Mom

I have, hands down, the BEST mother in the world.
Ladies, when you have a baby, and you are planning for someone to help after you go home...make sure your mom is there if possible!
First off, I don't take criticism well. or "advice". So when I didn't know how to do something correctly or I was learning it for the first time, I'm glad Mom was the one to teach me how to do it.
Take bathtime for example. For his first bath, Mom said she was going to start some water in the sink. She called me over to "feel if it was too hot".
It was. So I said, oh yeah add some cold to it. I'm pretty sure she was testing me. But see? taught me that lesson, and here I was thinking I caught the water temperature in time all by myself. I asked her if she did it on purpose. She said she'll never tell.
She taught me a lot of other things too. Just little things, too many to remember. And Ben did too. He is in school to become a nurse, so he had a little bit more book knowledge on babies. :)

Now, in the hospital I had to get up and use the bathroom. With a c-section, its not fun at all. The getting out of bed part isn't that bad. Its the sitting down on the toilet and wiping your butt that sucks. TMI, but I couldn't do it. I couldn't physically bend and wipe. So, at one point, my angel of a Mom WIPED MY BUTT.
Here I am 24 years old, wiping my own kids booty, and she's doing the same!
That alone gives her mom of the year award.
And she not only did it in the hospital, but when I got home and I started the normal bleeding (gushing is more like it) she cleaned me up! And the mess it made on the way to the bathroom at 7 in the morning.

She never had to spend the night but I'm sure she would have if I had asked her to.

My parents (dad too!) have been so much help. I thought I was going to have other people helping too, but I simply cannot allow it to keep myself sane. So Mom and Dad have pretty much been the main help. They followed us home from the hospital and have been giving up their own time to help me out at night since Ben works nights. Most of the time they just get to hold and love on Finn while I get a shower or, on occasion, sleep.  But they also help with dishes and always bring me supper when they come over. Sometimes they come get me (because I can't drive yet) and I go to their house for awhile.

If I didn't already know I am blessed to have such a fantastic Mom, Ben told me one night while we were talking about what kind of parents we wanted to be, that he wanted me to be like my Mom.
I'll try, but those are some pretty big shoes to fill!!!

Gotta think of some kick ass mother's and Father's day gifts this year...got some ideas a'brewin!!