Mothers Day :)

This was a very nice Mothers Day weekend! This past week we both have finished finals and Michael has graduated! Aw...it feels good to be done. I start summer school in a week, so I only have a few days off from school. I am very ready to be done with school but am taking it one semester at a time.
On Friday Michael and I went to Ankeny with BellaRose to go out to eat. It turned out to be a disaster! She screamed the entire time. I get so flustered when I am doing everything I can but nothing stops her from screaming. It seems like just when we have her figured out she changes on us and does something different. Bella is getting to a difficult point because she wants to be more independent but can't yet. We are getting in a tough spot in which we are scared to take her anywhere but we can't just stay home all the time. It is very frustrating and I feel as though we are going backwards, rather than making progress. I guess everyone goes through this but it is hard to know how to handle it.
Saturday was a really fun day. We went to McFarland Park to go on a hike with BellaRose. We walked a lot and most of it was in the middle of the woods. Bella did so well! I really couldn't believe how good she was. She just sat in her baby carrier and looked around. We discovered, too late unfortunately, that we didn't bring any sort of a jacket for her. It was a chilly day and her hands were getting cold. After a little coaxing I talked Michael into taken off his undershirt and putting it on Bella. She looked very cute walking around in the woods with her dads shirt on :) He is such a good dad.
On Sunday we asked mom if she could watch Bella so we could try out a new church. We quickly decided that this church was not for us. It was kind of disappointing because we thought we found a nice smaller church that we could really be involved in. The church was just a little too intense for our taste. People were screaming through the whole thing and talking in tongues. I don't find anything wrong with this I just don't prefer it. I really don't think that it is necessary to act like this to show you are full of the Holy Sprit. In the end the whole experience was a little bit of a let down.
Overall, this was a very good first Mothers Day weekend. When I ws giving BellaRose a bath tonight I was thinking that that was the best part of the weekend, just the small interactions with her. I can't believe that I am a mom and and Mothers Day has taken on a whole new meaning.