February 13, 2004

This is the day I became a mom. It also happened to be my 27th birthday. What a cool birthday present! I got a big baby boy - B. Today is my 4th Mother's Day. B and I chatted about Mother's Day today. I said to him, "B, did you know that you are the one that made me a Mommy?" B responds with, "Yes, that's because I like you." Boy am I lucky! A sweet boy (most of the time) with big brown eyes chose me to be his mom because he likes me. It really feels like B's infancy was a lifetime ago. When he was born, I learned about a whole new dimension of love that I didn't even know existed. He is part of my heart, that walks around outside my body. I still look at him and can't believe that I made him. It honestly blows my mind. B is sweet, funny, way too smart for his own good, loud, inquisitive, and curious. He loves anything with wheels, books, stickers, and building things. He is our mini-engineer. Life would be much quieter without him around. I am thankful for the day that he graced us with his presence and made me a Mommy!

Then it happened again! On March 8th, 2006, I became someone else's Mommy! E joined our family and were amazed that a child of that size (10 pounds) came out of me. I remember being worried that I wouldn't love him as much as I loved B. But I did. My heart made room and I had two pieces of my heart walking around outside of my body. I am thrilled that I have two boys that will be buddies and brother's for life. E is my little clown. He makes the funniest faces and finds most things funny. He adores his brother and loves to cuddle with me. He has a talent for hurting himself. The current evidence is one missing front tooth and a healing black eye. He also loves anything with wheels and trains that he can "buffer up." But, most of all, he loves his thumb! Most of the time it is in his mouth and if he happens to have his blankie with him, the thumb becomes permanent.

I feel like I am the luckiest person in the world to have two hilarious boys to care for each day. Most days are filled with laughter, yelling, whining, playing, fighting, running, jumping, reading, and resting. At times my patience wears terribly thin. I consider myself to be a very patient person. These cutie patooties test it on a regular basis. But, when I take a step back and look at what I helped create, I am reminded that they are parts of my heart walking around outside my body and deserve the best of what I can give them. So, I take a deep breath, and we go outside and blow bubbles.

I am so glad that I made my own mom a Mommy on February 13, 1977. That allowed these two cute boys to do the same for me. I can't imagine what my life would be like without them and I would feel truly blessed to have more just like them. (Disclaimer: as long as they don't whine, do what they are asked the first time, and say "please" and "thank you.")

Happy Mother's Day!