Jacob just turned 30 on a few weeks ago, and I just wanted to announce this milestone to our friends and family! I surprised him by setting up a night away at Ross Bridge Resort here in Birmingham. It was one of the most difficult things I've decided to do - leaving Charles for the first night ever was easier said than done. Our sweet cousins, the Watts Family, volunteered to have Charles come have a "slumber party" with their children, and so the planning began.
On the day of Jacob's birthday, I filled him in our plans, and he was so excited to have a nice romantic dinner and a night with just the two of us. Even though Charles is normally asleep by 7pm every night, it's never a night away from the tv, email, and phones. So, this night would be totally devoted to each other and celebrating Jacob's day. Yes, I cried all the way to the Watt's house with pictures in my head of Charles waking up in the middle of the night crying out for his mommy or him screaming the whole time. But as we were saying our goodbyes, Charles barely looked up from this fun keyboard the kids were playing with. I felt much better to see he could survive without mommy, and we were off to our date night!
We had a yummy dinner and night alone. I am embarassed to tell anyone what time we were asleep, but let's just say we did not make it to the David Letterman show. We were quite refreshed the next morning and ready to pick Charles up by 9am. He gave the biggest grin when we walked in the door, and he got rave reviews from the kids. He had a ball playing with his cousins, which was a special time for all of them. Thank you Watts Family for our first night away! Should we book New York next?
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