Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

The other day, I was sitting around and suddenly decided I wanted a lemon poppy seed muffin. I cannot remember the last time I had one, but it sounded so delicious and I needed it in my belly stat. I confirmed with Parker that he didn't have a drug test coming up (apparently the poppy seed sometimes yields a false positive on that...odd), and happily drove myself for the store. 
These definitely hit the spot and were gone in about 3 days. We munched on these for breakfast, ate them as snacks, and even doubled them as dessert after dinner. So clearly, we hated them. Kidding kidding. We both loved them, and if you are looking for a yummy muffin recipe, then you will love these too. I will be making them again!
This recipe will yield 12 muffins.
Ingredients: 2/3 cup sugar zest +juice of 1 lemon 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled 2 Tbsp poppy seeds
Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line muffin tin with muffin cups.  2. In a large bowl, rub sugar and lemon zest together until fragrant. Whisk in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  3. In another bowl, combine the greek yogurt, eggs, vanilla, lemon juice, and melted butter.  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently stir with a rubber spatula to blend. Do not over mix. Fold in the poppy seed and divide batter evenly among the muffin cups.  5. Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in muffin tin for 5 minutes before removing to eat. 

Enjoy!

On Mother's Day

So Mother's Day was yesterday. I had been thinking about it off and on the days leading up to Sunday but tried not to let it consume my thoughts. Obviously, it's a little bittersweet for me. Thankfully I got to celebrate my amazing mother and wonderful mother-in-law, and that made the day and days leading up to it a lot easier. We mailed gifts this year and unfortunately didn't get to be with either of our moms (thanks Navy!), but we did get to be with them via the interwebs! Facetime is a beautiful thing, yall.   
I woke up Sunday morning and Parker immediately said "Oh good, now I can give you your card!". I don't know if I woke up with a fresh batch of hormones or what because I just lost it and the tears started flowing. Whether or not yesterday is a day for me or not is up to discretion and a debate I would never want to get into, but it felt good to be loved on and to read the sweet words my husband had written for me. 

The necklace was a Christmas gift, but I wear it every day and love it!

After I read the beautiful card, I checked my phone and found texts from sweet family and friends telling me happy mother's day. It was so humbling and so, so thoughtful. The blogging community has also been absolutely amazing and Bailey, Jen, and Laura made me feel so special with their sweet notes. I felt very loved on yesterday! So thankful. 
We went to church and it felt amazing to worship and feel God's love pour over me during that hour. The pastor talked about what a joyous day Mother's Day is but touched on how hard this day is for some too. My heart instantly went out to all of those yearning for a baby and all of those who had lost babies like I have. Yesterday wasn't heartbreaking because I didn't have a baby. It was heartbreaking because she wasn't with me. I would rather love and have lost than to never have loved at all. So thankful for the beautiful angel baby that made me a mother. The joy is absolutely worth the pain. My journey with her has been my greatest achievement and greatest blessing! Thank you God. 

Last but not least, here's a picture of my mom and her girls. What a wonderful mama she has been to us. We love you mom!!

I know, we don't look related at all.