kids to bed. DH and I snuggled and watched a movie and had a glass of wine. Nothing extravagant, but when DH travels as much as he does its wonderful to have a whole day with him!!!

 

We had a nice day. I got to sleep in for an extra two hours (well, until 8:30...I'm usually up at 6:30) and got up to find that DH had already gotten the boys up, changed and dressed. My oldest had showered and put on something nice, instead of his usual weekend (mismatched) play clothes.

My hubby was cooking breakfast and there were two gifts for me on the table. The first was from the boys and it was the 20th anniversary edition DVD of The Princess Bride, which is my absolute favorite move ever! The card was really sweet and all of the boys "signed" it. Then, there was a sweet card and a gift from DH too...Tori Spelling's new book sTori Telling. I've been wanting it for a while, so I was super excited to get it!

We ate breakfast together and then I took DS1 and DS2 over to my grandparent's house to visit with my mom and aunt and eat lunch. I took flowers over to them and then we kept the rest of the day low-key. DH mowed the lawn and cleaned up the yard and then I went to Barnes & Noble with a friend. So, it was really nice.

 

I woke up to my 4-year-old whispering (read: almost yelling), "Daddy! It's Mother's Day, so I won't wake up mom, but I want my milk now!"

LOL! She cracks me up. Anyhow, DH and Nadia made me blueberry pancakes for breakfast, which was pretty funny because my DH does NOT cook. The two of them were a disaster in the kitchen, but the pancakes were edible!

I then got a sweet card from Nadia, who had drawn three flowers, each one representing one kiddo. And, DH had taken her to Ann Taylor Loft, because she said I needed a shirt to "look pretty" in. (I'm not reading too much into the implication, heehee.)

The rest of the day was pretty normal -- babies woke up and "gave" me a funny card as well. We then all hung out in our jammies the rest of the day, and went to Panera for dinner -- it's not worth braving a real restaurant with impatient 11-month-olds right now...

Nice, relaxing day.....my one goal was to get a decent snapshot of me with all three kiddos, and I got it! It's not *perfect* -- but at least everyone looks somewhat normal. Look:

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I'm wearing my new shirt, and also the silver mother's bracelet I bought myself from Custom Bracelets by Lisa!

 

Well, another mother's day with no card, no gift! But the boys were very fussy all day, nursing non-stop, so at least I felt NEEDED... and isn't that what motherhood is all about? So, I felt like a mother... it was emphasized that my household and family would fall apart without MOM! :lol:

My DH did plan to get me the gift that I wanted (a collection of frames for kid pictures, plus having those frames organized and hung on our walls), but, between our fussy boys and some tornado warnings in our area, we didn't ever make it out of the house to buy the frames!

DH did make a dent on a short list of chores that I had written for him (stuff like: get baby toys out of the garage attic, and nail the loose board in the fence) and he did run the vaccuum downstairs. But later, when I mentioned on the phone to my mom that mother's day hadn't been any different than any normal weekend day, DH overheard and said, "but, I did YOUR chores... I didn't work on any of the items on MY list!" (I just want to know how fence repairs and getting baby toys out are MY chores? Aren't they family jobs?)

My only complaint (as with every b-day, mother's day, etc., is that my DH has NO spontaneity or initiative for this sort of thing. If I want a gift or a special 'something,' I have to spell it out exactly for him. It would totally MAKE MY DAY if he would surprise me with a cup of coffee first thing in the morning... but he would never never think of doing something like that on his own (even though he knows I am a coffee-holic).

 

QUOTE(Becca34 @ May 12 2008, 01:26 PM) [snapback]768739[/snapback]
Nice, relaxing day.....my one goal was to get a decent snapshot of me with all three kiddos, and I got it! It's not *perfect* -- but at least everyone looks somewhat normal.


Same here - I'll have to post mine later!

