Mother's Day

Mother's Day.... Let me start this by saying I am honored and proud that Parker and Carson have welcomed me into their world and I am their step-mom. I mean ... being part of their world is amazing and I recognize it is a privilege to be welcomed into a family. I love being a step -mom to Parker and Carson...they show up at our home and I just start cooking and asking about their world. We talked with them before moving forward with the adoption process and I appreciate this example of the openness and closeness of our blended family.

Now back to this Mother's Day. Ummm... Logan knows me (or will know me) as mom. What a powerful 3 letter word... I am a mom. I can't believe that this is my current reality - our current reality of our growing blended family.

So this mother's day....we had a wonderful breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express :). We each received individual calls and texts from family and friends (some crying tears of joy while leaving messages) throughout the day- reminding us just how special this day is for our exact current reality.

We got the NICU to spend time with Logan .... and wow she is getting more and more alert and aware of our voices .... our actual voices. She is getting more snuggly with us and nuzzling in our necks when we hold her. It is quiet in the NICU on Sundays... no Speech, OT, PT or doctors (unless requested)... we snuggled, read books, sang songs, FaceTimed with family, did our exercises PT and OT provided us...and practices oral feeding- and continued to get more and more comfortable with Logan's g-tube.

Then there was a surprise... yup an honest to goodness surprise. Bryson ordered an edible arrangements with 'happy mother's day' balloons attached to be delivered to me in the NICU. I cried... yup. It happened (again). I will tell you... I am more and more in awe of this thing called life. It is so big and has so many twists, turns, ups and downs... and, and the connections we make along the way are powerful. I love my wife, my Parker and Carson and my Logan. I love our growing blended family more and more with each moment.

So how did we end our day? We ended it at a local brewery and spent time together... yup this is our life - this is our current reality and I am so thankful.