A Special Mother's Day

My beautiful daughter is going to turn 5 tomorrow. This is the first time since she was born that Mother's Day falls on May 13th, the day just before she was born. Yes, I missed giving birth on Mother's Day by only one day and I had to wait a whole year to celebrate my first Mother's Day as a mom. How cool would have been to become a mother on Mother's Day? OK, maybe it doesn't rank in the top ten coolest things ever, but for me Mother's Day will always be the day when I "almost" gave birth. I don't remember if I ever told the story on this blog but my due date was in June so after having brunch with my husband five years ago on this day, I kissed him goodbye as he left for the airport to catch a flight for Mexico, where he was supposed to meet up with a group of collegues/friends (it was a business trip that he had planned months in advance that was also sort of a reunion with old friends). Let's just say that he was really looking forward to it, and since my due date was three weeks away we didn't think that there was a risk that our daughter would be born while he was travelling. Well, while he was on his way to the airport, I started to feel bizarre and have spotting (that I didn't have at all during all the pregnancy), so I called my doctor and she had me go to the hospital for a check. I stayed in the hospital all the afternoon until 7 pm and then I was dismissed as "fausse alerte", but in the meanwhile I had stopped my husband from getting on that plane. I think that he was a bit mad at me at first for "ruining" his trip (he still thought that it was nothing and I had overreacted because I was feeling lonely) but when my water broke that same night he had to change his mind and thank me for not letting him go.
History clearly repeats itself because today we had brunch and then he hopped on a plane (but this time I had no excuses to stop him).

In any case, this is my daughter, five year after that Mother's Day. We had her birthday party yesterday and these pics were taken just before the madness (she is wearing a Strawberry Shortcake dress that I found on ebay, since the bday party theme was Strawberry Shortcake):

I have been so busy this week that I hadn't even thought about my outfit until an hour before the party, that was held in a kid gym in the city. In the end I chose to wear the green toothpicks and this Lilly Pulitzer tee because of the cheerful colors (I took off the cardigan of the pics with my daughter because it was too hot outside). Here is the detail, with the JCrew paisley necklace:

Because of the crazyness of the bday party (and bday present opening) yesterday and the fact that my husband was leaving right after lunch, today was pretty low-key. We had brunch together at home and late in the afternoon my daughter and I went for an ice-cream and then to the playground. I was very casual but I spotted a lot of people wearing JCrew for the occasion in the neighborhood.

I hope that you all had a fruitastic Mother's Day!