Well today was my first Mother's Day in Chile...first of a couple (I hope) and it was a great one. Wow, this is my 6th year celebrating Mother's Day and it seems a little surreal. About 7 years ago I didn't know if I would ever celebrate this day. The prospect of being a mom seemed dim and the road was longer and harder than I had imagined...but then Luka popped into our lives and literally fell into our arms and now I can't imagine life without my sons. Sam was also a little miracle that I thought would never happen. Funny how life works. And now I have the privilege of experiencing the joy of being a mother through adoption and naturally (well, sort of with a little help from the IVF fairy).
Today in addition to being happy for having two beautiful boys I am especially grateful for having the opportunity to love and care for my two little angels (and sometimes devils). Okay, so day-to-day life is not so perfect and I get mad at them, cry with them, but we also laugh together, dance together and I wouldn't trade being a mom with anything else in the world.
Here is a rundown of my first Mother's Day in Chile...
It started off with a delicious breakfast...first time JJ made pancakes! It was so much fun seeing how excited the boys were to get me out of bed to see what they had prepared.
I received beautiful cards, drawing and these totally cool shoes! I have to make a separate post on all the artwork I received this year. The boys really surprised me and I could probably make an exhibit on all the pieces, but a blog post will have to do. Will try and scan/photograph tomorrow to share...
Before we headed out for lunch we took a couple of photos in our backyard. The leaves are falling and the colors are amazing. Luka, as photogenic as always. Sam, not so much! The collage at the top of the post has the ONLY two photos I was able to snap of Sam. Here Luka is in all his fall glory! That boy LOVES the camera. Look at those teeth or lack of them. Que lindo!
After our mini-photo session we were off to lunch. I had requested (begged) to go out for sushi and a movie. Luka has always been very adamant about NOT eating sushi. Well, he surprised me and was a great sport. We found two rolls that he really liked and he said he would love to have sushi again...whoo hoo now we have new options when going out to eat (pasta and burgers are Luka's staples)! Sam, who I thought would eat anything, was not so keen on sushi or anything else they were serving at Sakura.
Here is a cute video of Luka during lunch...
Then we went to the movies to see Escape from Planet Earth, in Spanish of course. What a cute movie! All four of us enjoyed it, even in Spanish. I totally recommend it. Luka is on his "Outer Space" unit at school so I am sure he will have plenty to talk about at circle time tomorrow at school.
Well, that was it...a wonderful day. Here I am jumping from all the excitement and Luka really wanted to take some more photos when we got home and I was happy to be his subject.
To see more photos from our Mother's Day click here.
Update: I finally scanned some of the beautiful mother's day art I received. These are from Sam. Am I a lucky mom or what!?!?!?
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