Time for some adult...time?

My parents have been in town since Wednesday…needless to say, Jen and I really look forward to when they are in town. We love to visit with them and hang out, we love to see their interaction with all of our boys, but this time, I must admit, it was all about us... This trip, they were staying for over a week so we didn’t feel like we had to cram everything in. We were getting a well-deserved break, and were able to get out with each other, to the gym, dinner, for coffee, and relish the time we can spend to ourselves. Ever since we felt that Parker and Jack could adjust to a schedule, we were on a mission to “take the night time back” (in a very similar fashion to a neighborhood watch program). This really just meant that we had a goal to get ALL the boys in bed by 7:30p. Sure there are days that this doesn’t go exactly to plan, but for the most part, we are on track. Jen and I will sometimes wait to eat dinner until they all go to be so we can actually enjoy a meal. One forgets though, that even though we have that time together at night, WE STILL CAN’T GO ANYWHERE!!!!! When MawMaw and PawPaw are in town, we get to take advantage of the time and get out of the house as much as possible.

This trip served a special purpose, they once again came in to save the day and watch the boys while we were headed to NOLA for an engagement party at Jen’s parent’s house. My parents were going to watch the boys for their first overnight trip away from us (at our house in BR). The two of us have never spent the whole night away from the three of them, especially not in different cities. It was quite the uneventful night on my parent’s part. The boys all were kept on their schedule (did I mention that both my parents are military??) and Jen and I were the ones forced to adjust. It had been over 2 years since we were at GiGi and Pop’s place without any kids. We used to head into NOLA for the weekend on a pretty regular basis, hang out, go out to eat, visit the French Quarter or Harrah's or whatever...but now when we go in, we spend the majority of our time packing, unpacking, feeding, changing, etc. It is quite a different experience without the kids. I walked into their house and it had an eerie quietness about it. Jen and I looked at each other and thought it was strange. We were able to sleep in (even though we both woke up at 6:45am anyway, we were able to go back to sleep), something we haven’t done in quite some time. We were able to pack up and leave in almost record time (instead of juggling car seats, pack-and-plays, toys, diaper bags, etc). As much as we missed our guys, it was nice to get some time with each other and hang out with the rest of the Dietz clan (and spent all of that time talking about our kids).

When we got back to BR, we still had to know every detail of their afternoon/evening/ night/morning, but it was nice to know that we were still capable of getting out and interacting with adults. We wouldn’t change it for the world, but it was fun to experience a night out - sans kids. Thanks MawMaw and PawPaw for letting us get out and enjoy some adult time.

(I have to get the pics from our night out from Jen's mom, so I will post them later)