Ren, I believe you have a toddler, right? My son will be 2 this month and I can tell you what I would like for Mother's day. Maybe it will help.
I've been asking my husband for a year to buy one of those pottery barn frames that shows a baby's first year. It has a window for every month and then a big window for the 1 year picture. My husband finally got it for my birthday, but he didn't put it together, which is kind of the whole point!
For Father's Day, I went to My Publisher and made him a photo book. I titled it "My First Year With Daddy." I would LOVE to get something like this.
What I don't want is a thoughtless gift that takes 5 minutes to buy at the mall. Mother's Day is supposed to be a sentimental holiday.