Mother's Day Weekend

Friday I started my weekend off with a nice date at the park with my friend and her 2 year old son. It was so much fun to watch Mercy play. I definately have not been getting her out to do things enough...so that was lots of fun. I cleaned up the house but didn't do anything very exciting on Friday. On Saturday I went to a Scentsy party and got the most wonderful scent thing ever. It makes my entire house smell good! I LOVE IT! Then, Saturday afternoon we had Mercy's 2nd birthday party and it too was lots of fun! It really makes me sad that she is growing up so fast though. I keep realizing that I need to enjoy it while I can because everyday that goes by she grows up. Even Grace is a little over a month old and it seems as though I just had her. I plan to have lots of fun this summer with my girls! Then Saturday evening my wonderful husband planned a quick romantic date for us and even had my mom watch Mercy. That was my Mother's Day gift because he had to work today. This morning I got up, enjoyed a nice cup of coffee and got the girls ready for church. It was the first time I have ever had to get myself, a two year old, and a newborn ready for church by myself. (Of course I have gotten them ready to go other places, but I usually don't care if Mercy looks like a dirty, homeless baby because I don't want to change her outfit every two minutes!) At church, my friend invited me to go to lunch with her because she knew Josh was working and my mom was out of town, so that was nice. I was feeling kind of bummed to spend it alone and that made my day! Also, I was scared to go because Mercy doesn't always act the best at restaraunts. I even explained to my friend that we might be humiliated by her behavior. HOWEVER, I think that my child was temporarily overtaken by some unknown well behaved child because she was actually really good! I was amazed. Then I was really excited because Josh came home a little early from work so we walked down to the park and enjoyed a nice evening after watching movies. Today I am feeling so happy and so overwhelmed with love from friends and family. I have always been afraid to make friends after some bad experiences but I am finally letting other women into my life and finding it to be refreshing rather than hurtful as I had assumed it would be. Well, my cleaning, cooking and couponing continues tomarrow! I think I will attack the bathroom closet. That is something I have been putting off...in fact, I think I had mentioned in my last post that I had intended to do it Friday. Ooops. Tomarrow. Definately!