Mother's Day

Mother's Day

This year was possibly the most fun and exciting Mother's Day weekend we'll probably ever have. Friday, my sister had a baby -- little Timothy Conner. Saturday, there was our sister-in-law's baby shower (she's due in July with her first, a little boy named Parker!) and my brother surprised us with a visit from Ohio to meet the new little one. Sunday, well, we celebrated Mother's Day.

Dave gave us a super-early breakfast (because lately we've been super-early risers) that he cooked completely on the grill (toast, eggs, bacon, and sweet potatoes) and we got to enjoy peacefully on our deck. A gift of an azalea, new gardening gloves from Hadman and a gift card to "The Tailor and the Cook" (to say nothing of my two adorable, tear-jerking cards) topped off my day. Then, I played and ran around with Hadley while Dave did dishes and got ready before we bolted off to bring a second breakfast to his parents. While there, Dave made one last call to his brother - whom we'd been keeping a secret from until post-shower - to cover (most of) our bases.

When we got home and as Hadley fought a nap (we were heading to my mother's house later in the day), we synchronized a Facebook status update, counting down 3...2...1....

We were anxious about the announcement, not because of the actual news but because the announcement might be confusing to some of our friends. We're fans of "The Onion", which is very much our strange sense of humor, and Dave had come up with this idea months ago. So, we plopped down at our dining room table, told Hadley to "think", and set the auto-shoot on the camera. The little guy just happened to put his finger up saying, "Me have an idea!" as it went off and there we were. After weeks of writing and editing, we were happy with the final result. 

I figured it'd be nice to do a "normal" announcement here along with our quirky one. (Click and double-click on the above image to read it closer and better, BTW.)

Baby Bunny/Bulldog/#2 is due sometime in November. I say "sometime" because at our first sonogram we were told that our original date was off and we were further ahead than expected (by about a week). So, mid-November works right now. For the most part, things are very calm and peaceful and healthy, just like we like it. I'll be posting later this week to discuss how things are going and how/when we found out (yup, I've got lots of blog posts in my head that I haven't been able to talk about before now!), so if you have any questions, feel free to ask away. Otherwise, I'll just over-share on my own. ;-)

So, yeah. It was probably the best Mother's Day I'll ever have. I hope any moms out there had one just as wonderful!