 

My Mother's Day started by going into my boys nursery and seeing their eyes staring back at me with smiles on their face. That was all I ever needed or wanted-to have children of my own-and after years of infertility-I was able to celebrate my first Mother's Day. It is now my favorite holiday.

DH got up with the boys at 7 and I got to "sleep in." In other words-I got to lay in bed until about 8:30am... Who can sleep with the crying going on downstairs? :lol: Then I got up and showered and dh got the boys ready. We went to a park where DH proposed to me. It was gorgeous out and we sat in the grass and had lunch. The boys are now pretty good at sitting on their own-so it was so much fun to just sit them there and watch them play with toys.

We then took some photos of the boys throughout the park. On the way home we stopped to look for a tree to plant in our front yard(someone on here mentioned planting a tree to remember her first Mother's Day-I thought that was a great idea! Now to find the tree...). We didn't find the tree, but got an ice cream instead. Then we went home and cleaned up and started preparing dinner. We were having our families over for supper.

All in all-it was a great Mother's Day. Going to the park is going to be our tradition on Mother's Day now. I loved it. In the beginning I wanted to go out to eat-but it was so nice relaxing and just staring at my boys. I could do that all day.

For a gift-I wanted a camera. Didn't need it-wanted it. We are going to Italy and I just wanted a nicer camera, plus I take a ton of pictures everyday of the boys. Well at Target the one I wanted($199) was sold out. So the woman said I could have another one for the same price, seeing how Sunday was Mother's Day(this was Saturday). I was getting a Canon. I thought it would have to be a comparable price. Nope! I got a $350 camera for $199! I was psyched! Not too bad! I sent my sister to get one for "mom" but it didn't work-as her friend said-she wasn't a mom-let alone a mom of twins! And cute ones at that!

Here are a few photos from the park:
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QUOTE(megkc03 @ May 12 2008, 01:57 PM) [snapback]768807[/snapback]
My Mother's Day started by going into my boys nursery and seeing their eyes staring back at me with smiles on their face. That was all I ever needed or wanted-to have children of my own-and after years of infertility-I was able to celebrate my first Mother's Day. It is now my favorite holiday.

DH got up with the boys at 7 and I got to "sleep in." In other words-I got to lay in bed until about 8:30am... Who can sleep with the crying going on downstairs? :lol: Then I got up and showered and dh got the boys ready. We went to a park where DH proposed to me. It was gorgeous out and we sat in the grass and had lunch. The boys are now pretty good at sitting on their own-so it was so much fun to just sit them there and watch them play with toys.

We then took some photos of the boys throughout the park. On the way home we stopped to look for a tree to plant in our front yard(someone on here mentioned planting a tree to remember her first Mother's Day-I thought that was a great idea! Now to find the tree...). We didn't find the tree, but got an ice cream instead. Then we went home and cleaned up and started preparing dinner. We were having our families over for supper.

All in all-it was a great Mother's Day. Going to the park is going to be our tradition on Mother's Day now. I loved it. In the beginning I wanted to go out to eat-but it was so nice relaxing and just staring at my boys. I could do that all day.



OMG!! Those pictures are adorable! I love the one where they are looking at the dandelions! So cute!

 

We had a nice relaxing(sort of! :crazy: ) day at home, and went out for an early dinner with both sets of our parents. It was a good day!

 

Everyone's pictures are gorgeous! I wanted to get one w/ all three, too....it didn't happen, but I at least have one w/ two kids and another with the twin who had been sleeping when the first was taken...if that makes sense.

I had an awesome day, but still had to do some chores and clean up after having family over for dinner while my DH got to play in the pool w/ our family and DS ALL DAY!!

I'm not complaining...that's just how it goes around here. I need to stop being a control freak and just get in the pool myself...

I did get a beautiful purse that I had no idea about and got to sleep in an extra two hours (after waking at 6 to nurse ;-), so those things PLUS watching my children have fun with their family - made it a very happyday!!!

 

I had the most special and wonderful Mother's Day weekend! My husband pulled out all the stops. It has been a rough year and I deserved it!

