Mother's Day

Mother's Day was surprisingly emotional for me. I felt very much in limbo while driving to church. I had so many raging emotions that I didn't know what to feel. I felt sorrow for the baby we had lost in January, joy for the new life I carried, excitement for my Mother moving back to Arizona, despair for my friends suffering infertility and finally, sadness for the loss of my own infertility. I am very happy to be moving on from that point in my life, but I felt a strange sense of emptiness realizing that we were putting it behind us. As I sobbed uncontrollably in church, Dave wrapped me in his amazing embrace.

When we returned home, Dave presented me with the most perfect 1st Mother's Day card and a tiny newborn sleeper that said "Champ" on it. I bawled like a baby. I love that man.

Later that afternoon, we took Dave's Mom her gift. She opened the card that said "to the Grandma to be (again)" and smiled. Then she went on to read the inside. We noticed she didn't have her glasses on and was only skimming! She pulled the card away from her face and it took a while for it to register. Then she said "are you kidding? yeah!!!", then started crying and giving hugs. Then she asked how far along I was. Dad Rich and Sara, the only two others in the room figured it out by then. We called Marie after our visit - she kept laughing and saying how excited she was for us. It was a great day.