My Day..What day?

Mother's Day was on Sunday. I expected to wake up around 10 am with a cleaned and fed baby. There would be coffee and breakfast in bed and showers of gifts. I would feel refreshed and young and beautiful and the whole day would be relaxing and stress free. That is not exactly what happened.
I woke up at 5:55 and laid in bed listening to Kodo's brother talk to himself waiting for Kodo's dad to wake up and get him. I finally went and got him at 6:15 and that started my day. I did kinda got breakfast in bed. Kodo's dad brought me coffee and toast with peanut butter. That's acceptable. 
Kodo's dad gave me a beautiful card and a necklace with all of our initials on it (which still hasn't arrived in the mail). And the day care that kodo brother is in made me a card which I love!
The rest of the day was kinda stressful. We went to my moms for brunch and we had to prep stuff for that, then I had to pack us all up to be gone for the day. I had to shop for a dress becuase I don't fit in anything I own...uugghhhhh! And when we for home I had to clean. Needless to say at the end of the day I didn't feel rested, relaxed or beautiful.
Although kodo's dad tried, I am not sure he could have lived up to my expectations of what my first motheres day should be like.
What I did learn is what mothers day must have been like for my mom. I realized that even on a day where we tried to cater to her, you can never really rest when you have five kids. That's the way it is for every mom. There is no day of rest for us but as much as we want/need it, I think we would rather be loving and taking care of the people we love. I would rather be exhausted and playing with my son that the most well rested person and not have him in my life.
I think the end lesson is that Mothers Day is not for moms. It's for the people that love their moms and need a day to remember and show them how much we appreciate them.
So here's to you Mom's who got no rest on our day! Call me if you want to meet at Happy Hour without your kids!