All is happy and quiet around here today, and I’m very thankful for that.  It was a rough weekend for our entire household with the little one spending about 22 out of each 24 hour day on a sleeping strike thanks to her teeth.

Saturday night Ellie stayed with her Mom mom and Pop pop for a few hours while Mommy and Daddy had a date night.  She did pretty well although she’s not used to staying over there for an extended period of time, and she’s going through a bit of separation anxiety, too.  She didn’t realize we were gone until about 10 minutes before we returned, so I think she did great.  We’re trying to get her used to staying with all her Grandparents for longer periods of time, so we can have a baby free date night twice a month.

Sure she stays with my Grandparents and aunt a lot, but they both live next door to us, and she never stays for more than a couple hours at a time.  If something is wrong I can run next door to get her.  I’m not used to having a 30 minute drive to pick her up when she needs me, so I think I’m going to have to get used to it just as much as she is.

As for Hubby and I, we both felt completely lost without her.  We went to dinner at Clemson Sushi Bar and did a little shopping.  Once our shopping was done we both were at a loss as to what to do next.  We still had a couple of hours of baby free time, but we didn’t know how to spend it.  We could have gone home, but we’d have used half our free time just driving home and back, so we did the only thing we could think of.  We visited our best friends who we visit almost every weekend.

This is the only time we’ve been to their house without the baby, and their 16 month old son knew it.  He kept throwing his hands up in the air, babbling with a questioning look on his face then asking “bebe?” because he totally knew she wasn’t there to play with him.

I did enjoy getting to spend time with my friends without having to keep a close eye on Ellie at all times, but I felt kind of sad watching their son play alone.  I made a mental note to take Ellie by one day this week so they can play for a bit.

I don’t know what the grandparent’s did with her while we were gone, but by the time we made it home Saturday night she was completely tuckered.  All those sleepless nights probably finally piled up on her as well, and she’s slept like an angel since.  She’s even slept through the night the last 3 nights.  Maybe date night is what we all needed!