Random Thoughts on Mother's Day

I love murano glass beads, specifically Trollbeads

and got this lovely necklace for Mother's Day.

The sterling blossom is my favorite part. 

T & L got me an etsy gift card, too.

Can't wait to go shopping!

I was thinking this morning about my most vivid memories

being a mother.  Some wonderful, some painful and life-changing,

some so funny it's possible to pee your pants in laughter.

Here are a few, in no particular order...

1. Both times the pregnancy tests showed positive.
2. Laying eyes on my first born Taylor for the first time. He was one week late.
3. The smell of a baby, freshly bathed in the kitchen sink.
4. Getting that sonogram that said there were three and calling parents and inlaws but nobody would believe us.
5. The day the triplets were born.  I carried them to 37 weeks.  18 pounds of baby.  About that many doctors/nurses in the room, too.  Healthy, happy and heavy boys. ha.
6. Living in a fog for a year with three newborns and a two year old.
7. Learning to love coffee as a necessity.
8. Those first words, whether they came at 10 months or many years late.
9. Two year old Taylor, having had enough, demanding, "Get these babies outta here!"
10. The many times that two year old crawled in bed with us and wet our bed.
11. The day the training wheels came off.
12. Spencer around age 4 running off several times.  Sometimes buck naked, sometimes coming home in a police car, one time in the grocery, stealing a bag of suckers. Oh, yes, buck naked that time, too.
13. Putting locks on the doors at the top, only to find the triplets scooting chairs and stools to the door and helping each other try to reach them.
14. The heart-wrenching realization that the triplets had autism and choosing to make the best of it instead of becoming bitter.
15. Falling asleep each night praying for wisdom, safety, health and help!
16. Soccer, track, golf and basketball games, meets and matches.  Oh, and all those practices I drove to!
17. Finding Harry after his bath, in fresh jammies, back in the tub with the jammies still on.
18. Potty training three boys at once.  They ran around naked for over a week.
19. Bandaids, ice packs, and ER trips.
20. Girl friends.
21. The family room full of teenage boys watching sports and clearing out all the food in the house.
22. Teaching a 15 year old to drive.
23. Not falling asleep until I heard him come home at night.
24. Managing the stress of extra doctor visits, tweaking medications, special education, IEPs, journals and phone calls.
25. Feeling like I really wasn't part of the normal group of moms because my boys weren't normal.
26. Feeling like I really wasn't part of the special ed moms because everything they complained about, I thought, "Try having three!" or "At least yours can talk!"
27. Doing without many times over to be able to buy baby formula and diapers, and then in later years, college tuition.
28. Praying that your son will grow up to be kind, happy, honest and put God first in everything.
29. Praying for his some day wife and seeing that prayer exceed all expectations.
30. Getting texts from Taylor during NASCAR races.  It's almost like we're still watching the race together.
31. Spontaneous smiles and kisses.
32. Thinking that I wouldn't want to be any body else or have any other kids.

Did you have a good Mother's Day?

I didn't cook or do dishes, I got kisses and hugs

and I got to spend time with my five men and one girl.

And I got presents!

Lovely.

Tomorrow, we go back to the regular routine! haha.

♥