My first Mother's Day weekend was more than I could have asked for. Bud told me that the weekend was mine and we could do WHATEVER I wanted. What more could a girl want?!? So, Friday when he got home from work, I told him that he could grill, or we would go out for dinner. Can you guess what he chose? :) After an amazing meal at our favorite hibachi grill, we went to Babies R Us for a little shopping trip. We looked at all the toys we still have a few years before we have to buy, and we ALMOST bought a swing set. SO CLOSE. Maybe this summer. Claire absoluletly loves swings, so we would love to have a swing set in our back yard...we will have one soon. When we got home, I asked Bud to try and get a picture of me and my girls (both Claire and Lacey) and this is what we ended up with.....
Claire and Lacey ADORE each other. It makes me smile every time I see them interact. Bud and I say it all the time, but Lacey really is the best thing that ever happened to us. We both one day decided we wanted a dog, I had already seen her on the Humane Society's website, he fell in love just like I did the second he saw her....we were done. She needed to come home with us and be ours. She taught us many things...we are more patient, kind and compassionate people since she came home with us. She was, and will forever be, our first baby. When I said good bye to her last week, I started to tear up--I have never left her for more than a week...I miss her terribly. I am such a baby---I worry more about leaving her than I do leaving Claire!
My other 'gift' from Bud for Mother's Day was that he was my slave for the weekend. :) Ever since we moved into our house, I have been wanting to get the front landscaping re done. I have many ideas for the entire yard, but I really just wanted to start with re-working what the builder had done. My goal for the weekend was to pick a few new plants and flowers to plant, tear out the old, and put in pavers and mulch. We completed it all! Claire was an absolute angel, and took REALLY long naps all weekend, allowing us to get everything done! (Notice the baby monitor on the railing. :)
Still a bunch of junk on the sidewalk, but you can see the pavers done, mulch in place and new flowers planted in front of the porch (the yellow and red ones)
Close up of new flowers in front of our porch
To the right of the porch, in front of Master Bedroom window.We replaced 3 of the bushes in the 3rd row with Azaleas, and then I added Gerbera Daisies to to second row. We are going with whites and reds...can't wait to see it all bloom!
Just pavers and mulch to the left of the porch...those bushes were there when we bought the house.
Just pavers and mulch to the left of the porch...those bushes were there when we bought the house.I am so excited with how it turned out. Like I said, I still have big ideas for the rest of the yard (like father like daughter???), but that can wait for now. The only other thing I want to get done soon is the mail box--I want to put some pavers, mulch and flowers around our mailbox. Hopefully I can get that done after we get home.
I have been in MN now for almost a week--Claire and I are enjoying some family time while we wait for him to come to town. Bud's youngest brother graduates high school this year, so we will be here to celebrate with him at his party on Saturday. We are so excited to be able to be here for Lee, and to enjoy some family time with everyone.
Claire and I went to Iowa this past weekend with my mom and dad, and we were able to visit Sarah's classroom. Stay tuned for those pictures in the next couple of days
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