I don’t have very many pictures from our little Mother’s Day celebration last Sunday but I still wanted to post what I do have. Baby A had been suffering/recovering from hand foot mouth disease the whole week leading up to Sunday and even though she was feeling better by the weekend, I still felt it necessary to keep her home so she didn’t spread the virus to others at church. So Sunday started off with us all being separated – daddy went to church with the big kids and I stayed home with the baby. It was actually okay because it meant I could sleep in a bit and have a chill morning at home with her … which is kind of a dream come true for a mom, right? (Sleep in and have a quiet morning?) So, yay!

Once the big kids got home, we just hung out at home for a bit together before heading out to Anthropologie so I could pick out my Mother’s Day gifts. We tried to get a picture but this was the best I got hahaa. I kind of love it.

I’ve learned over the years that it’s most practical to just lay out my expectations (if I have any) for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, etc … so I told Hubby weeks before that I just wanted cards and a new houseplant for Mother’s Day. Of course, I’m not his mom so he told the kids what I wanted and they all broke into their piggy bank stashes to gift mommy a new plant from Anthropologie’s Terrain shop. They gave me $50 per kid — that’s $150 to spend! Plus Anthro was running a 20% off the entire shop Mother’s Day sale so needless to say, I got a good deal of stuff with my Mother’s Day “allowance” 😉 I brought home three new plants and few other pretty decor things to display my plant babies on. Happy mama.

After shopping, we headed to a local Korean restaurant for dinner. We had brunch plans for Mother’s Day but with baby A being home from church and us being separated earlier in the day, it just didn’t work out timing-wise. And if you know me, you know I love me some bossam (Korean steamed pork) so Korean food it was! Plus, D had been crying, literally weeping, earlier because he desperately wanted to eat japchae and you know … moms love to give to their kids, so we killed two birds with one stone by eating Korean food for dinner.

Me and my little sickie <3

Really, though, I just want to end this year’s Mother’s Day post with this. All of the kids “wrote” me cards but D being 5 and baby A being 2, their cards were more just scribbles or their names with lots of assistance from daddy. But E’s card? It was all her … and look at her card! I look at this card and it just really brings me back to this Mother’s Day back in 2014. I still see that version of myself, feeling empty and robbed; sad and scared… and I just want to give that Sophia a hug and tell her – see what a big difference 5 years will make? You’ll get to have those coveted conversations with your daughter and you’ll get those little glimpses into her heart and most of all, one day she’ll be able to tell you in her own words, by herself, how much she loves you.