Shh, don't tell my husband he was right..
Thu, March 18, 2010 This month my husband and I celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary. Each year since our first son was born we made a promise to go away alone, to spend "alone" time together. I cried the very first time we left our son, I cried the next year after that, and then the year after that when our second son came along and we had two, of course I cried even harder.
I cry a ton. I hate leaving the kids. And I kick and stomp my feet right up until we board the plane. But my husband has an extremely valid point, when we are home we don't know how to relax. Real life is always chasing us, even if we sneak away for an hour or two we never really know how to relax.
When the plane touched down in Jamaica last weekend and I felt the warm air and sun hit my face, I exhaled. I knew the boys were being taken care of, I knew the plane just landed safely and our quick getaway had started.
We had good friends join us on our trip which just added to the good times. For three days we did nothing but laugh and lounge. And boy did we laugh. (we won't talk about how much rum was consumed..LOL)
There were no laptops.
No TV shows.
No dieting.
And my husband and I talked. Real conversations. And I looked like a girl for a couple of days. Did my hair everyday, something that does not happen at home all the time because real life makes it impossible to do a complete blow out with mascara.
Every year we come home and walk through that door and kiss the boys until they get all prune like on their cheeks. They tell us how much fun they had while we were gone and how much they missed us. And we tell them just how much our hearts hurt from missing them so much and kiss them some more.
In the end, my husband was right. (and you too Jenn.. LOL) We need to remind ourselves who we are outside of Mom and Dad. We are blessed to have the boys, and we know the door is quickly closing on our our solo vacations because they are getting older but this getaway was so needed.
Here are some of my favorite photographs from the trip. If you want to see all of them, head over to my Facebook Fan Page.. :)
Reader Comments (9)
I'm so thrilled that you got to get away. You both deserved it.
As always, gorgeous photos.
xo
OHHH!!! How wonderful!!!!! My husband and I went away ONCE in the 10 years we have been married.....and that was for ONE night. I also have a hard time leaving my kiddos. We also don't have the most available, willing or easy going babysitters in the world.
We went to Jamaica for our honeymoon! I loved it! But you didn't mention - where in Jamaica were you? We stayed in Negril.
Your husband IS right - a weekend getaway with your spouse should be mandatory. This year, on our 10th anniversary, we are finally getting away together. I think we will make it a yearly tradition because 10 years is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long.
Happy anniversary!
A weekend getaway sounds glorious. I think my oldest (she turns 21 in Aug.) was about 2 the last time hubs and I got away alone. I think we're over due.
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I'm glad you guys got to get away, sounds like you had a lovely time!
Ahhhh a weekend getaway... How beautiful!
Getting away IS so important. I'm glad you went, and I hope you will continue to do so as long as you are able!!! Beautiful photos :D
Oh I don't know , Since we had kids , we have not spent 1 vacation without them all .
We couldn't stand the thought of us having fun and leaving them behind .