last year at this time, and my mom

Last year at this time, I didn't really celebrate mothers day yet. I was pregnant almost 5 months along at that point and although I knew the pregnancy was going well, I just felt like the first mothers day I wanted to celebrate was going to be the mothers day where I had my baby boy in my arms. Here I am waiting patiently to celebrate for the next year. Dreaming and imagining what life will be like one year from then. Its amazing what can change in a year. How much your life can get better and how much you can love another person. I am so excited and feel truly blessed to be a mommy! :)

Now I'm going to switch gears. Because I should start by saying that the reason I wanted to be a mom. The reason I dreamed of rocking my baby to sleep at night and kissing those puffy cheeks, of taking vacations and having my kids be so excited. All the reasons I dreamed of being a mom are because of my own mom. God blessed my life, he brought me to my parents who are absolutely amazing. He blessed me with a mom that is kind, thoughtful, caring, beautiful, heartfelt, silly, fun, bright and happy, loving. I could go on for days, truly I could. My mom has been my rock, she has been the person I can turn to for ANYTHING! She has been my best friend, and she has most importantly been my mom. The person who taught me how to act like a lady (although she's allot more proper than I am most of the time):)
She taught me to love, she taught me to watch over my own baby boy. She showed me the kind of mom that I dreamed of being my whole life. I love my mom more than words can even express and I want to thank her for the beautiful life she has helped me to live. Thank you mom! Thank you for making our house a home, for loving us always through thick and thin. I LOVE YOU!

God thank you so much for blessing my life with a mother who loves me and teaches me and takes care of me the way that my mom does. I pray to you daily to help me to be the mother that she has been to me and will be to me, to Cooper. Thank you over and over for her God. You amaze me.

I don't have pictures of mom and I when I was little on my computer at my house. So I'll just put a few from the past few years :)