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This was a Mother’s Day of firsts for me.  The most significant first was that I’m actually a mom this year.  I guess I was a mom last year too, but Noah was still cooking in the womb.  This year, I got smiles, kisses, and coos from my son.  Our church gave a flower to all the moms that were there, and I got one!  That was really exciting.  It was also my first Mother’s Day in Seattle, which meant it was my first one without my own mother.  This was hard as I miss her a lot.  At least we still can talk on the phone.

We had a pretty packed weekend.  On Saturday morning, Phil, Noah, and I went to a coffee shop in the U district to just enjoy the morning together.  In the afternoon, I really wanted to get out and do something, so we thought that it would be fun to go downtown and visit Sculpture Park.  Loren came with us then and we took the bus all the way down.  However, we had to walk through Seattle Center, and on the fly, decided to go to the Pacific Science Center instead.  We had an amazing time.  Noah is really engaging with his surroundings now and was interacting with the exhibits as much as a four-month old can.

Some highlights:

Noah looking in the concave mirror

Loren being a “twin”

Noah in dinosaur footprint

Looking at the water

Playing in the bug exhibit

On Sunday, we went down to Southcenter Mall to meet up with Phil’s aunt, uncle, and grandma.  We went to the Cheesecake Factory, and I have never seen a place so busy.  The waitresses were great though and loved to flirt with Noah.  We had a great time of conversation with Phil’s family, and we were definitely glad to see them again.

Loren moved out of our place on Sunday night.  He’s renting a room from a family that goes to our church who lives much closer to his workplace.  He seems to be enjoying it there, but we are going to miss having him here… especially Noah.