We started out the weekend by having Muffins with Moms in Sadie's class on Friday morning at school. It was precious! She had made me several sweet things and written some precious words about me. She also made me a heart to wear as a pin and she made me a pillowcase with her handprints on it. I will cherish these things FOREVER! It was a special morning together. I loved every minute. I especially just loved seeing how proud she was of all of her work. She is definitely a hard worker!
Dennis took the kids to the farm on Friday night so that they could spend the whole day there on Saturday. He has done that the past couple of years so that I can go and enjoy a day with my mom and sister without feeling guilty. I love it. He is so precious for doing that for me. It means so much! Before he left, he gave me some money to go shopping with the next day. I cried. I just know that we don't have any extra money right now, especially for me to be shopping with, so it meant even more that he had saved his money to give it to me for Mothers Day.
Me, mom and Rachel all went to Green Hills Mall and had a delicious lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We shopped ALL DAY LONG! It was WONDERFUL! We laughed a LOT and just had a really good time. It is always one of my favorite days of the year. Last year, we went to Gatlinburg together, which was great, but we are going to Atlanta to Beth Moore in a couple of weeks, so we decided to stay in town this year.
Dennis and the kids came back that night and they had lots of goodies for me! Sawyer was about to jump out of his skin to give me what he had made for me. They made me sit in the chair and close my eyes while they brought their stuff inside from the truck. When they told me to open my eyes, Sawyer accidentally dropped his picture frame that he had made for me. He broke down! It was one of the saddest things I have ever seen in my life! It broke the frame, and it also broke my heart! Dennis had to leave the room because he was so upset. I just hugged Sawyer and told him how much I loved it and I promised him that daddy could fix the frame and make it perfect. Nothing I said made him feel better and I seriously wanted to die!!!!! Anyways, the kids both made me huge cards and they each decorated a picture frame for me that they picked out because Sadie had remembered that I said I needed some new picture frames. So sweet. Thank you Lord for a sweet husband that makes sure his kids know how important it is to make mommy feel special on Mother's Day!!!! Dennis and I couldn't even look at each other or talk about what had just happened with Sawyer without crying for the rest of the night! I was boo-hooing to the kids and just told them it was because I was so happy, but really my heart was broken for my sweet little buddy!
Sunday morning didn't go exactly as planned. Sadie got sick in the middle of the night and she had to sleep with us because she had thrown up all over her whole bed. So, needless to say, I slept horrible all night long because she was kicking me and punching me in the face. It was awesome. I got up and got ready for church, knowing that we couldn't take her and that Dennis would have to stay home with her. So much for our Mother's Day at church that I had looked so forward to. :( I was so excited about getting our picture professionally made at church, among other things, but there was nothing we could do about it. We think it was just something she ate the night before because she seemed fine, but we couldn't take any chances. So, Sawyer and I went on to church and I was so sad! Church was awesome though! Jordan preached an amazing message about the most important gift a mom can give her children is the gift of faith. I loved it.
When Sawyer and I got home, Sadie and Dennis were standing outside waiting on us. Dennis had gotten Sadie's clothes on and gotten her ready so that we could still have our picture made as a family. Dennis knows how important capturing that picture is to me! :)
Afterwards, Sawyer and Dennis headed to Grandma's for lunch with Dennis' family. I was so sad to miss out!!!! But, again, we couldn't take the chance that Sadie could possibly get someone sick, so her and I stayed home and had sandwiches.
My mom came over and kept the kids that night because Dennis had planned us a special dinner at Ruth's Chris. He has done this for me the past 3 years and it is my favorite part of Mother's Day. We get to go and sit down and enjoy a delicious meal after all of the Mother's Day activities. It was so, so wonderful! It never disappoints. Our waiter was awesome and the food was incredible. I was so thankful to my mom for selflessly coming over and spending part of her Mother's Day to babysit my kids. It meant the world to me and I was able to go and enjoy my dinner even more, knowing that she was at our house with them, instead of with a babysitter. Although, Sadie tried to pull the "my belly still hurts" card, and when we got home, she was asleep in NaNa's arms, instead of in the bed where she was supposed to be. I think she knew what she was doing. LOL It's probably been years since my mom has rocked one of my children to sleep.
All in all, I seriously had the best Mothers Day ever. I am beyond blessed to have a husband that goes above and beyond to make me feel extra special. I love him more than anything! And, I am beyond blessed to have such a special relationship with my own mom. It just keeps getting better and I am one lucky girl!!!!
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