First Night(s) Away!

This week marks the first two nights spent out of town and away from Elaine.  I was dreading this on the list of "firsts", but I managed to get through it.  Luckily I arranged to have a fridge in my hotel room so I could store all my milk and bring it home, so I felt really great about that.  I also got pictures texted to me from Eric each night when he picked Elaine up from daycare, and each morning I called around Elaine's wakeup time and got to be part of the morning routine on speakerphone.  I did miss her first snow, but when Eric pulled the blinds to show her, I was on the phone.  I think she'll forgive me someday.  :)

Another first this week was our first paid babysitter on Saturday night!  We had a wedding for our friends Amber and Kyle here in town, and we had a blast!  We had Mikayla, a high-school senior that helps out in the nursery at daycare in Elaine's room.  And, yes, mom, per your instruction, I did tell her "no boys".  The night went off without a hitch!  Eric and I enjoyed every minute of our night away, and only texted her to check in once.  Here are some photos of our big night out!

This is our group of girlfriends with the bride!

Here is a fun picture of the "baby boom" being experienced with our friends.  Here they are in order of due date.  All four of these girls sat at my table at dinner, so since we're all taking in more food (since I'm still breastfeeding), we all had an extra cupcake!  :)

Here are the other girls in our group who are now moms.  We had a cheers to being out with babysitters at home!

And of course, here is Eric dancing with the bride!  We had a great time and Elaine was fast asleep when we got home.  Yes, we both peeked in and gave her soft kisses goodnight before hitting the hay!