Happy Mother's Day

This is my second Mother's Day to celebrate with my Gradybug. He and Kevin went all out this year (mad props to Kevin, since I'm guessing most of this effort was his).

I woke up this morning and Kevin took care of breakfast (Hardee's biscuits still count as effort). Then he and Grady handed me a Mother's Day notebook with this beautiful entry for this year. 

I mean block letters and everything! So impressed. They also got me a picture frame and a canvas to hang in my bedroom that says "Love You More...", because that's what I always tell them. (Tears)

Another little piece to my Mother's Day 2015 is the minivan we purchased yesterday. 

Kevin and I have known for several months now that we needed to get a bigger car (the Nissan Sentra and Toyota Camry aren't exactly 3 car seat friendly).  Naturally, I wanted to avoid the purchase of a minivan AT ALL COSTS. We researched SUVs with 3 rows (and bucket seats in the middle), and shockingly there aren't a ton of those options (of the used and not too expensive variety, because let's get real, were on a budget these days).  We brought the idea of a van into discussion, and like smart rational people do, we made a pro/con list. After we had finished running through the SUV and minivan, we were left with the results I had feared.....we were getting a minivan. When the ONLY con on your list is that "it's a minivan", how can you even justify a different purchase? 

All of you minivan mamas out there know what I'm talkin about. This thing is awesome. I can carry 3 children (still gonna have to figure out the complete logistics of that in a few months), and click on my keys to open the doors. It's got tan leather seats, a DVD player, sunroof (say whaaaat), about 20 cup holders, compartments for storage everywhere, and don't even get me started on how much storage that trunk has! 

I mean, Grady seems to be ok with it so far. Not even on the road for 10 minutes heading to see Gani, and he gone! 

I think it's safe to say that once Hudson and Harrison join our crew, we will all fit in here very nicely for the next few years. 

I'd say Mother's Day has started out pretty good this year. 

Best pictures we could get (can we say distracted).  Oh well, at least it finished with a big ole hug!