Mother's Day

This morning, was like non other.  It is Mother's Day!  I woke up and rolled over and my little munchkins wet nose was protruding into my pillow and his paw flung across my chest as to snuggle with me.  Not just snuggle, but practically lay on top of me.  He is not content to be just pressed up against me, but his face has to literally be nussled up against mine usually sharing 3/4 of my pillow.  The whole ~here is your line in the bed, and here is my line~just goes flying out the window.
Did I mention that he has allergies-yes, you will wake early in the mornings with his snorting and weasing, and just when he manages to wiggle his way from my feet to my head, he will then, and only then, proceed to sneeze all over me.  That is Brodie....enough said.
Happy Mother's Day.

 

I am right there with you mothers.  Getting any "me" time is such a stretch and can be very trying.  We have to plan our priorities and make sure our time is used wisely and that family time is where our main focus should be.

~Cook dinner for Jamie and Brodie, get water from the tub (only the bathtub!), bath time, go TT, snuggle time/family time on the couch, go TT, bark at the next door neighbors terrier, chew a bone, get some water, help with laundry(better yet, chewing the laundry), paw at the broom as I sweep the floor, bedtime on his throne in the bedroom, 11:00 pm wake up to go TT, get more water, 3:00 am-get more water, 5:30 am go TT again, 6:30 family snuggle time in bed, wipe myself off from being sneezed on, 7:30 breakfast, load up for doggie day care 8:00 am., snack time with Aunt Lacey 12:00, pick him up from Doggie Day Care 6:00pm.  And the process just repeats itself...~

I know what you are thinking, just wait until she has number two!
Whew...How do us Mother's handle it??

It has been worth it for sure to be a mom to my little 1.5 yr. old pupster.  A lot has changed since he was a puppy and I wanted to literally take him back to where we got him after he TT'd on my carpet and Pottery Barn rug for the 1,000 time, until now, many can say I have come a long way.  Brodie brings out the best in me.  Now once he gets my dishtowel for the 1 billionth time and runs behind the couch, I now say "come" and he sashays his way over to me and drops it at my feet with pride.. "look mom, I was obedient, what kind of treat and I going to get"  

He gets the treat of not getting his behind spanked for taking my towel for the billionth time since he brought it back to me.  Yes, I have come along way.

We have experienced many things together, like his 1st birthday party.  What great mom doesn't make you a monogrammed t-shirt, and bakes you cupcakes.  We have also been fishing together, and learned to quail hunt, ride with the window down in the car, learned to retrieve balls off the pier, and we are working on getting along with cats, and calming our anxiety levels just a tad. 

Being a mom has been very rewarding I have to say.  It definitely teaches you patience and that small things are just small things not mountains.  I think it is sweet that he is a mommas boy and loves to snuggle and gets slightly jealous if I pay more attention to anyone else but him.  What would life be like without my little ball of fur.  He is turning the terrible 2's soon, so everyone be in prayer.  

Life is good... and I am blessed.