Maddie & Tae‘s Taylor Kerr is excited to celebrate her first Mother’s Day as the mom to Leighton Grace Kerr this Sunday (May 8th) and plans include lots of snuggling and hanging out at the house.

She, husband/songwriter Josh Kerr and daughter Leighton have been through a wild ride to get to this point. She gave birth to her daughter January 17th approximately three months early and weighing in at 2 lbs, 5 oz. The baby was released from the NICU after 53 days and allowed to join her parents at home.

“This is the very first Mother’s Day that I will be spending as a mother myself, which still kind of feels crazy to say sometimes, but I just feel so honored that I get to be Leighton’s mom,” says Tae. “We have had quite the journey, but I wouldn’t trade any second for anything in the world. She has been such a joy to grow and to now watch; her little personality is shining through, and we’re just making some really special memories over here in the Kerr household and I feel so blessed that I get to be a mom, get to be her mom. And we’ll probably just spend this Mother’s Day hanging out at the house, (and) maybe (husband) Josh’ll make me some dinner. He is a great cook, and yeah, I’ll just snuggle up on my baby. She’s very snuggly and she likes my kisses, so that’s what we’ll be doing.”

Recently, Tae shared her birth story on the duo’s socials chronicling having to be admitted to the hospital at 24 weeks pregnant and ordered to on strict bedrest. She posted the video on April 6th which was daughter Leighton’s actual due date.

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After being forced to reschedule their tour dates when Tae faced pregnancy complications, the two will hit the road on their “CMT Next Women of Country Tour Presents: All Song No Static Tour” launching September 15th in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.