Reid All About Us: A week with my mom

It's been a crazy month or so since I last posted to this blog, and I have a lot of updates to catch up on. But for now, I wanted to post a quick note about the last 5 days, which I spent at home in Michigan, with my mom visiting while Marty was in Phoenix for work meetings. Words cannot describe how much I needed this visit with my mom. Natalie and I had both been sick since Thanksgiving (Natalie's first cold was brutal). On top of being sick, she's also getting her two upper front teeth, and then she had her 6 month shots. She hadn't been sleeping - which means neither had I. And I was long over-due for some serious one-on-one time with my mom. This visit was just what the doctor ordered.

We did a lot of relaxing, which was a first for us, because usually when she visits we work our butts off on major home improvement or landscaping projects. We went out for lunch, spent a lot of time playing with Natalie, and Marty and I even got to enjoy a date night out when he got home from Phoenix. And it wouldn't be a visit with my mom without a few home improvement projects, which included cleaning out the garage & painting/redecorating my family room.

Overall, it was one of the best weeks ever. I can't even begin to explain what this week meant to me - or what my mom means to me. She is amazing. She is my inspiration for how to be a loving, supportive, patient, successful wife and mother. She has set the bar so high, and I turn to her for advice and support on almost a daily basis. She is a voice of reason and reassurance when I'm frustrated, uncertain and just plain exhausted. I would be so lost without her. I am so lucky to call her my mom and my best friend. And this morning I am missing her terribly :( Saying goodbye and watching her drive away yesterday sucked. And now I'm counting down until Natalie and I get to see her (and Heather!) again in January.