1235DinDC: 1st Mother's Day

Mother's Day 2006...my first! It was a wonderful day, made even more wonderful by the love and fellowship of family and friends. The weekend started with my dad stopping by for a visit on Saturday. He delivered a very lovely "For My Daughter..."card that moved me greatly...plus some delicious chocolates and a wonderful scented candle gift set. What a way to start the Mother's Day festivities. Of course, the most wonderful time of all was watching him with Doyle...yes, Daddy calls him by his given name - as I often do myself - they chatted and Daddy sang to him and of course, it was a lovely scene.

Daddy arrived while I was baking... I made cookies and brownies throughout the day and took them, a thank you card and a photo of DJ to the NICU at Holy Cross on Sunday after church...I couldn't think of a more fitting day to say "Thank You" once again to the wonderful staff who cared for DJ (and me and Barry too!) during his first few weeks. The photos below show "Baby Johnson" in his finest...I selected the second picture to share with the NICU staff. My favorite person from that group - Nurse Navigator Extraordinarre Kathy Lee - sent me an email telling me what a great job we are doing - evidenced by DJ's fantastic growth (or did she say his girth?!)

After our trip to the NICU, DJ and I met my Jan, Pooh, Lanae, Chance, and Lanae's cousin and her daughter for an extravagant champagne brunch. And boy did we eat! After brunch, DJ and I went home and snuggled and napped..then I opened the wonderful presents sent from the West Coast - a silver key locket key chain from the best mom in the world (next to me of course!) and an awesome Coach bag just the right size for when I'm out strolling with DJ. It's good to be a new mom!