What a Mother's Day!

Wow, what a Mother's Day! Our niece Olivia Mercedes was born at 2:17 AM, weighing 6 lbs, 11 oz and measuring in at 20 inches long. A Mother's Day baby, true to her due date. We got the news first thing this morning from a very excited Grandma and Grandpa O. Mother and baby are both doing fine after only a nine hour labor for a first-time Mom...wow! We can't wait to meet her!

The day just continued to be great from there. I got some Bath and Body Works lotions from Keith (that I asked for) and opened up a couple of cards and a gift from my Mom. After Colin got up from his nap, Keith asked if I was ready to open my gift from Colin. It turned out to be a clue which led me to other clues placed all around the house. They had me going to the basement, to the second floor, to the first floor, and all around - a real work out. The first present I found was from Colin hidden in his bathtub. It was a wooden heart that he had painted. In the middle was a our picture. Keith had drilled a little hole in it and Ms. Krystal had threaded a pretty pink ribbon through it. I love it and will hang it at my desk at work. The hunt didn't stop there though! It led me to the basement again where I found a new digital SLR camera that I had been wanting (we both had)! We had been talking about buying one and even went looking last weekend but I had no idea Keith had purchased one. We had a lot of fun today trying it out and trying to learn the very basics.

We also went to a Mother's Day brunch at a restuarant right near our house. Keith had made a reservation several weeks ago. It was very nice and we enjoyed ourselves.

And last but not least, Colin's first tooth appeared today! I saw it while I was feeding him and sure enough, it's a tooth all right - lower, left middle. The matching tooth on the right looks very close behind. That could explain Colin's four wake ups last night! It was a wonderful and memorable day!

My two best boys made it a very special day for me

Happy Mother's Day everyone!