Max had a BIG first this week: his first overnight stay with Grandmother and Grandpa (his first overnight stay away from both Mama and Daddy). And, who are we kidding, Mama and Daddy had a pretty big first, too: our first overnight stay AWAY from our Max.
I'll admit: I tried really hard not to let it hurt my feelings that I was the one with separation anxiety, not Max. (Could he not have cried a LITTLE when we left?!) We are very thankful for awesome grandparents that love their Max, too, though; Max had the best time. And although we missed him A LOT, we had ourselves a great date-night adventure, too! (But, ok, we're not afraid to admit that pretty much everything we saw or did reminded us of our little man!)
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| Date-night FUN! :) |
Date-Night Stop 1: Pink Palace Museum + IMAX movie
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| We really enjoyed the dinosaur exhibit at the PP. But of course... it made us think of Max and his love of dinosaurs. And... we missed him!! |
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| Giant polar bear: really cool... but we couldn't help but think about how Max would have thought this was so cool, too. And... we missed him!! |
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| Even dancing like Elvis made us miss dancing with our Max!! |
Date-night Stop 2: The Melting Pot (yum, yum, and yummmm!)
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| If you know me, you know that fondue is one of my FAVORITE things! |
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| No complaints from Yakko either! |
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| The Melting Pot was REALLY fun. And REALLY yummy. And... it was nice to sit down, relax, and enjoy a meal uninterrupted, but ok... we still missed him!! :) |
Although we definitely missed the "3 Amigos" being together, Yakko and I so-enjoyed our rare night with just the 2 of us. So thankful for time together. :)
And a major-bonus...we got to see a couple of our other very favorite little people when we picked Max up the next day:
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| Lucy and Max: these 2 may be trouble in another year or so... |
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| Sweet cousins! |
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| The more the merrier!! Can't wait for even more cousins! |
Kissin' cousins:
Max LOVES his girly cousins!!
"I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long." -Brian Andreas, StoryPeople
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ReplyDeleteThose cute lil pics of Max and cuzins!! Priceless!