{"id":2027,"date":"2012-05-18T21:42:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T04:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evamariephoto.com\/blog\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2013-07-20T16:01:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T23:01:02","slug":"mothers-day-2012-picnic-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/2012\/05\/mothers-day-2012-picnic-arboretum\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Day 2012. Picnic. Arboretum."},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the best thing about being a mother? Well, getting spoiled on Mother\u2019s Day of course! Just kidding. I can proudly say I am celebrating my second mother\u2019s day, and I did it in style. Last year, my little bebe was only a little over two months so I was not only a new mama, but a milk-making moo, I mean cow. Did I just call myself a cow? That\u2019s right, just hook me up to a pump and feed me grass. I\u2019m just being real ya\u2019ll. This year was much different. He was a walking, talking and a playing machine. I have more freedom to get crafty, but I\u2019m doing a lot more chasing too!<\/p>\n

I wanted to do a little something for myself. Yes, I was planning on being selfish on mother\u2019s day. I mean come on, the lil\u2019 guy can\u2019t make me breakfast until at least three more years (Daddy better start teaching him how to start flipping\u2019 that french toast). \u00a0My sisters and I put together a Mother\u2019s Day picnic at one of our mommy\u2019s favorite spots, the Arcadia Arboretum. Vintage books, a chair, and wooden containers were filled with pretty pastel flowers, mouth-watering french macaroons, and homemade doughnuts. I made tissue paper and lace garland as a backdrop, but my favorite detail was the bright pink afghan that we used to relax on while getting our fill of desserts, sandwiches, and spinach quiche.<\/p>\n

Mother\u2019s day is about celebrating with the ones we nurture or nurture us. I love my son with all my heart. Every moment I spend with him is like a firework on the 4th of July. He lights up my life and his firecracker personality never gets dull. My mom and I are so close that we could be sisters, literally only a decade and some more years apart, but that\u2019s what I love about our relationship. We can talk about everything and anything from my goals to what I\u2019m going to wear for the next party. Unfortunately, my sisters and I didn\u2019t get any pictures with our mommy dearest because her and our two younger sisters were running late. When they arrived there wasn\u2019t any more time to pose for pictures and we were so excited that us five girls, grandson, and \u201cNana\u201d were all together in the same place at the same time that we completely forgot to snap that camera. This is why it is so important to make sure you always try and capture your memories, weather big or small, they all matter!<\/p>\n

\"\"My favorite, next to creme br\u00fbl\u00e9e, next to flan, next to\u2026oh what the heck I\u2019m a sweet addict.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"I adore my sisters, and I guess we were all using the same color swatch while shopping.
\n\"\"\"\"My husband was behind the lens in all theses shots. He\u2019s not so bad, huh?\"\"\"\"\"\"And here he is, busy getting into some sort of shinanigans.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the best thing about being a mother? Well, getting spoiled on Mother\u2019s Day of course! Just kidding. I can proudly say I am celebrating my second mother\u2019s day, and I did it in style. Last year, my little bebe was only a little over two months so I was not only a new mama, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,14],"tags":[120,354,119,121,355],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4894,"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions\/4894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}