My husband really did a great job yesterday for Mother’s Day. Being our first year with THREE kids instead of TWO, I really didn’t have very many high expectations. But I think he knocked it out of the park, pampering me and making sure my day was special. Anyhow, in his honor, I wanted to post about him today. I found this meme over at Fluent Brittish and thought it was a fabulous idea. I mean, you all have got to be tired of hearing about me me me all the time. Now you can hear about Kile.

See what he made me last night? I KNOW.

Okay, with that out of the way, it’s time to post some pictures. Evie needs her internet fix (or is it the other way around?), after all.

It’s the bunched up fists that are killing me here.

Zoot sent us this bonnet and I love it so much it hurts.

Evie decides she’s tired of being the center of attention for a change.

All in all, I’m pretty impressed.  I’ve had a really pretty awesome Mother’s Day.  We went to see “Speed Racer” last night (Oy, the seizures that movie gives a person!) so it was a late night.  Nevertheless, Kile was up early this morning and took Evie off my hands so I was able to stretch out and luxuriate in peace.  And I did, for about an hour.  God bless it.  While the boys fixed me breakfast, I took a quick shower and then came downstairs to hot coffee with chocolate creamer, a mimosa, sausage links and blueberry pancakes.  Hoo boy.

And I got presents too!  Two gift cards for Kohls from each of the boys, a Bath and Body Works gift set from Evie and Mario Kart Wii with an extra wheel from Kile.  He explained that he wanted to get me a new laptop bag and preorder WiiFit for me to slip inside.  However, he couldn’t find any laptop bags like I’ve been wanting and apparently Nintendo understimated the preorders for WiiFit and now they aren’t allowing anymore.  Seems there are more preorders than actual WiiFit’s being shipped out.  GAH.  So, Kile said I could go ahead and get WiiFit after the first of June if I want.  The Mario Kart Wii isn’t REALLY for me, after all, as it’s something Harry and Kile have been wanting, not me.  And Kile was planning to get it anyhow.

Next we headed to church where I got a rose for being the “Newest Mom” in attendance.  Aw, shucks.  After church, we headed to lunch.  We decided to go down to the “froo froo” mall (the one that stole my Sephora) and try a chain Italian grill there that we haven’t been to before.  I’d heard it was pretty good.  We were able to get right in, which was a bonus.  And then we waited.  And waited.  And waited.  We had long since not only picked out our drink orders, but what we wanted to order to eat.  Finally, Kile flagged down a nearby waitress and she took our orders, though somewhat uncertainly.  Evie started to get snippy so I took her back to the bathroom to feed her (I’m not much of a nursing in public type).  By the time we headed back to the table, I fully expected to see our drinks there.  They were not. We were getting increasingly annoyed.  We had been at the restaurant for a good half hour at this point.

Our food was delivered and… still no drinks.  Plus, my side salad had morphed into a gargantuan Gorgonzola salad.  Apparently the waitress had heard me say garden salad and heard Gorgonzola.  She explained that they didn’t have a garden salad.  We then had to point out that we meant the “house salad”.  Whatever.  SAME DIFFERENCE.  She went to go see about getting the salad replaced, leaving the enormous salad on the table.  Oookay.  Evie decided she was most certainly NOT done eating so I took her out to the van, leaving my entrée untouched (and still no “garden” salad or drinks either!).  And she took her time too.

We finally made it back into the restaurant to find Kile nearly finished with his meal (as a result, I decided to just take my entire meal home in a box, to have for lunch tomorrow).  My “garden” salad had been delivered and the offending Gorgonzola was removed.  The drinks were there too and good thing because I was pretty thirsty.  I went to take a drink of my lemonade and… it wasn’t lemonade.  Sure, it looked like lemonade.  But it was more like water with essence of lemonade in it.  GAH.  Apparently, there had been a kerfluffle with the drinks as well.  She had given Harry a lemonade and me a Dr. Pepper (which is what Harry ordered) so we had to correct that as well.  And we never had gotten just plain water, while the people at the table next to us had.  Bleh.  To top it off, the bill had been delivered… and the news was not good.

Kile and I’s meals were several dollars more expensive than the price listed in the menu.  We were charged for the Gorgonzola salad.  We needed to have the lemonade taken off the bill since it was NOT lemonade.  As I ate my “garden” salad, Kile spoke with the manager and very politely explained the issues we’d been having with our meal.  She was very apologetic and explained the increased price on the bill was because it was Mother’s Day and they were using the dinner menu prices instead of the lunch menu prices and we had been given the wrong menus to order from.  Still, she felt bad and comped our meal.  She even got us bowls of ice cream for the boys on the house as well.

So all in all, it wasn’t so bad.  After all, how can you complain when it ends up being FREE?  Plus, we went to Kohls next and I spent my giftcards on some fabulous clothes.  I got stuff for a wedding we’re going to in June as well as church and BlogHer this summer.  I’m way psyched.  One of those things is a wrap dress in black and white that I’m actually excited about.  I haven’t worn an actual dress since, like, I got MARRIED.  But it’s adorable.  And I got a skirt too that is just gorgeous.  Now I just need cute shoes to go with all these cute clothes. Don’t ya think?

Kile is making me dinner (the boys are already eating so they can go to bed here shortly) and he’s making me this.  Are you jealous?  You should be.

