First Mother's Day

Happy (somewhat belated) Mother's Day to all you mothers, soon-to-be mothers, future mothers, friends of mothers, etc, etc! I hope you had a good one.

We celebrated Mother's Day with a bit of a sleep-in after a HORRIBLE night with James. I'm not even going to talk about it, it was just that bad. We went to church, and Ryan's uncle Stan took care of James during the service - so we were free to actually listen to the sermon (which was quite good too). We then came home, got James packed up and took him to my parent's place while we took off to the city to go to the mall and for a little drive. We then met up with them, and my grandma for supper at a little Japanese Sushi & Buffet restaurant. All in all it was a good day. James wrote me a letter (it was very cute), my dad gave me a really cool plant, and Ryan gave me coupons for various things like back massages (from him), a family picnic, etc. It was very special to be honored in that way. I think I am really going to like Mother's Day in a long run.

In other news, James is basically sitting on his own! In the photo he has the Boppy for support - but that is more or less to cushion his occassional tumbles. He is doing really good with it though, and appears to be very proud of himself. He is also teething like crazy! This kid can soak a shirt in drool in two minutes flat! He pretty much slimes everything and everyone he touches. Not to mention the chewing! He chews everything right now, even the edge of his highchair when he can. I am just waiting now to see some teeth popping through. He's creeping up to that 6 month mark now at high speed - I can't believe it's almost been half a year! No one told me it was going to fly by at warp speed - they just said it goes by fast.