The Girl's Got Taste

My first official Mother's Day has come and gone. It was a great weekend and day, and Miss Squish got to spend time with her mom, her mom's mom, her dad's mom, and her dad's mom's mom. The mother-load, if you will. Grandpa Pete was minding the homestead back in MN and Grandpa Karl was home with the plague that we all enjoyed a couple weeks ago, so Matt, Steve, and Ralphie were our Y chromosome representatives (well, not so much Ralphie). We had a great meal cooked and served by chef Matt and his sous chef Steve, and Karl sent along dessert of a fruit tart - my fave. I got lots of lovely blooms and G set the bar pretty high by surprising mommy with diamond hoop earrings. She was even sneaky enough to wrap them up and hide them in her toy box. Matt said she told him last week she wanted to go to the jewelry store and pick something out. How did she know that the best way to accessorize a shirt full of spit up is with gems? What a clever girl.

Our best effort to get her to look at the camera

Grandma Heidi, me & G


G with Great Grandma


Grandma Kathy, G, Great Grandma


Mothers & daughters


Mostly Maios

The earrings weren't G's only surprise. After enough drool to drown a fish she FINALLY cut her first tooth on Thursday, followed by her second on Sunday. Well, maybe Saturday; the girl's tongue is sticking out 24-7 so I only discovered the new additions by accident while she flipped her cranky switch. Hence no pictures of said toothies. But they're there! I admit to having mixed feelings on the whole thing. It's totally cute to see those two bottom teeth poking out, but I can't believe I'll never see that gummy grin again (unless she one day takes a major face plant, at which point I'm sure I'll be over my mixed feelings).

All in all it was a great intro to the land of Mother's Days. Great Grandma said this was her 64th go-round, so if things keep up I should have a pretty serious jewelry collection by the time I reach her level of mom-experience. Hope all of you fellow mommies had a great day as well!