Happy Mother's Day!

I'm considering yesterday my official first Mother's Day because I am caring for my child, even though not mcNugget's not in my arms yet but in my belly.

We actually celebrated on Saturday, because the husband had to work on Sunday. So in celebration of my first mother's day as a mother-to-be, Bo treated me and mcNugget to breakfast at IHop, followed by a shopping excursion at the auto parts store and Lowes. I seriously love this man. He installed my PITT vanity license plate and frame put on the car, and fixed my headlight - I know those are small things, and certainly ones I could have done on my own, but there is something so terrifically appealing about a man who can fix things like that without thinking about it. It's just wonderful to be taken care of I guess.

Then we set off to Lowes where we got the parts for my first-ever mother's day project - gardening. I hope that we can turn this into an annual event, the husband, me and McNugget. You may remember how we have a tremendously steep hill on the front of our yard - and my plan to rid us of having to mow it. Well anyway, we've started, and will continue as we get the money / plants in the future. But for now, we cleaned up the front yard, and added a new walkway lining. Bo did nearly all of the back-breaking labor on the windiest day in history - running down the empty plant containers which kept blowing away, but the design was mostly mine. :)

Here's the results, what do you think? We're super pleased with them! The plants (all perennials), a planter, potting soil and mulch cost us a whopping $136. The 4 additional lights were $12 on clearance, and the bricks were from our mini-stash in the backyard. We'll have to find a lot more reclaimed brick to finish the front yard, but I'm totally loving the tie in to our house.