First "Official" Mother's Day

Today marked my first "official" Mother's Day. I kind of felt like it was my second, even though last year at this time Miley wasn't here yet. But it was fun to celebrate with my baby, and to know her personality and everything this year.

Cameron was great. I was very spoiled with some gifts, and a wonderful dinner that he and some friends helped prepare. I love being a mom...it definitely has its challenges and frustrations, but here are some of my favorite parts:

• Going in to get Miley first thing in the morning, and seeing how excited she is to see me (or Cameron). She just lights up. It definitely gets your day started on the right foot.
• Seeing when Miley learns something new, and realizing that Cameron or I taught her that...no matter how big or small, she is learning from us, and it feels good.
• Getting to feel like a kid again...sometimes I don't like this so much, but other times I love getting on the floor and crawling around and playing with blocks.
• Hearing Miley laugh.
• Getting the rare snuggling time when Miley is really tired. Sometimes she won't let me snuggle her at all, but there are times when she will let me rock her and hold her until she falls asleep in my arms. I could hold her like that and watch her sleep for hours.
• Holding Miley's little hand as she toddles around.
• When I am holding her and she looks up at me and reaches up and just touches my face.
  

I feel so lucky that we got such a perfect little girl to be a part of our family. And I hope that I can half the mom that my mom was to us. I am lucky that I have such a great example of the kind of mom I want to be. To all you moms out there....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!