"When people say a John Wayne picture got bad reviews, I always wonder if they know it's a redundant sentence, but hell, I don't care. People like my pictures and that's all that counts." John Wayne

May 8^th: Yesterday I was leaning over to Duke to tickle his stomach and he held my face for the first time with both hands and smiled. He is so incredibly sweet. He then proceeded to take the glasses off my face….that he got from his cousins. It’s amazing how big he is now. Here is comparison picture of the first time I held him to now. He is a person.

Today is our first Mother’s Day together. We started off the day very happy and smiley. It seems like Dukes is never in a bad mood (except that time when he was on the Roids). We spend time with the family enjoying our time together. It’s funny to see Duke when people hold him now because his neck and shoulders are much stronger and he is going to be sitting up on his own soon.

I was not expecting anything for Mother’s day, Duke is 7 months old and can’t make anything yet. I am totally looking forward to future works of art by my little bird. I think homemade cards and gifts are sweet.  When we were giving gifts Pop Rock came out with my “gift from Duke.” My money bags of a son got me a Kindle…however he didn’t know Mommy had one. For the rest of the day I got several guilt trips because I am returning my first Mother’s Day gift from Duke (totally feel like a heel).  Duke found a replacement that I didn’t have.