Happy Mother's Day!

I'm sure you are wondering why I have a photo of Todd (taken when we were in Tahoe at the end of April for a little anniversary/family getaway) on my blog for Mother's day. Honestly, he is the reason I'm celebrated this day so I owe him a huge thank you!

I love this man so much, and I know he loves me unconditionally. The reason I know that is from a conversation we had when we first got engaged. Now, Todd is not a baby person, and was never interested in being a daddy. But he knew that I really wanted a baby, and that at 31, I was starting to wonder if I was ever going to have that blessing. (my practice husband was smart enough to know that he wasn't ready to have kids so even though I talked about it the 4 years we were married, we wisely held off). Todd told me that he loved me so much and wanted to marry me, and he knew how much I wanted a child, and so he decided after much thought that if it was that important to the woman he loved, then it was going to be important for him and he would sacrifice up his fear and make a life changing commitment. Big step indeed.

It has been an awesome 7 and a half years of motherhood. Hannah is a joy and a challenge. She is so different than I was as a kid and yet sometimes, I swear I'm looking back through time at myself. There are days when I wonder how in the world my mom managed to raise 3 of us so close together. And motherhood has taught me that my own mother is an incredible woman. So many thanks go to her too today (maybe she will let me get a photo of her today and I can post it here too).

Happy Mother's day to all the moms and the potential moms and the mothering types out there. Have a wonderful day! And for those who have lost their moms, or that have negative or ambivelent feelings about this day, my thoughts are with you and I hope that healing blesses you.