Mothers Day

I truly take for granted how blessed I am to have such a happy and healthy daughter.  It's days like Mothers Day where I realize how much I love Carmen!   Being a Mom is more than anything I could have EVER asked for.   To see a smile on someones face every time they see you or come into the room.   To be able to truly comfort someone who is hurting.   I LOVE YOU Carmen Rose!

Before I Became Your Mother
I never knew...
how happy I would feel when you smile,
I never knew...
how sad I would feel when you cry,
I never knew...
how heartwarming it would be to watch you grow,
I never knew...
how much love my heart could hold,
And now...
I will always know. 

Mothers Day with the Benedicts

On Sunday afternoon we headed over to Andy's sisters house to spend some time with the other side of the family.  Again it was a beautiful day, with more great food and great company.   We spent lots of time playing outside.

We are so lucky to have all our family so close that we can spend days like this together! :-)

Mothers Day with the Skalas

We were fortunate to spend two separate days with each family this year for Mothers Day!

On Saturday we went to my parents house and just played outside, enjoyed the weather, grilled steaks and finished the night by getting to visit my sister's new house :-)  Great food and great company!!!

This year was a bit different as my sister Erin was home with us for the first time in a while.  Things felt so different when we didn't have to worry about when they were going to head back to Chicago    :-)

Neil and Reena's Wedding

Last night we were able to celebrate the wedding of two good friends Neil and Reena.   It was not a typical wedding that I am used to as the ceremony was hindu and all the dresses and everything we indian dresses.  It was TONS of fun!  The whole thing was amazing,  from the dresses to the barat, to the ceremony to the food and of course the dancing.  

Pre-wedding/cinco de mayo shots

Barat Car Driver :-)  (Too bad it rained)

Groom and his sister.

 The groom and his parents

The beautiful Bride and her father.

Posing for a picture

Carmen decided she wanted her picture taken the other night while walking down the steps.

Mommy and Carmen

I realized there aren't many pictures of Carmen and I so I decided to attempt a self portrait one night while she was being silly.

Daycare family of the month

We were chosen as daycare family of the month and asked to bring in pictures and short biographies of each member of our family.   WIth the help of Andy, the following is what we came up with.

Outside

We've been so fortunate to have such a warm spring.  Here are some pictures of a walk in our neighborhood we went on one night after dinner.

Oreos

Carmen loves Oreos....  These pictures show the love :-)