Yesterday was Cache's Priest Ordination (yes, he's grown. . . again)
and Greta's blessing day. Look at the dress my mom made for Greta. It truly was so very beautiful. (and it met my specifications of not being too long and flowy and had a subtle splash of color. I just loved it; thanks, Mom.)
Good things about the day: The blessing dress fit (whole other story). Greta looked so very beautiful and I was reminded how thankful, thankful, thankful I am to have her in my life. Greta was given a beautiful blessing; as was Cache. I was reminded how very blessed I am. Lots of family was there (and they helped with Tess during sacrament meeting). The weather was very nice. We had a nice quiet spot for lunch (the equestrian park) with a pavilion and power to keep food warm and cook tortillas. (that took a lot of pressure off of having it at my house) And we had enough food. Greta didn't have a blow out in her blessing dress! All good!
However. . .
The blessing day is always and inevitably my worst postpartum day. And Greta's day won the grand prize. There was a sobbing-uncontrollably-on-my-mom's-shoulder kind of meltdown in front of everyone. It wasn't pretty. And I'm not proud.
It had been a VERY hard week with Tess. I hadn't slept good the night before. (Tessa issues) I didn't have time for breakfast. The meat didn't turn out as good as I had hoped. Greta needed to be fed TWICE in the time when I really needed to be overseeing the happenings with the meal. We ran out of paper plates. I'm really not good at these hostessy kinds of things in the first place. And then the river just started flowing. . . .
Did I mention I was emotionally spent?
I'm better now (Tom, time, sleep, my mom taking Tess for a few days and nice emails have helped tons). In our conversation last night, Tom commended me for keeping the severe blessing-day meltdowns to 40%. (On Caleb's day I burnt the roast.) "You're under 50%, my dear, and that's great!" Bless him for keeping me around through the good, bad and the UGLY!
(maybe more pictures later)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Meltdown
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3 comments:
Glad the weather was good so you could have the dinner somewhere other than your house. Things like that stress me out too.
Greta's dress is simply amazing.
Greta's dress is so cute! Moms and husbands are so great at being there when you need them.
It's good to know that I am not the only one with "meltdowns" during family functions. It's just too much pressure! I love Gretta's dress. Your mom is one talented lady.
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