Mother's Day!

This year was my first Mother’s Day with a child not in my belly, and it was a great one! Unbeknownst to me, Mother’s Day kind of started on Thursday for me. Tim and I were planning on going to Ames on Friday to watch Titus graduate, and I was trying to make plans on when we would be leaving, would I leave from Ankeny, etc. And Tim was refusing to make plans! He just kept saying, “let’s see how tomorrow goes and then we can decide.” Ah! I let it go and decided just to wait until tomorrow and try to get past my overwhelming need to plan ahead.

So Friday comes along and the morning begins as it normally does. Tim gets up, showers, puts on his Hawaiian shirt (after all, it’s Friday), and leaves with Kendall for work. I got a text from him later in the morning asking what time I was planning on going to work out over lunch. I gave him a detailed itinerary of my lunch plans including times and places (again, showing my need for organization and planning) and asked him why he was so interested. He said he just wanted to talk over lunch because he missed me—Aw! J

When it was almost time for lunch, he emailed me and said there was a present waiting for me at Greenburgs and I should leave slightly early to pick it up! What?!? I was too excited to wait another 10 minutes, so I left immediately for Greenburgs. When I got there, Tim and Kendall were there along with a potted plant that Kendall had drawn on, a balloon, and a beautiful necklace. They took me to Olive Garden for lunch, and I took the rest of the afternoon off. What a great family I have! Thanks for the wonderful surprise!!

I now know that Tim had planned this a while ago and even our daycare was in on it. They had bathed Kendall, fed her well, and put on a cute outfit to get her ready for the surprise. J Very memorable first Mother's day.