half day

Excited to take a half day today.  The hubs and I have been talking about it months and we're finally taking the day and going out to lunch to eat and have a few drinks by ourselves.  Enjoy a little couple time.  It's so easy to get caught up in our new role as parents and forget to give each other the time that we need.  I admit that sometimes it does make me feel guilty leaving Boy at day care and having fun without him.  He's so easy going that it's not a big deal going to restaurants with him, but we definitely do need more time alone.  We don't leave him with babysitters often because he is in daycare all week so I am hesitant to not spend all the available time we have together on the weekends.  Plus, he's hard work and we have few people I would be comfortable leaving him with.  My parents have watched him a handful of times and it's always nerve racking.  A few weeks ago day care was closed for a holiday that we didn't get and we worked it out that I would work a half day in the am and Hubs would do the afternoon.  My parents only needed to watch him for 2 hours in the middle.  A time period that she have been filled mostly by lunch and napping.  When I got home I found that he barely ate lunch and was awake.  They thought he looked too tired to eat so they stopped feeding him and tried to put him down for nap.  After rocking him for 20 minutes, he eventually did fall asleep but my father insisted on holding him instead of putting him in the crib so when my mom's cell phone rang he woke up and was wide awake because he probably couldn't what the hell was going on. It didn't help that the baby farted and my dad freaked out at the possibility of a diaper change.  It's always nice to come home to two adults standing over a hungry, overtired toddler trying to figure out if he pooped.  Sniff his butt, that's what I do.