9 months in the making

A few days after we took Jonathon into the Cannon family, we had another huge surprise!  What we had prayed and prayed for had been granted to us!  

Yes, this was quite the surprise but a great one!  Now here we are 9 months later and expecting the arrival of little Claire Elise Cannon in the next couple of weeks.

The last few weeks have been busy, busy busy!  With two little boys and a baby on the way, there is a lot to do!  We celebrated Jonathon's 4th birthday by going to the zoo which was a great time for all of us; I took a trip to Washington DC for a conference and a couple days with my bestie, Marion; and we've spent a ton of time getting a nursery ready.  Fortunately, I've been nesting like crazy the last few weeks and feel better than I ever remember.  My freezer is fully stocked, all the cabinets and closets in my house have been cleaned out.  Many of them more than once.  We have a stockpile of all the "essential" groceries we will need like toilet paper, paper plates, laundry detergent, peanut butter and pop-tarts, lol.  Now we wait.  What a great Mother's Day this year will be!  I am blessed!!

Mother's Day part II

For the month of May I wanted to do a blog post every day just to get the hang of it and see if I liked it.  Unfortunately after only 4 hours of sleep I did not post one yesterday so I decided to make up for that by doing 2 today.  That counts, right?  Sure it does, I made the rules! 

In honor of Mother's day I wanted to show the little guy who calls me "mama."

Yes, this is him at his only quiet and still time: sleeping!  But look at that sweet face, how could you not love that kiddo!  

My mother's day started off on Friday when my amazing step-mother brought this beautiful flower arrangement to my work!!  Sadly I was in a meeting but they made for a wonderful surprise when I returned to my desk.  Thanks, Gina!!  

This morning by boys brought me breakfast in bed!  My favorite, biscuits and gravy and coffee!! Yummy!  

And my card from my monkey had a monkey on it!  It was the perfect card from my favorite boys!  We even made it to church on time, making a great day even better! 

Mother's Day

Things I didn't know before I became a mother:

1. How rare and precious 2 minutes alone in the bathroom could be.

2. The importance of a pocketful of rocks to a little boy.

3. Why my mother said things like because I said so; don't eat that; wash your hands and one, two, two and a half...

4. What the phrase "pick your battles" truly means.

5. Why restaurants give children crayons with a paper menu or ban children completely.

6. Immortality and the fear of death.

7. You can never successfully hide a cookie.

8. How french fries and ketchup can be considered a vegetable.

9. Fish sticks. And chicken nuggets.

10. Why Kleenex were invented when there are perfectly good shirt sleeves and pants already. (ok this one is a question I have since I became a mother.)

11. The reason Legos should be outlawed or require a tetanus shot.

12. The importance of coffee and/or wine in a mother's day.

13. The fun of finger paint and sidewalk chalk.

14. The meaning of mother's day.