Happy "I'm a Mother?!"'s Day

I have been celebrated on Mother's Day before, as my role as tláakw' or dláak' to my nieces and nephews.  It has always been a special day for me, but this one was so bizarre to me.  

Having people say, "Happy Mother's Day" to me was bizarre.  When it was said to me before, it never really occurred to me the very idea of being a mother.  I am a mother.  I have a little person growing inside of me, as we speak!  I am responsible for this child's well-being for the rest of our lives.  HOLY $%*T!  I know that I say I am at peace with this baby-making business I've created, and I'm excited, but sometimes it still gets me when I'm not looking and surprises the hell out of me :)

So, this Mother's Day I awoke from a dream about Baby Girl Adella...our new daughter, a good 8 or 9 pounds, healthy, and who looked just like me.  I couldn't understand why I kept saying 'Adella' when I knew in my head that I was trying to say something else, but that is what came out.  It was 8AM.  I was up, thinking on it, so of course I woke up Austin so I could tell him.  He doesn't show emotion that well, but I know that he likes the name 'Avaya' as opposed to 'Adella'... -_-

We continued our day with thoughts of a little girl in our lives.  

Otherwise, it was pretty laid back for us at the new Brown-Tumulak Household. After camping out on the living room floor in the morning, we tried to get out to be productive but realized we hadn't really communicated any plans so we went back home...and I was pretty grumpy.  So Austin went out on his little journey while I set up our new bookshelf and unpacked some more stuff.  STUFF.  

Austin eventually came home with roses and a balloon to wish me a "Happy Mother's Day".  It was a little weird, because it wasn't just people in our lives who were wishing me a good day, but my lover as well...  It just seemed all the more real when he acknowledged it.  He also whipped out an iTunes gift card because I apparently have an issue with the 'repeat' function which new music will cure...we'll see :)

After chasing a couple of rainbows and giggling because we can't use "dirty" words with each other, we spent the rest of the evening putting together a little coffee table we picked up from Wal-Mart so we would have a place to park: some sort of base.  I made Deer Stroganoff (which I had been craving since the day before), and threw a couple pies in the oven because I love pie.  It was a nice and chill day.  

Here's a sneak at our place,

This is the most livable area of our new home:

It's pretty nice.  You can see our fish:  Jeffrey, Atticus, and Penny, the flowers and balloon from Austin, a framed print of a woman weaving a naaxein (a gift from Ricky[whoop, whoop]).  We are loving it, and each other :)  

I hope all you Mother's out there had a really special day, without you there is no us.  

Cheers!