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Cute Mom Moment

- brandy3 1 Comment

Now I know I have posted this before, but i am doing it again. 5 minutes for mom wants me to share a cute story or photo to try and win a gator flash drive. So I am sharing a cute mom moment

Now this is not a story about me so much, but it is a cute story and a mommy moment too.

sorry the pic is so bad it was taken through glass.  this is Grandma Hope, she is a 35 year old gorilla from the N.C. zoo in Asheboro.

When we went to visit the zoo, the gorillas got up close and personnal with us, especially my kids. Grandma Hope had her baby taken away, and is very fond of children in the zoo. My two girls were playing through the glass with her. She kept giving me awkward looks and nudging toward my stroller. I thought maybe she knew that i had my 3 month old son in there. I took him out and Grandma Hope opened her legs put some straw together and made a nest for my son. It was the cutest mommy moment ever. It was fascinating how even gorillas have the same intuitions and feelings towards babys that we humans have.

mothers day photo

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5 minutes for mom is holding a mothers day giveaway where you could win a $1000.00!!!!!!!  Now for those who know me which most of you don’t. This is something my family definitely needs. With me and my hubby both out of work, him in school and 3 kids. I will be able to do something for myself. for a change!

Being a mother to me is about love and compassion. you have to be willing to open your life fully and sacrifice everything for your children.

Scan_17.jpg image by walleshauserPicture of me with my three children

it can be fun and exciting.

101_0642.jpg image by walleshauser this is a picture of my daughter Alex being goofy

It’s about attitude and letting the little things your kids do to make you mad go.

101_0553.jpg mckenzie with attitude image by walleshauserpic of my daughter Kenzie giving some attitude

No matter how hard things get you always have a cute face to look at.

101_0922.jpg image by walleshauser pic of my son Will. yes i know he is a big little man. 4 months old and 20 pounds. ( he was 10 at birth)

Having to do the hardest things that hurt so much.

000_0062.jpg my hubby image by walleshauser This is a pic of my husband before he left for iraq the 2nd time. (he came back safe)

I would not be who i am today without my children. The biggest reason being a mother is so special to me is…… having the opportunity. I was told as a little girl that i had a 20% chance of a successful pregnancy. I thank god for giving me the opportunity.

 

None of these pictures where poses. except for the top one of me with my 3. thats professional.

 

 

 

portrait of a mother

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when i think about a mom the portrait i imagine in my head is one that sacrifices all. when you decide to become a mother everything should be put aside and you should focus on you child/ children.

pic of me and my kids

i loved playing with dolls as a kid and always pictured myself having 12 kids like my grandmother.  when i was nine those dreams where struck down by a accident. i was told it would be almost impossible to have kids. i had a 20% chance a pregnancy would make it past the first trimester.  when i was 15 i got a niece and another and then a nephew so i was happy with that.  everyone kept telling what a good mother i would be.

i felt a empty feeling inside and tried for years to get pregnant. nothing. well i just gave up hope. when i got married in 2004 i found out a couple weeks later i was pregnant. i sacrificed everything. quit school and work just to make sure i could take good enough care of myself. i was fortunate enough to have a beautiful little girl. i had my miracle. then i had two more. i had complications with every one but i was blessed.

now growing up i was very distant from my mother. she was my best friend at times and i hated her at others. i’m sure to expect that from my kids when they get older. but now that i’m grown and have my own family, i’ve been whisked away from my mother for 4 years. i live over 2000miles away.  it’s ao hard because my mother always tried t be there for me and i wish i could be there for her. she is going through so much. she has mrsa (flesh eating disease) and may possibly even have breast cancer.

the portrait of a mother i see. is one that is willing to sacrifice their life, for there children. no matter what you’ll always be a mother. even if you have to put your career on hold, make the little things count. don’t miss a milestone or birthday because you’ll regret it later.

Microsoft is celebrating motherhood and mother’s day with a “Portraits of Mom” campaign that runs from April 19-May 11, 2008. go on over and enter!   don’t forget to stop by parent bloggers. to check out all the portraits of a mom participants.

*okay so if some of this is out of order. i tried! i got very emotional writing this!

brandy

how we named our children

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This is how we named our children. With my two girls we wanted to come up with names that were not that common and had a link to our Scottish german heritage. we came up with McKenzie and Alexandra. Even though they are common now they were not at that time,  middle names were chosen after a great grandmother on each of our sides.    With my son we wanted something from our heritage again. but we wanted a good strong name that has stood the test of time.  we came up with William, middle name was named after his daddy. My husband is a third generation so we didn’t want to name him the fourth but still carried on the name.   McKenzie Christine Alexandra Dorothy and William Jack.

It’s amazing how many unique and different names there are in this world, so many heritages and everything else.

Cute Story

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I had said in my earlier post we went to the zoo on the 11, well we got up close to the Gorillas. There was glass there of course, but one kept nudging towards my stroller. I took my three month old son out, I figured she wanted to see the baby. She opened her legs and put some straw together for a nest. It was so cute, she wanted to take care of my baby.

m with a gorilla. so funny.

Easter

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 Easter was kind of a wierd one. My husbands birthday was on Easter this year. (which makes him so proud) the last time it was on the 23 was 1913 and the next time will be my husbands 246 birthday. He did all this research about it.
  I made a big dinner for all his family, well the ones that came. Then followed by a cake, it was so stressful on me and me and my husband decided no more family get togethers unless he is out on vacation. Good for me!  Our spring break was the week before and we went and had family portraits done something I have been begging for forever. My husband hates pictures. They came out really good though. I’ll try posting one later it won’t let me right now. We went to the zoo, which i really liked the gorillas came up close to us. They are older females and take to kids so they wanted to come see our kids.  That was about it. So it was a fun 2 weeks for me.

How do you spend time with your family on Easter? Do you do baskets for the kids? Go to Church? Big Dinner?

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