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Happy Mother’s Day
My first Mother’s Day! It’s still hard for me to believe I’m a mother, but at the same time I can’t remember (nor do I wish to go back to) life before Natalie. The feminist scholar in me wants to read all my Women’s Studies books and examine concepts of identity, motherhood, and family. But what little zen I have in me wins out, so instead I’m trying to have fun and enjoy each moment with my daughter.
Anyway, we had a great first Mother’s Day. Chris got up early that Sunday morning, took care of Natalie while I slept in, and made delicious blueberry pancakes for breakfast. I got a card from Natalie, with her first crayon drawing—I think she has her Dad’s artistic sensibilities! Chris gave me a beautiful locket with Natalie’s picture in it.
While Natalie napped, we planted our first square foot garden! Many thanks to Aunt Elaine for putting us on the path to vegetable gardening. Last time we visited CT, we asked for some advice about starting our garden, and within days of our returning home, a package arrived from Barnes & Noble—two books from Aunt Elaine: Square Foot Gardening & Four-Season Harvest. Woo Hoo! We planted peppers, eggplant, lettuce, zucchini, and cucumbers. We also have pots of basil, thyme, oregano, and dill. The next square foot box will definitely include tomatoes, and some other veggies we’ve yet to decide on.
Then we went to Sayen Gardens in Hamilton. Neither of us had been there before, but I’d heard from folks at work that the Sayen Garden Azalea Festival is the place to be on Mother’s Day. It was beautiful!
Natalie has the Best Grandmothers!
We had our Moms over for dinner last night to celebrate their first (Grand)Mother’s Day. We feel so lucky that we live close enough for Natalie to have such close relationships with both of her Grandmothers. And we’re incredibly grateful that they’ve each generously dedicated one day a week to being with Natalie. That time allows me to work and more importantly, it fosters a loving bond between them and Natalie. Each Wednesday and Thursday, Natalie greets them with a huge grin and I’m able to go off to work knowing that my daughter is being cared for with love by two women that we infinitely trust, are proud to call our mothers and who we are sure will be two of the most important people in Natalie’s life.
The evening was wonderful—Natalie kept us all entertained with her coos and smiles. She was happy to sit in her high-chair during dinner, clearly proud to be sitting at the table with the adults. She spent quite a bit of time sucking on an ice cube through her baby-safe mesh feeder. Then a game of peek-a-boo had Natalie laughing hysterically, which delighted us to the point we were practically in hysterics ourselves! Unfortunately there are no pictures to share—we were all enjoying the moment too much to think about the camera. I’m sad that we didn’t video-tape Natalie’s belly-laughing, but I know it won’t be the last opportunity to capture those funny moments…
Natalie also has 3 living GREAT-grandmothers who love her very much. Talk about a lucky little girl!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, to the best Grandmothers and Great-Grandmothers ever!