Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my Mom's birthday! She would tell you that it is her 49th (that has been her story for quite some time)...but the closer I get to turning 30, the harder that story is to believe! Isn't she just beautiful!

My mom is an incredible lady - loving, dependable, energetic, hard working, supportive, fun, & full of life! She is always the perfect hostess, and makes everyone around her feel comfortable and loved! We talk almost every single day (most days more than once), and we never seem to run out of things that we have to tell each other. How lucky am I to have a mom that is also my best friend! Jesse says all the time that he could not ask for a better mother-in-law, and Annabelle already adores her Nana!


For years mom has been telling me that I will never understand how much she loves us until I have my own children. Well, I am just starting to grasp the depth of love that a mother has for her children...the love I have for Annabelle overwhelms me. I can't imagine how it must feel after 30 years.

I could ask for no better example of the kind of mother I strive to be than my mom...

Happy 49th...ish Birthday, Mom!