Thank You

I want to say thank you to my Mom today. I swear I have the best mom in the world. I want to thank her for always being there for me and my sisters, even when we had done something wrong or disappointing. When I think about who I learned from to be a mom to Lucy, I believe I was taught by the best. I hope that I am able to raise my children so that we have the kind of relationship that I have with my mom. My mom is understanding, kind, compassionate, caring, patient, funny, and most of all loving. I talk to her at least three times a day - I am usually bugging her many more than just three times. I usually need her advice on almost anything. She raised me and my three sisters to all be caring people. I don't know how she did it, but she did and she did it well. I love you so much mom!! Thanks for everything.



I also want to thank Justin's mom. She is a TERRIFIC mom as well. You raised Justin to be such a great person. He is also kind, loving, passionate about life, a wonderful husband, and a great father. Thank you for doing such a great job with him. Thank you also for loving me as a member of your family. I love you too, June! Lucy is the luckiest girl to have such wonderful grandparents who love her so dearly.





Thank you to my sister, Holly, and my sister in law, Cayce, for being great moms as well. I look to you guys for advice since we are all in the same boat right now with little ones. And the same goes for my friends who are moms. I am always calling with silly questions about this and that regarding Lucy and someone always has the answer for me. I would be so lost without my friends and family. I love you all!!

And finally, thank you to my dearest love, Lucy, for making me a mom on this first Mother's Day for me. You are the light of our lives. You have changed us in ways we didn't know were possible and enriched our lives deeply. You have only been with us for 4.5 months, but we can't imagine life without you. God was so good to us when He blessed us with you. Thank you for being such a joy in our lives. I love you so much baby girl! As a present for Mother's Day Lucy got her first top tooth today.







I took Lucy to church with me today and left her in the nursery for the first time. I was a bit leary, but figured we should give it a try. She went right to the lady and didn't cry when I left, but when I returned an hour later, she was screaming bloody murder. The lady swears she had not been crying long, and I pray that is the case. She was really really upset and looked like she had been crying for a while. Our church gives you a pager when you drop off your child, so I assume they would have paged if it had been going on for too long. She stopped crying immediately when I got her, but went into hysterics in the car on the way home. I think she might have thought that I was not coming back. I sure do hope not. I just hate that she was so upset. Maybe it was the tooth?