Pounding Down the Punchbowl Cake

11:43 p.m., and I only took 4 pictures during the day.

Merrick and his daddy Doug had his side of the family over to their house today for lunch, so they didn't come over until about 7 o'clock. Merrick is spending the night at our house, and tomorrow we will go to Detroit to pick his momma up from the airport.

While I always feel happy for everyone who celebrates Mother's Day...my mother has been gone for over 6 years now. So...it is always a bitter-sweet day.

Mothers. A gift from God. Special people with special qualities. Loving. Caring. Compassionate. Nurturing. Special. All that coming from a momma's boy (and proud of it!)

Obviously Merrick liked the cake. We don't usually let him eat out of the bowl like that...but there wasn't much left.