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Uncategorized | May 13, 2013

My First Mother’s Day

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I am so blessed to be this little boy’s mommy. We had a great 1st Mother’s Day relaxing at my mom’s lake house. (And yes, Hudson is capable of smiling…he just was not having it that day!)
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It was SO cold all weekend so instead of hanging out in the sun and canoeing, we stayed warm inside and kept busy reading books, playing with toys, and eating good food!

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My mom made fried apples. So so so good.
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I’m so grateful for my boys. You can tell how cold we were based on Hudson’s face!
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There are a lot of Amish farms by my mom’s house so we stopped at one to pick up some beautiful hanging baskets….love them!

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 My spring porch needs some work!

I hope you all had a great Mother’s day. I know it can be a hard day for some of you who are wishing for a baby or who are missing your own mom. You were all in my thoughts and prayers this weekend. 

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Now…I want to introduce you to an awesome mom and blogger!
Hello The Girl in the Red Shoes readers!! My name is Cat and I blog at my little piece of internet awesomeness – Letters to Baby MC. I am so excited and honored to be posting here on Julie’s fabulous space today!

Over at Letters to Baby MC, I blog about being a first time mom to our little preemie bundle of joy born at 27 weeks + being a wife to a computer nerd writing his dissertation to finish his PhD.
I also blog about the new house we are building + design inspiration for our new home, how much I love my crazy job working with college students as a Dean, all the traveling our little family does and anything else that pops into my crazy head!
I hope to meet you over at my little space soon and thank you so much Julie for having me!!
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Comments

  1. Tamara @ The Workout Mama says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:28 pm

    Happy 1st Mother's Day!

  2. erin vancura says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    Looks like a fun (delicious) Mother's Day!!

  3. Life With Lauren says

    May 13, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Looks like a wonderful time Happy 1st Mother's Day!

  4. natasha {schue love} says

    May 13, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    Sounds like a great Mother's Day!! xo

  5. Sally says

    May 13, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    Glad you enjoyed your Mother's Day. Your boy definitely looks unamused by the weather!

  6. Erin says

    May 13, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Happy first mother's day to you!! Hudson's face def looks cold haha- still such a cutie!

  7. Carolyn says

    May 13, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    Happy first Mother's Day to you! 🙂

  8. Portuguese Prepster says

    May 13, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    aww such a sweet post! happy mother's day! and those fried apples look delish!

  9. Katie says

    May 13, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    Aww glad you had a great 1st Mother's Day!! Fried apples sound pretty much amazing!

  10. Vanessa says

    May 14, 2013 at 2:24 am

    I love Hudson's "serious" face 🙂 Such a cutie!! Looks like it was a great day!

  11. Candis @Candis-Bo-Bandis says

    May 15, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    Love the pictures! Glad you had a good first Mother's Day!!

  12. Jessica Reyna Brogan says

    May 15, 2013 at 1:47 pm

    Happy Mother's Day! And, seriously, after seeing your red high chair, and now this blue one, I'm pretty sure I have a DIY project on my hands….

  13. Lexie Loo, Lily Boo, and Dylan Too! says

    May 17, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    Happy belated Mother's Day!

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