20 Weeks

 I came home from the concert to the sweetest display on my front door.  I stood and read all the hearts with awesome messages and spellings.  I loved reading how I'm "prite" (pretty).

 It felt like Valentine's Day, my birthday, and Mother's day had exploded all over my house.

 I stopped and read each over sized card the kids had made.  They drew and said the sweetest things.

 At our bedroom door was Jake's card full of loving words for me.

 When I opened my bedroom door there were balloons and flowers and my sweet husband had the largest chocolate covered strawberries I'd ever seen.

 Talk about adorable, one lily is fake, LOVE IT!

 Here is some artwork from my Mother's Day cards.

 This cake is from Mali Su and

 I couldn't get over Aimi Lark's card.

 This has Malachi tracing his hand and then Daddy tracing it just a tad better.  SO CUTE!

 My man knows me so well.  He knows I'd love the southern mansion at the end of a tree lined driveway with BIG ol' white columns in front.

It was a great mother's day night until I went to take my jacket off and kinked my neck.  It was like it got stuck and was so painful!  I was stuck looking left.  The next morning I just cried as Jake took all the babies to church alone.  I told them they'd have to sing to me when they got home.  I was supposed to talk at church with Jake on Mother's Day but only being able to look left seemed like it wouldn't work.  Jake stepped up and talked for 30 minutes.  When I told my Mom I was going to miss my talk she told me Jake would have no problem doing a great job filling up all the time.  That he did!  People were messaging me from church to check on me and tell me how great a speaker my husband is.  Boy do I know he's great!  A total keeper.  He had me at the first lilies he ever bought me.

I love being a mother!  I love the influence of mothers in my life.  Women are powerful influences for good and I love the influences in my life.  From my grandmothers,

to my mother and mother-in-law.

I love these ladies!