Our Trip Alone
We have returned from our first trip away from both children. Ron was in CO for a business trip so I flew out to meet him on Friday and we came back today. (Yeah, pretty short trip for me, but so worth it!) We had a great time just being us. No worries about nap times, bed times, what the kids would/wouldn’t eat, if a place was child-safe… You get the picture.
The trip started out, uh, not so well. I missed my flight. 
I woke up late after being up in the middle of the night with Drew. As I was about to head out, Sophia woke up screaming and crying. My mom was trying to get Drew back to sleep, so I went up with her. I got to the airport and parking was more difficult than I had assumed. All of this added up to me getting to the airport only 30 min. before my flight left. So, they wouldn’t let me get on the plane. I was so sick about it!! I mean, I had a short time there as it was. I went Stand-by on the next flight and was fortunate enough to get on.
Sadly enough, once I got to the hotel I was exhausted. So I napped for 3 hours! How pathetic. How many people do you know who fly to another state just to take a nap? Anyhow, it was nice to be able to nap! Ron showed me around the hotel/resort (we were at the Keystone Lodge), then we headed into the little town there. It was goregous there! Every where you look, mountains covered in snow. It was beautiful. We had dinner, did a little shopping, then headed back to the hotel.
We spent the rest of the evening watching TV together and just relaxing. It may not seem like much, but it was exactly what we needed. This morning we got up, watched more TV, ate breakfast, packed and headed out. We spent a great deal of time in the Denver airport, but that was okay…we were together and without kids! 
The kids did quite well, according to everyone who watched them. Though my mom did have to get up with Drew a total of 5 times last night! Yikes! Apparently he wandered into our room looking for us, but didn’t ever cry out for Mama. Sophia did amazingly well. She never cried about Ron being gone, didn’t cry when I explained to her that I would be gone, and didn’t cry for us while we were both gone. I was pleasantly surprised by this! And, Ron and I are already trying to plan our next get-away!!
