Mother's Day 2015

It's not every year that you get to add a new holiday to your list! But I've now joined the ranks and earned the right to celebrate Mother's Day as both a child and a mother. To be completely honest I was worried that Arthur and Xander wouldn't be as excited about celebrating me as I was (that's not self-centered...right?) But my boys did NOT disappoint. In fact, as usual Arthur exceed my expectations!

We started the day with my favorite breakfast...American style pancakes with peanut butter. My son takes after his momma because it also happens to be his favorite breakfast! I think he ate 4 large pancakes!

My first gift was perfect...a gift and a memory. We made a planter box with Xander's hand-prints on it. I loved that Arthur got it all set up and planned out so we could make it together. That little planter box now sits in the kitchen window with fresh basil and mint growing inside and I absolutely love it!

Xander was too excited about spending time with me to take a nap (ahhh!!! seriously kid!!!) so after an hour and a half of trying we gave up and went for a Sunday drive. Another surprise from Arthur, we ended up at one of my favorite places in Norway, the Solastranden Hotel for CAKES!!! I mean brunch. The CAKE, I mean meal, was delicious and Xander was so good, despite his unnappingness, that I even got to enjoy a glass of wine.

After eating we went for a stroll on the beach then headed home. Xander was so exhausted he was asleep almost as soon as we put him in the car. While we drove we talked about how it was almost exactly a year ago to the date that we had gone to Solastranden Hotel to celebrate me almost/sorta being a mom. I was about 30 weeks pregnant and feeling extremely uncomfortable to say the least. This year we woke up much earlier, were much busier, and our day was much noisier...but it was perfect. 

I'm the girl who never yearned to be a mother. Honestly, babies have always seemed a little weird to me. Like only half-cooked humans. But then this little guy came into my life and opened up a part of me I didn't know was there. He has taught me how to love so much it hurts. He has taught me that I can give and give until I have nothing left unless he needs more, and then somehow I find even more to give him.

Motherhood has been the most challenging, beautiful, heart-wrenching, backbreaking, and earth-shakingly transformative experience of my life and I'm so grateful to be trusted to raise this incredible little guy.