In 2004 I celebrated my 2nd Mother’s Day (3rd actually since I demanded a Mother’s Day gift when I was pregnant with EBoy) amidst a cold that simply didn’t want to go away. I’ve always had issues with allergies so I wasn’t surprised when I started having allergy flareups in Atlanta. At the time I’d been watching EBoy and his best friend every day. I planned to incorporate regular walks utilizing our wagon to take the boys throughout the neighborhood for their fun and my getting in shape. However after my first long walk I had to return home within minutes, a sniffling red eyed mess with hives from my skin’s sudden reaction to the peaceful Atlanta spring I was so looking forward to enjoying.

It seemed like weeks on end that I suffered from this cold and allergy symptoms until one day it dawned on me that my “cold” seemed to appear at the same time my fairly recently returned period had completely disappeared again. So Mother’s Day saw me run around to Dollar General (closest store to our house to purchase a test) and on that day I got the best Mother’s Day gift yet:

A positive pregnancy test confirming that ETot was on the way!!! Turns out my sniffles and skin sensitivities weren’t seasonal they were all to do with being with child. Although at the time we really thought EBoy would be our only child, our little surprise turned out to be one of the best things to ever happen to us.

If you’d like to check out some Mother’s Day gift ideas that don’t involve nausea or changing diapers try GetInHerHead. While finding out I was pregnant with ETot was my best gift ever, no more little ones will be announcing their arrival in the immediate future. Hopefully EDad will get some great new gift ideas from GetInHerHead.com

This was part of the Blog Blast: Gifts Gone Right, Gifts Gone Wrong with GetInHerHead.com from