I had to laugh at the first post about the ink pad and card making story. When I got home from work on Friday, my hubby told me that Parker already had is bath and I was not to ask why. Turns out, he made me a beautiful framed collage with photos of the babies first year around what was supposed to be their handprints. He bought finger paint and with the help of our nanny AND her sister tried to get Parker to put his handprint on the paper. I guess Parker had other ideas, balled his hand up, squished the paint, and then rubbed it in his hair! We had plans to go out for his first haircut that night and Tom knew that he couldn't have me come home to a boy with green hair! He said it was a huge mess! He didn't even try with Abby. So, I have a big blank spot in the middle of the collage and we'll try again with stamp ink or something else later!

He was so cute - he put together a scavenger hunt for me to find my gifts. A charm bracelet with a P & A charm on it and emerald earring for my May babies! He gave me 3 hours home ALONE on Saturday afternoon. I worked in the garden and took a nap - I kept thinking "when are the babies getting up from their nap" the whole time because I am never in my house without them. On Sunday we went to the beach and played with the babies in the sand. Last year I was very pregnant on Mother's Day and we took a picture of my giant belly on a bench at the beach. Little did I know that four days after Mother's Day, I would deliever my babies so early. So, this year we took a picture of me on the bench with the two babies! After our beach time, we went out for seafood - I got a lobster - yum!!

I felt very special and loved. Wow!

Onto the 1st Birthday Party this weekend!!

I'll post photos soon.

Jess

 

My day was bittersweet. I was without John because his Mom passed away on Saturday morning. He was with his siblings making arrangements. That part was really sad. She was a fabulous women and mother. I did not expect anything from him, but he did stop and buy me a gift on the way home!

The kids' gifts made me smile...

Kirby took a huge, heavy crystal vase from my china cabinet and filled it with all sorts of shredded flowers (and weeds) from outdoors--pouporri! He also gave me a chocolate bar. His poem said:
aMazing
On the go
The best mom
Happy
Energenitic
Ready to scream

Jack made me a card in which I looked like a crabby witch on the front! He used a whole roll of my wrapping paper to wrap individually: two sea shells, two homeade bead bracelets, a book mark with his pic. on it, a gold brooch he bought last year at a garage sale and thought was really valuable, and a angel charm I gave him one Easter. (He said he didn't mean to make me look like that on the card-Hmmm?)

Shea gave me a card shaped like a watering can with marigold seeds in it. She also wrote a poem:
"I wrote this poem so I sould say,
Guess what Mom, it's Mother's Day.
Where we give you lots of hugs,
Hey, we're bitten by the Mother's Day bug.
Mom this poem means and says,
I hope you have a happy Mothers Day!"

Delaney gave me a handmade card with a mother duck with its arms wrapped around a baby duck. On the inside was written: "Mom-Thank you for surrounding me with your love". She also gave me a magnet with her picture on it and a plaque of the last supper that she had bought at the school store.

Mason and Molly made me fingerprint pictures and Thomas and Tess decorated little wooden boxes with heart stickers. (Done at pre school).

It was fun opening all of them and seeing how happy and excited they were when I absolutely loved their gift more than anything in the world! That's what it's all about!!

 

My first Mother's Day was pretty much the best day EVER! My dh was gone for most of the day doing his Navy reservist gig so during that time I made and delivered brownies to all the moms in my neighborhood then had wonderful individual times with my babies.

When dh got home he cooked the most wonderful and elaborate meal, which took him two hours to prepare. He made a winter caprese salad, pecorino cheese drizzled with a honey balsamic reduction, sauteed swiss chard with onions, linguine with lemon butter, and for dessert, gelato with fresh berries and honey. The food was UH-mazing. He also wrote me a tremendously beautiful poem and bought me two jackets.

I love being a mom to my wonderful baby babes and I feel lucky to be so appreciated by my dh.

Pressure is ON for Father's Day!