mommy and daddy's first night out without baby garrity

Last night mommy and daddy were invited to an engagement party for our friends Jill and Seth. We decided to leave you with Grandma and Grandpa H. while we went to the party. While I have been having a really difficult time spending any time away from you, it was my idea to have you spend the evening with them vs. being passed around at the party; plus you would have been the only child at the party. So we dropped you off at 7pm, on the way out, you fell asleep and I was hoping you would wake up before we left so we could tell you bye and you wouldn't wake up and discover we weren't there (not that you understood anyway) but you did wake up and when I told you bye that's when I started to kind of panic and started to cry a little bit. It was ridiculously hard to leave without you, and Grandma H. even said "you know we won't hurt her don't you", I mean it's not like I doubt the quality of care you would receive from your grandparents, it's just that I can hardly stand the idea of you crying for me and then realizing that I am nowhere to be found! WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID! Anyway, we went to the party and my girlfriends all asked where you were and so of course I started crying and that was pretty much the only thing people asked me about the whole night, so I was dying to get back to you anyway, and with every single conversation being about you, it was difficult to just relax and enjoy myself. So finally at midnight I left and headed out to Grandma and Grandpa H.'s house and found the three of you on their couch watching t.v. well, they were, you were totally asleep on Grandpa's lap, and Grandma would lean over every three minutes or so to kiss you :)

I asked how the night went and if you had cried. You did. You apparently woke up extremely happy and after having you diaper changed on their bed, you rolled around and "talked" and smiled for a while. Then your tummy began to hurt, really badly. So much so that they had to take you for a car ride. You were sobbing so that Grandma cried too. Once in the car, you were finally soothed and when you all returned to their house, your Aunt Blair came out and you all had a good time. Apparently you pooped relieving whatever was causing the upset tummy (Aunt Blair stuck her finger into your diaper to check, and actually had poopy on her finger when she pulled it out) but everyone was happy that you finally felt better. I guess you were fine until it was bed time and you wanted to nurse...a difficult request when I was not around. I guess you finally fell asleep, and when you woke up when I was there I was able to put you immediately back to sleep with a little nursing session. It was so great to have you back in my arms. It kind of makes my eyes water to even think about how great it was actually. Sooo the first night out is finally behind us thank goodness. It will be a very long time before I opt for any baby free activities outside of going back to school which I would totally forego if at all possible to spend my days with you :) but thats a whole other topic...