Mother's/ Grandma Day

My mum has always been my best friend so of course I love to take full advantage of mother's day to spoil her and show her how much I love and appreciate her! Usually I like to take her out on mother's day and have a mama daughter date. But.. this mother's day was a little different.. this mother's day I am a mama now too! So on actual mother's day I wanted to celebrate my first mother's day with my baby boy because all I have ever wanted in life is to be a mama! So to have my first ever mother's day was a big deal to me! Couldn't forget grandma though! So we told her not to make plans on the saturday and to not eat a big breakfast! Love is in the detail some people say, not in the big expensive gifts but in the thoughtful gifts with lots of love (these are my specialty) So off to grandma's house we go..

                                             

I LOVE my mama! 

                           

God Parents

How do you choose two people to be your 1st born child's god parents? For us it was easy.. there were two people that were our obvious choices. But.. we did not want to have Gavin baptized and we were not rushing out to write our wills any time soon. It was how ever important to us for Gavin to have god parents; some one he could turn to throughout life, someone to look up to (besides his awesome parents of course), a role model and someone who would always be there for him for whatever life throws his way. I have god parents, my aunt and uncle and even though I have many other aunt's and uncle's, I have a special love and bond with this aunt and uncle just because they are my god parents (does that make sense?) So Gavin's god parents might not have gotten to stand up for him in the church in front of all his friend and family but we know how honoured they were to be asked and that they wont let us or Gavin down.

Gavin's Uncle Shawn has a love for Gavin that makes me tear up to watch ( I am as I write this, man I'm a suck) It is so amazing to watch my little brother love and care for our son. They have a bond that no one will ever be able to break. Gavin's face lights up the moment his Uncle Shawn (Pook) walks in the room. Shawn loves Gavin before he even really knows his personality or the person he is going to be. Maybe Gavin will grow up to be in a band and not play hockey like Shawn. But you know what that will not matter because Shawn will love him anyways. Shawn will not love Gavin any less if Gavin is smarter then him or better looking then him. This is something that I feel we all need to work on, we are so quick to judge people or not give someone a fair chance because they are "different" then us. Gavin loves his uncle for who he truly is and Gavin doesn't judge (ok maybe he is a baby and doesn't understand yet)  but I pray that Gavin never looses his non judgmental heart, his ability to smile at any one in the store; no matter their race, age or gender.

Now Gavin's Auntie Alicia may not be blood related but let me tell you that does not matter one bit! I have been best friend with Alicia for over 10 years (wow!) and I can probably count on one hand the times I have seen her cry, one of them being the day I told her I was pregnant. I still remember it as if it were yesterday, we were in Winners and I kinda just blurted it out and she froze and turned to me with tears in her eyes and just hugged me (this is rare) and from that moment on I knew she loved our baby before she even knew if it was a girl or a boy. Alicia was at the hospital the day Gavin was born, and I'm sure I can speak on behalf of her and say it was love at first sight for her and Gavin. She just held him, staring at him in complete awe. This look of love continued when Alicia would make a point of driving out to our place once a week once gavin was born. She would just hold Gavin and I would be telling her a story and soon realize I was talking to myself because she was lost in awe of Gavin. Now is that love or what? It is a beautiful thing to watch true love first hand.

We are so blessed to have so many people who love our son unconditionally, he is one blessed little man. I can not wait to watch him grow and watch him discover life. He will have his parents, family, friends and god parents there for him along for the journey