Mother's Day Present

The Friday before Mother's Day I got a text from Josh that resembled something like this:

"Hey...just a heads up...I planned a surprise Mother's Day event for you, and we are going to the pool tomorrow so don't plan anything."

 

Okay #1 - Maybe I should have bought you a dictionary for your birthday, because that's not an effing "surprise" when you tell me in advance.

Okay #2 - Awesome. I just had a baby three months ago and still have nearly 20 pounds to lose, but I would love nothing more than to get my pale fat ass in a bathing suit in front of all of my friends?????

Okay #3 - where are my diamonds?????

(Totally kidding about #3. Josh and I don't do material gifts to each other. We think it's pointless.)

 

So anyway, after a little bit of fuming and cussing and thoughts about throwing Josh's stuff into the front yard...I finally calmed down and realized that nothing could be more perfect for me, and that was really sweet of Josh to plan a day that was all about me.

 

I had mixed emotions about buying bathing suits. I dreaded buying mine. I went with the mom-skirt, and I'm not even going to explain myself. I had sooo much fun picking out Jace's though:

 

Guys, he loved it. My mom yelled at me for putting him in this. Yes...the same woman that gave me a boy haircut in fourth grade made fun of this. I'll never understand some things...

 

So anyway, back to my present...Josh gave me everything I could ever want in a day: cheap champagne, lots of laughs, and a designated driver. He knows me too well :)

 

 **sigh** I'll get my pre-baby body back someday....

 

We got to put Jace in the water for the first time, and he didn't necessarily love it.

 

 

Y'all, Jace did not exactly have the day of his dreams. After the crying, spitting up, and caking on about half a bottle of sunscreen on his head, we just decided he was better off under the umbrella. So we left him there to nap for several hours while Mom enjoyed her mimosas:

 

After about nineteen bottles of bubbles and a few mom-stumbles later, he finally woke up for some socializing:

 

We dried off, took a nap, and headed out to Pero's for a wonderful meal to end the day.

 

 

Special thanks to the hubs for keeping it simple and giving me such a wonderful, stress-free day that I'll never forget (despite all the champagne). He really knows me too well.

 

 

 

Happy Mother's Day to me :)