Big Night Out

Yesterday was our anniversary and tonight we went out on the town to celebrate! Well ... we went to dinner. This is a big deal in the Ward household though because this was the first time since Jax was born over 4 months ago that Jasper and I have gone out alone. We had not left him yet and felt like our fifth anniversary might a good reason. Honestly, I had a little anxiety about leaving my little guy. Not because I was worried about his care as my parents had offered to watch him and I knew they would be fantastic. For weeks now my mom has been watching him some at my house while I work and that wasn't really a concern. I had just always been there for him. We would be gone during bedtime routine and I wouldn't be there to put him in his crib. How could I miss this! Now I realize that this is silly and eventually I was going to need to "step away from the baby" so to speak ... I just needed a little nudge.

So we made early dinner reservations and my parents came up. I gave my mom lots of instructions about the bedtime routine and she smiled and nodded pretending to not think I was a crazy overbearing parent. We gave Jax lots of hugs and kisses and Mom snapped this picture of us before we headed out the door.





We had a great time at dinner and made it through without calling home to see how Jax was doing. It was nice to put on a dress that wasn't covered in spit up, and both be able to enjoy our dinner without taking turns eating while the other one held the baby.

While we were gone my parents took several pictures so that I didn't miss anything. :)

Having playtime in the playroom. Mom had brought up a new toy for Jax

which he seemed very pleased with.

I think my dad was trying to keep Jax happy in this picture.

Not the easiest task when it is really close to bedtime.

Bath time!

We called home after dinner and they said Jax was already asleep with no problems, so we took a little drive before heading home. When we got home I went upstairs and Jax had just woken up and was crying. I could see Mom was disappointed that he had been sleeping so peacefully and was awake and crying when I got home. I think she was worried that I wouldn't leave again! He went back down pretty quickly though and I honestly think he just realized that his mom would need to see and snuggle with him a little bit when she got home... and put him into his crib. :)

Thanks for babysitting Madre and Papa Bear!