My First Mother's Day... and Other Things

Well as you can tell, this post is a little late. That's just the story of my life these days and for the most part, I am okay with it. I was making plans for my mom and Matt's mom for Mother's Day and I totally forgot that I was going to be celebrated this year too. I mean, Mother's Day is for moms. Mom moms. Ladies of an age.... older than me. Oh no, I am in that category now. Officially a mommy. Rather, a Momma. I want her to call me Momma. If feels so southern. I picture myself as a southern Momma. Home cooked meals. Means what she says and says what she means. Give you the shirt off her back but don't you dare cross her. I hope that all plays out in this modern world. I hope I have the strength to say no to the iPhone 38 when she is 9. I hope I am the sort of mom that only has to say "no" once. I hope a lot of things for her and our family. I guess I am just going to have to enjoy this ride we're on and see how it all plays out.

Mother's Day was really nice. I could totally get used to this. We went to brunch at a nearby restaurant. I just love brunch. I wasn't sure it was going to work out because little lady was losing it on the way there and we refuse to be those parents who disregard other humans trying to enjoy their meal with a crying baby. We all universally agree on that right? If your baby is crying in a restaurant you need to either soothe them immediately, and if that can't be done.... you must exit. Some times as a parent we are going to have to miss out on some things and we just have to live with that. Our decision to procreate is not the problem of strangers.
After brunch we hung out as a family and then Matt and I went to a play while his cousin watched Cline. It was a beautiful afternoon and nice to spend some one on one time with Matt (although I would have preferred the tickets had been not on Mother's Day but it just landed that way). Cline and Dad also got me some pretty great gifts. I could get used to this Mother's Day stuff! Matt mentioned that he forgot to take into consideration that our anniversary is 2 weeks later. Bummer dude. Better luck next year!

Last weekend we went to see my parents. We don't get over to northeast Oklahoma often enough which is a shame because I love it over there. It's my home. My parents also have spent the last year remodeling their home so that put a damper on things. After seeing it this weekend, it looks great. It's like a house for grown-ups. No longer a place taken over by kids. I took Joe's Sean Sutton poster off Joe's ceiling. The real question is, why, at any point, would anyone ever have a Sean Sutton poster hanging? Let alone in a hard to reach place. Dork. ;)
I went to the Zoo with Danielle. She has a 5 year old and a baby that's 3 weeks older than Cline. We have been best friends for 15 years and it was very surreal to be walking around the zoo with our strollers with our kids. It was a great time and so good to catch up with her. There was an experience at the end that was to say the least... an experience. To protect her on the internet from embarrassment when she is older I'll spare you the details. I just proved that I loved her unconditionally.

Remember the tornado story I told you two years ago? Well this was worse in terms of fear and overreaction. At about 11:45 I was sound asleep at my parent's house. Matt was next to me and Cline was in the pack and play bassinet. I woke up to very loud wind and I thought I was crazy because... was I hearing tornado sirens??? WHAT?? I woke up everyone. Well, I woke up Matt and then I told my mom we needed to get in their walk-in closet (we gotta get them a shelter). I went in the living room and Joe and Dad didn't go to bed as early as we did to they were on the up and up and NOT CONCERNED ENOUGH. I went back to my mom's room and turned on the TV since the satellite was out. I then I started clearing out the closet. My dad must hold some sort of record for the number of exact same Wrangler jeans. I just kept pulling them out and getting everything out of the closet and replacing it with pillows. I kept running through my mind how I could hold Cline is such a way that I could protect her with my body should the tornado hit. And then it was gone and headed northeast. Needless to say, my heart rate was through the roof for about 8 minutes.

Cline is 9 weeks now. Time sure has flown. Every night when we go to bed I think, "How did we get here so fast??"  She is a lot of fun. She will smile at me when I smile at her and man... that's the good stuff. It's adorable. She is sleeping more which is a life changer. The first few weeks are tough. If some how you have a kid that sleeps all night from day one... you should just keep that story to yourself. She eats a little less which is also helpful. You can tell she is getting more control of her hands and it being a little more intentional about what she does with them.

Overall, I can't really ask for more from motherhood. This is much like I thought it was going to be. Before too long, I'd like to start blogging about other things. I don't really know where I am going to find the time to blog more often... but when I do I would like to keep up a variety of topics. This is definitely not a mom blog. That just seems like a good way to get in trouble. You'll either over share or you'll offend people.. or both. And I don't really want any part of that. Plus, I refuse to be a person who is incapable of conversation outside of kids. There's just more to me than that. Not much more these days... but eventually.

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