Alone time with my husband

It's not that I don't love my daughter dearly, because I would do absolutely anything for her, and that's not an exaggeration.  But "date nights" alone with my husband, enabled by my Mom watching our daughter for a night or two at a time, are so very special.  We don't go on spectacular adventures or necessarily do things that we couldn't do with our daughter around, but it's the little things like:

  • Having completely uninterrupted conversations
  • Eating whatever we want (this one will get us into trouble someday...)
  • Being able to clean the house without a mini-tornado behind us
  • Playing video games together
  • Did I mention the uninterrupted conversations? Those are nice
This weekend is one of those weekends where my Mom is being a saint and watching our daughter for two nights in a row.  Two glorious days of getting my husband to myself and vice versa.  I can't wait to make his pecan pie tonight for his birthday.

1 comments:

Andrea January 25, 2011 at 2:14 AM  

If watching dear sweet Caroline earns me the title of saint, then I wear the title with gratitude... however undeserved. Caroline is the saintly one!! What a doll baby!!! xoxoxoxo

There is no such cozy combination as man & wife. ~Menander

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