A weekend away...

This past weekend, we went to a friend's wedding reception in Jacksonville, AL. It was the first time that we have left Halle overnight! I think we took it harder than she did. She stayed with my mom, who of course was overly excited about keeping her. I called and checked on her about 100 times while we were away. I missed having my little girl with me. I have to admit, when it came time for us to get ready to go, it was nice not to have to switch out turns on who was watching Halle. The "getting ready process" takes a couple of hours, but it only took about 45 minutes this time! It's amazing how much time having a kid adds to the "getting ready process". I can say that I truly missed her SOOO much! Me and Rusty talked about her and couldn't believe how ready we were to get home to our princess. Rusty said, "It's weird how you miss someone so much when it seems you haven't been away long enough too". He was telling me on the way home that he was going to tickle her and get her belly and smother her in kisses! Of course, I couldn't wait to do the same exact thing! When we pulled in the driveway, we raced to the door to see who she would come to first (of course Rusty gave me a shove and took off so he could get to her first lol). Once she saw her mommy, she dove into my arms and hugged me so tight! I loved it! She laughed and giggled at her daddy for getting her belly. Those were the giggles we missed so much! We are happy to be home again with our girl :) I know it's good to get away and spend time together as a couple, but it's hard when all you think and talk about is your child. I'm not sure there will be any "get aways" for us in the near future... but we will definitely take some time for ourselves before Rusty deploys!