Mother's Day 2015

May 10, 2015

We had a pretty low-key mother's day. It had been an exhausting night with sick kids who invaded my bed at unthinkably early hours. 

The end result was me sleeping in the spare bed in Connor's room all by myself for a couple hours until Evelynn woke up screaming and climbed in with me. I was too tired to drag myself back to the other room at that point, and the boys probably were hogging the whole bed anyways. They tend to do that, although someone insists it's me who is the bed hog instead of himself! 

I really wanted to get some pictures taken before church so I could say to myself "Hey, look! I'm a Mom. And I have pictures with my kids!" Caleb obliged my request and took some pictures for us, which I think are rather cute. 

I should have anticipated the fact that my kids would act out on mother's day. I had high hopes that they would behave for church, but I ended up sitting in the foyer with them while Connor had a meltdown--the likes of which we haven't seen in months. Several kind-hearted people offered to help me out with the kids, but each offer overwhelmed me more and I ended up bawling my eyes out while my son screamed like someone was trying to murder him. I'm not exaggerating. And to top things off, I even yelled at him. In public. Isn't that the worst thing a mother could do on mother's day?! Thankfully I was able to eventually calm him down and apologize, and both kids went to their classes so I could enjoy a mother's day lesson without distraction. 

 This was the first year I understood why some mother's absolutely hate mother's day. I kind of wanted to crawl under a rock and disappear for a lot of it. But despite that, I truly am grateful to have my kids. Motherhood is so overwhelming at times, but it is a blessing and such an opportunity for personal growth and learning. It seems strange to think we will be adding another baby to the family in just another short couple of months! Then I'll be a mommy of 3 instead of just 2.