What are you all doing for Mother's Day?

[jessnpaul]

I was originally a little sad about Mother's Day due to the whole Secondary IF thing but I plan on enjoying the one kid I do have

I thought we'd do brunch with my family and dinner with DH's, but my MIL has decided she just wants the day off (I can't blame her).

So now I have the rest of the day after brunch free and DH wants me to pick something to do. But I have no ideas!!! The thing is that DS (age 3) naps from like 1-4pm so by time we get home from brunch there's not a ton of time before nap (maybe 2 hours, tops). And then I don't think I want to go out to dinner because I'll already have consumed a lot of calories at brunch (and my birthday is the following week, so calories galore!). 

I need ideas!

[Mushe]

Home naps still! I'm so jealous, jessnpaul. DS won't nap on weekends for us, but still naps probably 3 of 5 days at school.

I told H I just want a card (from DS, lol), but he found a local wine & food festival thing, so we're planning to do that on Sunday.

[jessnpaul]

Yes... he does fight the nap but he definitely still needs it! I love the nap

[whodey]

Naps for lyfe!! My DS just turned 3 and he still naps daily for 1.5-2hrs & I love/need it! He’s to the point where if are busy and he doesn’t get one, he can power through, but we’re both much happier when he gets one.

I don’t have anything big planned. I always get my mom a hanging flower basket for Mother’s Day, so we are going shopping on Saturday – I hope to get some flowers for me too. DS keeps talking about getting me flowers for Mother’s Day, so I told him when we are at the store I’d let him pick out a bouquet to give me Sunday I plan to work on my flowers/getting my screened in porch in order and then we are going out for an early dinner with my parents, sister/BIL/nephew.

[ginkgoleaf]

I think I'm having my egg retrieval that day. Probably not the answer you're looking for!

Normally we do cards and I'll get a small gift. We try to do something fun all together, be it a trip to the zoo, a theme park, forest preserve hike, long bike ride, etc. We don't usually go out because we figure everywhere will have crazy waits.

It's a given that I'll get to sleep in and DH will buy me Starbucks.

[lms]

We don't really have any plans. DH will be working that day. I told him I didn't want him to get me anything but he mentioned the other day that my gift is being made and won't be here before Mother's Day. So it'll be just DD and I. We'll do our typical grocery shopping but that's it.

I will be testing that morning because I'll be 12dpiui and I'd rather know before I go to the RE Tuesday morning for beta check.

We sent both mom's cards. H got his mom a gift card which she has already received and is super excited about. I'm going to pay for one night of the hotel my parents need to stay in for my cousins wedding. It's a stretch just for them to be able to afford to go so I want to try to make it a little easier on them since I'm not going to be there to get the employee discount and make it really better for them.

[bronxgirl]

It's my daughter's ballet recital. I'm so excited for her. We should be done by around 2ish and then we're going to try to go out to lunch if we can find a place not too crowded where we don't need a reservation. Hopefully after that we'll watch the Cavs game.

[ssg73]

Mother's day is always a crazy day for us. We always walk in the March of dimes walk on Sat. So we will be doing that. It will be nice and hopefully we see some of our nurses. The walk is at Fenway park this year so that will be cool. Sunday is pretty much a cluster. With two Moms it is complicated as long as dd is too young to do it herself there will not be any breakfast in bed for the moms. Also dw goes to brunch with her parents and siblings so she is off soing that in the morning. My family gets together in the afternoon but we are really getting together to celebrate my cousins' graduation from college and my Mom's birthday and not really Mother's day. I am kind of irritated about not really having a day for me. I am going to have us celebrate over Memorial day weekend to make up for it.

[babyrn]

This post makes me sad, my 2 year old doesn't nap anymore

My parents came over and went to church with us and then we went out to brunch. Then we came home and DH and DD gave me a homemade card. Now I am relaxing while DH is trying to get DD down for a nap (its not going well).

[jessnpaul]

May 7, 2015 21:55:40 GMT -5 ssg73 said:

Mother's day is always a crazy day for us. We always walk in the March of dimes walk on Sat. So we will be doing that. It will be nice and hopefully we see some of our nurses. The walk is at Fenway park this year so that will be cool. Sunday is pretty much a cluster. With two Moms it is complicated as long as dd is too young to do it herself there will not be any breakfast in bed for the moms. Also dw goes to brunch with her parents and siblings so she is off soing that in the morning. My family gets together in the afternoon but we are really getting together to celebrate my cousins' graduation from college and my Mom's birthday and not really Mother's day. I am kind of irritated about not really having a day for me. I am going to have us celebrate over Memorial day weekend to make up for it.

I used to do this a zillion years ago and loved it! And now I had a preemie (2 pounds at birth!) so I keep saying one of these years I'm going to do it again but ours is in April and it's always a crazy month! So on behalf of my preemie, I appreciate you walking this

[ssg73]

May 11, 2015 9:15:00 GMT -5 jessnpaul said:

May 7, 2015 21:55:40 GMT -5 ssg73 said:

Mother's day is always a crazy day for us. We always walk in the March of dimes walk on Sat. So we will be doing that. It will be nice and hopefully we see some of our nurses. The walk is at Fenway park this year so that will be cool. Sunday is pretty much a cluster. With two Moms it is complicated as long as dd is too young to do it herself there will not be any breakfast in bed for the moms. Also dw goes to brunch with her parents and siblings so she is off soing that in the morning. My family gets together in the afternoon but we are really getting together to celebrate my cousins' graduation from college and my Mom's birthday and not really Mother's day. I am kind of irritated about not really having a day for me. I am going to have us celebrate over Memorial day weekend to make up for it.

I used to do this a zillion years ago and loved it! And now I had a preemie (2 pounds at birth!) so I keep saying one of these years I'm going to do it again but ours is in April and it's always a crazy month! So on behalf of my preemie, I appreciate you walking this

Ella was 2lbs too!  We love it.  We walk with her primary nurse. It is so much fun.  This year it was at Fenway Park which was cool.  You should do it it really is a great experience in my opinion.  I feel good about raising money and it is nice to connect with other people who understand the experience of the nicu and having a preemie...which as you know doesn't end when they catch up in size.

[jessnpaul]

May 11, 2015 9:30:33 GMT -5 ssg73 said:

May 11, 2015 9:15:00 GMT -5 jessnpaul said:

I used to do this a zillion years ago and loved it! And now I had a preemie (2 pounds at birth!) so I keep saying one of these years I'm going to do it again but ours is in April and it's always a crazy month! So on behalf of my preemie, I appreciate you walking this

Ella was 2lbs too!  We love it.  We walk with her primary nurse. It is so much fun.  This year it was at Fenway Park which was cool.  You should do it it really is a great experience in my opinion.  I feel good about raising money and it is nice to connect with other people who understand the experience of the nicu and having a preemie...which as you know doesn't end when they catch up in size.

My kid is still tiny for his age (24 pounds at 3 years old) but he's still doing great nonetheless! It's crazy how far he's come! My friend from high school works for MoD and offered me any assistance she could, but we got by okay. 2 months in the NICU was a challenge but it's amazing what they can do nowadays!