Happy Mother's Day

Okay, so here we go with the obligatory messy kid pics. These were taken by me this morning after Joe's brunch of cereal and beef w/carrots. Boy, he really went to town with that beef w/carrots! He's been wrestling the spoon away from us lately and flinging the food all around. He also enjoys taking the cup of food and spilling it all over his tray so that he can fingerpaint with it. It's such a mess, but he's having fun and after all, he IS a baby.
Yesterday was Mother's Day, a completely fabricated "holiday". I must admit, I was sucked in. Hey, we moms have to take what we can get! I had a wonderful day. I received many thoughtful cards and Matt & Joe gave me some lovely "mums for the mum" (chrysanthimums), a sweet card, and 3 Lindt candybars. Yummm. We went to......
drumroll please...........India Palace for lunch! As always, it was delicious. Joe behaved himself and we had a good time. Afterwards, we went for a short drive and stopped by Butler's Orchard. The orchard was closed, but we browsed in the little shop for a few minutes. It was good to get out of the house. Later I went
to the 5:00 Folk Mass at St. Martin's. It was a good mass with Fr. Javier officiating. He's a great speaker.
We spoke with our mothers and they both had good days too. I hope all mothers who are reading this enjoyed their Mother's Day.
I begin my physical therapy this evening for the bulging disk in my c-spine. I think traction will do the trick and am looking forward to getting my healing underway.
Joe is such a busy boy he's tiring out his old mom & dad. He wants to stand up all the time. He's no longer happy just sitting in a bouncy seat or being held and cuddled. He never got into crawling. He crawls until he gets to a piece of furniture and then pulls himself up to stand. What adventures we have in store, I can't wait to see what's next!