Nights out on the town

Saturday, March 10th, Stella attended her first party!! We went "around the corner" to celebrate Christy and Brad's engagement and to give them the proper send off as they move to North Carolina. Stella was thrilled to be going out and was all dressed up in her finest pink outfit, but once at the party, she decided sleeping was the big priority. While friends oohed and aahed, Stella slept through all the commotion of party goers, basketball fans (specifically Miami Redhawk fans) cheering on the big MAC win and anything else that happened to be going on. Hopefully we'll get invited to more parties since she behaved herself so well!

***By the way, Christy and Brad, congratulations again and good luck to you both
as you make this big move and begin planning for your wedding.
What an exciting time!! We'll be praying for you!***

Sunday, March 11th...well, we did it! We went out on our own for the first time since our sweet Stella was born!
Stella's Grandma Karen was in town this past weekend and was more than happy to offer to be Stella's first baby-sitter. After some encouragement and deep thought, I gave in to the idea of going out. So, Nick and I ventured out into a world that we sort of forgot about. A world where I wasn't listening for Stella's cry and where people didn't know that we were new parents. I wasn't sure how I would do away from her, but was delighted to know that she was fine and that I would be too. Obviously someone who has raised 4 children and is on her 16th grandchild is more than capable of watching a baby for a couple of hours. (this was something that I had to keep reminding myself of)
We enjoyed dinner out and conversation to ourselves and were welcomed home to a sleeping baby that I am certain had no idea that we were gone. What a blessing to have Grandma here to trust with our loved one. Not sure when the next date night will be, but I'm glad to know we can handle just a couple of hours away!
I highly encourage any new parents or parents to be, to say, "Yes" when friends and family offer to babysit. It's really great to have the opportunity to focus on each other too!