So how was your Mother’s Day?  I hope all of you hard working mamas out there got properly spoiled.  Tell me what your loved ones did for you!

It’s that time again!  Another week has come to a close and I have another roundup of posts that you need to go check out if you haven’t seen them already.  As always, if you think I’m missing out on some awesome site, leave me a comment and let me know about it.  I want to make sure I’m in on all the good stuff, you see.

• What to Wear at BlogHer 2008: A Sleeping Baby from Motherhood Uncensored.  Oh good.  I’ll finally be in fashion for once.  I expect to have Evie with me for much of the conference.  We’ll see how she’s doing by July, if she’s too rambunctious she’ll be in child care. Heh.
  
• Wow from Dad Gone Mad.  You know that feeling you get when you see someone get their dream and it’s a dream you also have and seeing them get theirs make it somehow more possible?  Yeah.  That.  Congrats, Danny!  You so totally deserve it.
  
• My Love of the Outcasts from The Anvil Tree.  Aww.  I’m glad there’s someone who takes in the “hard cases”.  I’m somewhat impatient with animals that need more time these days (mostly because I HAVE NO TIME), and I feel a little guilty now and then.  Good for her.  That dog is CUTE.
  
• Another Post About the Today Show from Pocklock.com.  Heh.  I love her take on it.  I totally agree with her assessment of KLG and I have always felt the exact same way about the Today Show.  Bring Katie back!  Sorry, but I’m just not a Meredith fan.
  
• Shower ideas for subsequent children from ME! at Blissfully Domestic.  Yep, you read that right.  I’m going to be doing some contributing over at Blissfully Domestic and that there is my first post.  Go check it out, will ya?  (As a side note: showers for subsequent children is a big issue for me… I am all for them!)
  
• Did You See The “Mommy Bloggers” On The Today Show? from A Mommy Story.  Dang, once again she says exactly what I would say if I had half the eloquence that she has.  And she’s right, it’s all about the community.  What could be bad about that?
  
• birthday take two from glow in the woods.  Kate has a way of getting to the heart of an issue in a way that I never seem to be able to.  Here, she hits on exactly why I feel impatient sometimes with people who focus so much on their birth experience instead of the end product.
  
• OPEN LETTER from Mighty Girl.  Ha!  But seriously, there are people who actually put their dogs in strollers?  I’m sorry, but that’s just two steps shy of retarded in my book.  Who ARE these people?
  
• Heels to Wheels: Part Deux from Confessions of a Pioneer Woman.  OMG, is she serious?  If so, pop the popcorn and dim the lights, I’m ready to tune in! 
  
• Movies: Iron Man from defective yeti.  YES.  I thought this was a fabulous review of the movie.  It was such fun and the best part was watching Robert Downey Jr.  It’s been far too long since he’s had a good starring role.

That’s it this week, folks.  What do you all have on your agendas this weekend?  Besides Mother’s Day, of course.  We’re hoping to make it to the drive-in again to see “Speed Racer” tonight.  Harry is already foaming at the mouth at the thought of it.  Let’s hope the wee ones cooperate like they did last week.  Should be a good time though, I’ll let you all know how it goes!  And Happy Mother’s Day to all you fabulous mommies out there!

Apparently, Mother’s Day is this weekend.  This is what I’ve been told, at least.  To me, it feels like it snuck up on us this year.  Of course, I’ve been in a newborn coma for the last seven weeks so that could have something to do with it.

Plus, I’m just not feeling it this year.  I don’t know, maybe it’s having three kids, two of them under two that is making me feel this way.  It’s as if I’m too busy to have a Mother’s Day.  That sounds absurd, doesn’t it?  I mean, I say that and then I turn on “The Today Show” this morning and they have the Duggar family on there and with their SEVENTEEN children around them, they announce they are expecting another.  That’ll mean 18 children total.  And here I am spazed out by THREE?

What a pussy.

But still.  While we’ve found a sort of groove to exist in, our lives are definitely not what they were.  Going out to eat is a feat.  Shoot, leaving the house is a feat.   And when we’re at home, it’s a matter of keeping Liam happy and out of mischief and holding Evie as much as is humanly possible because for a good 80% of the day that’s what she insists on.  It doesn’t leave a lot of extra time for anything else.  In fact, if I didn’t have a laptop, you all would probably never see me.  I’m able to write blog posts (though the average post takes a good couple of hours to tap out), surf blogs, etc.  It’s a good thing I don’t need to do anything much more involved online than that.  At least most of the time.

But dishes?  Cleaning bathrooms?  Laundry outside of cloth diapers?  It gets done when I have time, which is rather unpredictable.  Shoot, even taking showers is unpredictable.  I have to be like a ninja, slipping under the spray when I can distract Evie and/or Liam for 10 minutes.

It won’t always be like this, I know that.  Evie will gain more independence as the months go by and I will get better at juggling everything I need to juggle.  I don’t know when it’ll start getting easier, but it will.

In the meantime, I’m not holding my breath for Mother’s Day.  If I don’t have time to worry about it, then my husband certainly doesn’t.  Here in a couple years, when things settle down, we can worry about brunches and breakfasts in bed and gifts and fanfare and all of that.  This year, I’ll be happy with a couple of cards (homemade or not) and some snuggles with my treasures.  Come to think of it, that sounds pretty awesome, doesn’t it?