I hope everyone had a beautiful Mother’s Day! I thought I’d share a bit about my second Mother’s Day as a mom.

Me and Florence, last year and this year. She’s like a real person now!

For the first time, let’s see, EVER…I hosted a sit-down brunch. We invited my mom and Jason’s mom and dad and my brother, Patrick and his fiance, Chrissy. Since I am typically the person still in the kitchen prepping food when guests arrive for a party, it was a good thing Chrissy was there, because she gets a lot of the credit for making things run smoothly.

Some notes:
-Yes, my dining room walls are an insane yellow color. Someday I’ll repaint them.
-Yes, I have recovered one of my dining room chairs and then stopped there [UPDATE: I have now recovered four of the chairs! Progress!!!]
-Yes, I used my fancy plates for the first time and looked up a fun napkin fold online. Can you tell that I got excited?
-The highlight of the day was really just spending time with everyone and chatting and laughing. I love my family! (I’m still pretty proud of this table though. ;-)

If you’re curious, I (cough, Chrissy) made a Summer fruit salad, a Baked Breaksfast Casserole, Breakfast Potatoes and Blueberry Lemon Sweet Rolls. It was all super delicious!

Lest you think things went too smoothly…this is when the house filled with smoke and the fire alarms all went off! My brother’s dog loved it and howled away!

Flo and Aunt Chrissy. She’s so funny. :-)

We also headed outside to snap a few family photos. Florence is so lucky to have two grandmothers to love her and spoil her. There is no shortage of attention for her at family events, that’s for sure.

Oh, and thanks to Jason and his dad, I even got to be in a few photos for a change. :-)

(Had to sneak one of the Macaron in.)

Apparently you’re never too old to ruin a perfectly lovely family photo with bunny ears. :-)

I hope you all had a day that was as happy and family-filled as mine!