Mother's Day: bitter sweet

It was so fun to celebrate mother's day yesterday!  Eli woke me up with a cry over the monitor, ready to eat after sleeping for 8 hours!  He is getting so good at sleeping through the night and I love that!  I wake up and feed him first thing every day, but for some reason it seemed so exciting on this day...a new found joy to experience!  I cannot express how much I love being a mom.

However, I can't help but think back a year ago when Mother's day was one of the most difficult days for me.  Many have wished me a happy first Mother's day...and i'm very thankful for their love!  But, inside I hurt a little because although this is my first Mother's day with Elias, I was a mother to another little precious life that I didn't have the joy of birthing and caring for.  So, this year was somewhat bitter sweet in that I sadly remember our first child who only lived slightly over 8 weeks, but I am absolutely thrilled to have Eli in my life and excited to see our family grow!

Sorry for the sad note.  Back to yesterday...after our morning feeding, Eli and I got in bed with daddy and just lounged for an hour or so...my favorite weekend mornings!  Then after getting ready we went out for breakfast/lunch.  This is always the dilemma, I love breakfast food but Chad doesn't...so we went to Cracker Barrel where you can get both all the time!  Later that evening we went over to my good friend Melissa's house.  Melissa and Ryan just bought a new house and they invited us over for a Mother's Day BBQ...delicious!

Below are a couple Mother's Day pics of dad and Elias...