First Night Away from Toddler

Shouldn't that say first night away from BABY?  Probably, but we finally did our first night away from Kyla and she is 2 1/2 next month.  Oh well!  LOL.  So this isn't nessicarily because we wanted to wait that long, but because we don't have a whole lot of trust worthy options available to us as far as babysitting is concerned.  And trust worthy is the key word there...I am not just going to leave my kid with anyone.  We went out of town for 1 night, just to a place 1 hour away, in Walla Walla and it was nice.  We stayed at a Bed & Breakfast and the weather was kind of rainy so we just hung out in shops, ate at nice restaurants and dessert shops.  My baby (inside) I'm sure enjoyed the trip.  We were going to go to a movie but I had been looking around town for these people who do horse drawn carriage rides.  This is something I have ALWAYS wanted to do, but had never gotten the chance, and so I had it planned out that we would do it.  Well turns out after I had given up, I spotted them coming down toward the main street so I yelled at my Husband to chase after them.  HAHA, so we did and we took a ride.  It was about a half hour through town and was so fun.  It was raining so we snuggled up under blankets and I had my hot chocolate and all was good, the carriage was covered so it was warm.  After that we went back to the Bed & Breakfast and got in the hot tub for a while (no worries about cooking baby, we didn't turn the temp any higher than 99 degrees, but I still sat in it for too long, felt icky after getting out), anyhow, then we relaxed for a bit and went out to dinner at a nice restaurant and headed back to the B&B.  I was passed out by 9.  LOL, a full day for pregnant me, equals an early bed time for me. 
Kyla did well, her Grandma babysat her at our house.  She was a little wound up after we got home, but settled down later in the day.  She has been doing awesome on the potty, which is nice.  No more diapers is good.  At least we will get a break for about 4.5 months, then we start is all over again for another 2 years or so.  :)  I'm still trying to figure out a name for this little girl.  Greg came up with a pretty good one, so it's a very possible right now.  The thing with girls is you have to come up with not just 1 name, but two, for the middle.  If it was a boy I was just going to use Greg's name as the middle name.  Oh well.  I had a doctor appointment last Friday and I was 110, so I've gained 7 lbs so far this pregnancy, which is good, considering I only gained 10 with Kyla.  I'm sure by the end I'll gain probably 20 in total maybe, which is actually very healthy, so we will see.  For now I am feeling awesome...this pregnancy has been amazing besides the first scary part, but as far as feeling good, I have felt barely like I am even pregnant with this kid.  Total opposite from my pregnancy with Kyla, that was miserable, which is why I wasn't sure I even wanted to do it again.  God is blessing me with this easy one. 

Greg and I are going to start doing Sunday School in Kyla's class room on a regular basis.  It's not too bad, just a rotation every 4-5 weeks, so it's like a handful of times over the summer.  Should be fun but busy, especially as my belly gets bigger.  Anyhow, hope everyone is doing well.  Check back in, in a few weeks.