Ladies, I need you all to wish me an insane amount of luck today. Why you ask?
Jeremy and I have planned a date night!!
In case you are new around these parts: this is a really, really big deal. It's a big deal because Jeremy and I have not been on one date since Henry was born on July 19th of 2011. Yeah, I said 2011. Like...almost two entire years ago. That's a LONG time for a couple not to have one date together, let me tell you!
It hasn't been because of a complete lack of trying, I will assure you this. Every time that we plan a date night, something goes terribly wrong. Someone dies or ends up in the hospital, a severe storm hits, Henry hyperventilates from screaming so much and we get called home... I swear I'm not exaggerating here! It almost feels taboo for me to even talk about having a date today because it makes me fear that something awful will happen and we will have to cancel. Again.
I haven't even planned anything specific. I have no idea what we will do or where we will go. It's to cold to do anything outdoors and my ankle prohibits us from doing anything too physical right now, but I'm not going to let that stop us. Even if we just get dinner out together, it will be better than nothing! Any suggestions as to what we can do tonight? It's been so long since we've 'dated' that I'm not sure either of us really know how to anymore!
How often do you and your husband have a 'date night'? I would love for us to be able to have a date once a month. I know that probably sounds minimal, but we really enjoy spending time together as a family and prefer to do most things together. However, we also know it's important to spend time together alone as a couple too. How do you balance couple time and family time?
YEAH for a date night! We go on a few when our family comes in town every few months and then maybe a couple other times a year we get a babysitter to do something 'fun'! :)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately for us, Jeremy's sister keeps his parent's tied up and we really don't have any other family to rely on as sitters. We've talked about finding a babysitter, but it's so hard to trust someone in your home and with your child. Not to mention, we don't even know where to start looking since we're pretty much the only people we know that has kids! Haha!
DeleteHappy Date Night! Right now, we don't really do date nights simply because we're trying to save every penny for the wedding. Of course, we also don't have any children, so it's not like we have something (or someone) else vying for our attention and time. I hope you two have fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! Yeah, we didn't really do a lot of 'date' nights when it was just the two of us either, but even sitting on the couch and having dinner and watching a movie in silence together would be quite the date for us at this point.
DeleteYAY for date night! We try to get a date night in once a month. To make it easier on us, Marcus, and the sitter, we wait to go out until after Marcus goes to bed (his bed time is 7:15/7:30ish). We usually just grab dinner, or catch a movie. If we have family in town we'll stay out a little longer.
ReplyDeleteThat is very smart of you two! Henry has never been much of a sleeper. He goes to bed between 9:30 and 10 most nights and is back up at 7. Since Jeremy and I don't have a day that one of us don't have to be to work the next morning, we're usually both ready for bed too.
DeleteHAVE a wonderful night! You deserve it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Ashley! So far, we're still on! I'm so excited!
DeleteYay for date night!! Before we had kids we always said we would be religious about having a date night once a week...HAHAHAHAHA!!! We probably average a date night out once a quarter. But we have lots of at home dates featuring Red Box and Ben & Jerrys : ) I think the key is to not over complicate things and not neglect the importance of making time for each other even if it looks so much different than your ideal date. Happy date night to you! Hope it's awesome!
ReplyDeleteWe do a lot of movie nights as well, but they are always interrupted with phone calls and Henry wanting to play. But that's okay, something is better than nothing!
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