Saturday, February 25th Our Anniversary Getaway

Well we are home from our quick anniversary getaway. Now I know that we only went to little ol’ St. George, but I was alone with my husband for 24 hours. We got to talk and eat and shop as much as we wanted for one whole day. We had a wonderful time just the two of us. But on the way to drop the boys off to my mom’s yesterday, Easton started complaining that his ear hurt, and of course I didn’t bring any of his medicine or ear drops to give to my mom. So she got to take care of sick kids while we were gone. The boys really got hit hard with this sickness. Typically when Easton gets croup it’s over and done in a couple days. But his cough hasn’t really gotten much better and he had a fever today and earaches yesterday and today as well. It seems that Teagan might be getting better. I woke up with a really sore throat and stuffy nose this morning. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.

After I dropped the boys off, I came home and finished getting my stuff ready. Then Jacob came home from work and got showered, and we headed to St. George. It was nice to be alone with my husband for a car ride. I love going on road trips with the boys too, but this kind of reminded me of our honeymoon to Lake Tahoe. Just the two of us chatting and having a good time without having to take care of the boys. Even though I wouldn’t trade the boys for anything, of course, and neither would Jacob. Still, husbands and wives need alone time, and that’s just a fact, so we certainly enjoyed being together just the two of us. We got into St. George about 8 Vegas time, and we drove right to Texas Roadhouse. I LOVE that place. Their rolls and rattlesnake bites are just about my favorite. Jacob had never been there before, and he was extremely pleased with our delicious meal. I didn’t get a pic of the two of us together there, just one of each of us separately.

After Texas Roadhouse, it was already kinda late and we just wanted to sit and relax, so we drove to Amanda’s house and got cozy in our jammies watching pointless TV. I’m glad that we don’t have TV. I felt like there was a whole lot of nothing on and what was on just made me feel dumber for watching it.  Jacob felt the same way. We stayed up late watching reruns and enjoying each other’s company before finally going to bed around 1:30 am. I didn’t sleep very well, mostly because I’m pregnant and have a hard time getting comfortable, and also because my throat started really hurting in the night. I finally got some good sleep in the early morning hours, and Jacob and I climbed out of bed around 10:30. So I started getting ready and washing the sheets and towels we had used, and after that was all done and the house was left like we found it, we headed off to spend the afternoon together. We started off with breakfast/lunch at IHOP around 12:30. It was sad to eat there and not be able to eat pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream, but my fruit crepe with yogurt and granola wasn’t terrible. However, I am now even more certain that the first thing I will eat after the next 6 weeks are over will be pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream. After IHOP we went to Downeast Basics Clothing and Home Store. My husband was so sweet to browse the store with me looking at furniture that I can only dream about. We found a table we loved and couches we will someday have. Then we went to a shoe store because we were on the hunt for new shoes for Jacob. So we went to Kohl’s after that and then to the Skechers outlet and found shoes for him that we both liked (and that was a miracle, let me tell you). There were also having a sale, buy 1 get the second pair half off, so I got a new pair of workout shoes since mine are falling apart. After the shoe store we headed to Tai Pan because I’ve heard all about it and have never been there, and it is a terrific home décor store. What a good husband, right? To let me drag him around home décor stores just to look around. He didn’t even complain – he did it so lovingly. After Tai Pan, we went and got smoothies. He wanted a treat but I’m not eating sugar, so luckily we found a really healthy smoothie place where I got a delicious all fruit smoothie. And the nice man who owned the place took our picture so that we’d have a picture of us together on our anniversary getaway. It is important to note that I was having a fabulous hair day, and it needed to be captured on camera. Annnnnd, we’re just cute together.

After our smoothies, we got in the car and headed home. About 20 minutes after we were out of St. George, we got a blowout. But we said, “We have a spare, so we’re fine.” And there was indeed a spare. But no jack and no tire iron. And we just so happened to have gotten this blowout right where we had no cell service. Perfect, right? So we stood at the side of the road for about 15 minutes staring helplessly at the cars passing by, hoping someone would stop and help us. I even  put my belly out there, like “Look, poor me, I’m pregnant and we’re stuck on the side of the road.” And nothing. Nobody cared about me and my unfortunate circumstances. Nobody cared that I might have gone into labor. Finally, after about 15 minutes of our pathetic waving (Well Jacob was waving) a nice man pulled over and had the jack and tire iron. He didn’t even speak much English, but he was so kind to pull over and see what he could do to help us. After getting the spare on and thanking the man for his help, we were back on the road. We got to my mom’s at about 6:45, and my poor Easton was laying on the couch with a fever and a slight earache. I hate it when my kids are laying down sick. It’s so not what kids do, so when they just lay there, you know they feel plain lousy. We ate some dinner at my mom’s and then got the boys home and into bed. I put some drops in Easton’s ear and gave him some ibuprofen for the pain and fever, and hopefully he will sleep well and feel much better in the morning. If he’s not better, I’ll take him to the Dr. tomorrow. His pediatrician’s office is open on Sunday, but hopefully we won’t have to go. My throat is still hurting and my nose is stuffy, and hopefully I will feel much better in the morning too.

I had a wonderful time with my sweet hubby, and I’m so grateful for the sweet things he always does to show he loves me. Even the small things mean so much to me. At IHOP today, my hash browns were a bit crispier than I like them, and crispier than Jacob likes them. I mentioned it, and he offered me his and said he didn’t mind the crunchy ones. But I know that’s not true. I know he just loves me, just like when he slept on the puffy pillow and ate the soggy sandwich. I blogged about those instances on 7-18-11. He tells me each and every day how beautiful I am, how blessed he is to have me, what a good wife and mother I am, and all the things that I’m supposedly so wonderful at. The thing is is that I know he really feels that way about me. And he never lets me forget it. I never feel like he underappreciates me or takes me for granted.  Our anniversary isn’t until Monday, but I am so grateful to have found this one. He is just what I need. I love you, my sweet husband! You make every day so much sweeter.