Seriously though, I did feel so lucky as I dozed in and out for another hour listening to him babble and chat and throw stuffed animals around his crib. Hubby was up already, trying to save me from the noise by removing the baby monitor from my vacinity, but when Oliver is up, everyone is up.
At 7am on the dot he started screaming and crying. The kid knows 7am is time to get up. So I got him and brought him back to bed while Ken was in the kitchen. We cuddled and he nursed and then Ken came in with a pot of purple flowers, two cards and little present. The flowers were from Oliver and the present from Ken and each of them had a card for me.
I almost cried with Oliver's card. It wasn't anything special to people without kids, but Ken had made him hold the pen while he directed his hand and it's the first card I've had like that. He also saw me opening it and lunged for it as though he liked it and was proud of it (okay, maybe I was just proud of it). We all had a lot of fun as Oliver played with the brown paper wrapping from the other gift as well. He loved hearing it get scrunched and crumpled and enjoyed trying to whip it around in the air and chew on it. Who knew blank paper could be so exciting? It made me look forward even more to his birthday, which is in less than a month.
After the snuggles and pressies in bed Ken said I'd better get up as we were going for breakfast. It's been ages since we went for breakfast because we are sort of afraid, well, intimidated I suppose, to eat out with the little monkey. All the same, it was Mother's Day. Ken had been busy in the kitchen getting food ready for Oliver, so I got ready, helped finish getting Oliver ready and then we hit the road.
We went to the Blue Fox, arriving at 7:52 to a line up. They open at 8am on weekends and we were early enough that we got seated as soon as the doors opened, so all was well. The little guy scoffed back most of his breakfast right after we ordered, but minimal mess was made, there were no fits or tauntrums (the kid is teething, so it isnt uncommon now), and we made it out without any dirt looks (or at least none I saw). He loved watching all the people and Ken and I both had tasty eggs benny.
This afternoon we will all head to the Crystal Pool for a little bit of a swim and hopefully I can spend some time outside as the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the garden is calling for a little love. I've got a lot of love to share right now, so it works out pretty well.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's out there. And to all the non-mothers out there - I hope you enjoy your Sunday too!
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