Mother's Day

I spent Mother’s Day weekend at home in Jackson, and it was wonderful! My mom is wonderful, my Mama Shoe is wonderful, and my sister is wonderful. We have a blessed family.

We had a busy and productive weekend. We got Shay’s crib all packaged up to ship to Maryland for Rowdy to use, and I braved the registry process at Target with Shay’s help. It won’t surprise many of you to hear that Shay was very decisive and quite opinionated, which made the process go much faster. I had my list of what I needed, and Shay wouldn’t even look at the list! When I turned in the scanner, the customer service clerk asked me if I found everything I was looking for. I told her that I had no idea!

Most of the family gathered at mom’s house for Mother’s Day lunch. We had open seats at the table and missed Jim (out of town on business), Dallas (at home putting together a changing table for Rowdy), and Phyllis (sick with a headache). The kids were in rare form. They missed any form of a nap and apparently had lots of sugar at Nana’s earlier in the day. I don’t know when Carly realized she can talk and talk and talk without ever taking a breath! And Reed is not far behind her. They both have plenty to say!
My two favorite quotes of the weekend:

Reed informed me that I “have a baby boy in my belly.” He added in a very matter of fact grown up little voice that “he likes boys.” I guess Rowdy has his vote of approval.

Carly informed YaYa that she “is very excited about the baby coming out, but she is NOT excited about my belly getting bigger.”  I agree!

Here are a few pictures of the weekend, including my big belly referenced above!