Oh the sheer bliss....

Today was the annual Mother's Day Breakfast at Lia's Montessori school. It has been a major topic of conversation at our house this week. Listed, in no particular order (except for the first two...which really belong at the top of the list in Lia's book!) are the things that Lia (and her Mama) were most excited about:

1. The wearing of a fancy dress...

2. ...with stockings (serious joy of all joys!)

3. Mama would get to sit right beside Lia at the breakfast

4. The "surprise" present Lia was working on in school

5. The "surprise" flower card she also made in school

This was my second year to attend the breakfast...and I can honestly say it is one of the events at Lia's school I particularly love. I had a wonderful opportunity to chat with other moms as we waited for the children to arrive from their classrooms, which is a rare treat since drop off and pickup times vary by child and I rarely get the chance to talk at length with anyone. But of course, the absolute BEST part of the morning was seeing Lia arriving in line with her class. The look on her face when she spotted me at the table almost made me cry (and I didn't get a picture as I was too busy trying to get her attention!). The hour or so that I spent at her school this morning met every dreamy expectation I ever had as I waited so many years to become a mom. I am blessed beyond reason and so very humbled by and thankful to Lia's China mother. May she somehow know how very much her beautiful Hui Wen is loved and treasured .

This is a picture of Lia and me this morning, all dolled up for the big shindig. I think this is one of the first times I have knowingly stepped to the other side of the camera lens for blog purposes. I would like to mention that this photo was taken at 7:00 am before I left for school...and I am just getting over a little bout of the stomach flu...but here I am. :-)

This is the BIG GIFT Lia has been working on all week. It is entitled, "Meet My Mom". Lia's teachers asked her questions about me and filled in what she said:

Her name is: umm... Katie (:-))
Her hair is: ...I think it's black (actually brown with blonde highlights!)
Her eyes are: blue (this is a huge topic of conversation in our house...she's obsessed with eye color right now!)
Her favorite color is: orange (!?!)
She likes to: do some work on the computer (big red flag to me....definitely cutting back!)
I love my mom because: she loves me too ~ every day she loves me!

Yes she does, baby...she loves you more than you'll every know!!