Free At Last! Free At Last!
Tonight, Chris and I dropped Bean Man off at my parent’s house where he’ll be hanging out for the next two days. We’ll pick him up again on Saturday.
Did you hear that? Should I say it again just to make sure you got it?
WE’LL PICK HIM UP AGAIN ON SATURDAY. As in, two days from now. As in, I get to sleep in two days in a row!!!!!!
And all God’s people said, “AMEN!”
Seriously. I can’t tell you how excited I am about this. I know a lot of parents get really nervous and sad when they leave their baby for the first time. But I’m not really one of those people. I’ve left Bean before when I went to New York for the weekend for my sister’s bachelorette shower, but Bean was with Chris and so I didn’t really consider that to be leaving him. This is the first time we’ve left him without one of the two of us. And yet, I’m still oddly okay with this. Not just okay, really. EXCITED!
Chris and I have a whole list of things we both want to do while we have this Bean Free Time:
1. Go to Barnes and Noble and lay around reading books and drinking expensive cafe drinks. (Me)
2. Get naked. (Chris)
3. Take a nap or two whenever we want. (Me)
4. Get naked. (Chris)
5. Go out to dinner to a really nice restaurant. Maybe one that requires reservations and a tie. (Me)
6. Get naked and play video games. (Chris)
7. Take another nap. (Me)
8. Take another nap. Naked. (Chris)
But before we do any of those things, we are heading out tomorrow morning to the Kennedy Space Center for what could be the most amazing day of little Christopher’s life. Let me just tell you the coolest story…
The other day after I blogged about our trip to see the Discovery shuttle launch, I was contacted by a lovely lady in the PR office at the Kennedy Space Center. She invited Chris and I out to the Space Center to be her guest for the day. We’re getting a fun, private tour of the center, we get to go over to the launch pad, and WE GET TO HAVE LUNCH WITH AN ASTRONAUT! Isn’t that awesome?!?! I know how excited I am about this whole fun day, but you should hear Chris. He can’t even speak in complete sentences about it. He gets all squeally and shrieky and he starts jumping and buying everyone rounds of drinks…
Its pretty embarrassing, really.
So, be sure to check back on Monday when I post all about our big Space Adventure. I’ll have tons of pictures and maybe even a video or two.
And don’t worry. Chris will have his clothes on.
40 Comments
Jen
That is AWESOME that you are so excited bout dropping the Bean off! I can’t wait to hear about your weekend.
Abby @ They Lend Me Their Hearts
Ha ha, too bad you can’t go all reality TV and videotape his reaction and squeeling and giggling and jumping up and down at the Space Center…. but lets leave the naked pics off the blog 😉
Have fun being childless for a couple days! It’ll be entirely relaxing!
Ashley
Bahahaha the part that said “And all God’s people said AMEN” TOTALLY CRACKED ME UP! Hope you both have a GREAT two days 🙂
Heather in ND
Ahahaha, very funny!!!!!!!
Christina
Haha, I was going to say,”Make sure he puts his clothes back on!” That is so very amazing about the tour! Can’t wait to see your pics!
Sandy
“And don’t worry. Chris will have his clothes on”…then why bother checking back? 😉 Don’t forget to ask that astonaut just where in the night sky you look for those lunar modules 🙂 Have fun!
Dana
What a fun weekend! Enjoy your “sleep-ins!” That is always my favorite part if the kids stay with the grandparents. You never appreciate sleep as much until after you have the babies!!
I hope Chris can keep it together and not embarass himself with the astronaut!
MaryGene
FUUUN!!! OMG I would love to have lunch with an astronaut!! So cool. Have fun sleeping in (and getting naked!!) ha!
Kate
#1 Jealous! How fun will that be and I can imagine your husband jumping around squealing…ha!
#2 Your husband reminds me a lot of my man…his responses would be the same!
Have fun and make sure to check off some of your wish list too!
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Casey
That is awesome! Have a fantastic time! And, good for you for being excited to have some serious time together with just the 2 of you!
Tracey
Get naked. hehe. sounds a lot like a Christopher I know. psh typical. 🙂
Katy
How much fun!! Reminds me of my all time fav. movie Space Camp. Have a great time!
Bama
You guys should come visit the US Space & Rocket center in Huntsville, AL! Chris would love it–and there’s an AWESOME shopping center right down the street (Bridgestreet) for you!
Cindy
you made me laugh and laugh and laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andie
Holy woahh that’s freaken awesome!! Can’t wait to read how it went 🙂 Oh, and enjoy your two days with Chris!
Lisa
My hubby is jealous you’re going to have lunch with an astronaut. How cool is that!! Enjoy your weekend 🙂
Ella
Have a great weekend! Sounds like a lot of fun 😉
Sarah @ Picture Window Blog
Ha! Your list is exactly the same as ours would be if we had a weekend without my daughter. It’s hard to convince my husband that there are other things in life besides getting naked…
Kristin
Have fun!!!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is
Have a fun time today! And a great, relaxing few days without Bean. 🙂
maureen
When I was a kid, I remember weekends at Grandma & Grandpa’s. I thought my parents were giving us a fun weekend (G&G always had cookies and cable tv.) Now I see clearly… those weekends were for the parent’s, more than the kids!
Kristin
So I guess in about 9 months we’ll find out if you’re having a boy or girl? 🙂 Enjoy your weekend!
Holly
Good for you two, getting time alone!! Your parents must be excited!
Megan (Best of Fates)
I cannot wait to read about the lunch with an astronaut – that’s just the most exciting thing!
NIkki
That is so exciting! We were planning to try to make it to one of the last shuttle launches, and now that you brought it back up, I have become excited about it again! Can’t wait to see the pictures! Have a great few days baby free!
Katy
Wait…so is Chris giving in on the “I want a baby girl” front? 😉
Have fun!
Diana
Well, lookey there, you’re already getting to enjoy one of the benefits of moving closer to the grandparents! Have a wonderful weekend!
Emily
What a fun (and well deserved) weekend! Watch out for the gators and snakes at KSC!
Mom of one
JEALOUS! That would be awesome, and I’m not even a big science geek. Have fun and enjoy your time away… it will make you more appreciative of Bean when you return! Grandparents are amazing that way!
Mindee@ourfrontdoor
Have an amazing time! I’m happy for you. 🙂
Maureen
That sounds awesome! I would absolutely LOVE to do that, but reading about it will be ok too, I guess 🙂
Tressa
One BIG pro for moving back home!!!
I’m with Chris…get naked…give us that baby girl!!!! 😉
Have a fun filled weekend!
Sarah H.
This was so funny I had to read it out loud to my husband!
Ashley
HAHAHA! I just had to read this out loud to my fiance, too! Too cute and funny! Chris and my Matt sound a lot alike. Similar interests, if you know what I mean… 🙂
Sarah C. H.
OMG that’s so exciting and awesome and I’m so jealous and can’t form a grammatically correct sentence either!!!!!
I can’t wait to read that post!
Heather M
WOW my husband would be in exactly the same state as Chris! What an amazing experience. I hope you have a truly wonderful and magical day 🙂
Jenn
WoW! You guys are so lucky! A kid free weekend and a tour. You should go buy a lotto ticket while you are on a lucky streak. I’m insanely jealous.
Megan
I’m totally jealous and thinking about moving back to Oklahoma so I can leave Q-Tip with MiMi and PaPa. Cause I need two days alone with my Farm Boy. I need it BAD!!!!
I love her…I do…honest…but two days of not having to get up with her and two days of not being chained to the monitor at night!
AHHH…I can smell it…the sweet aroma of freedom of sleep!
Y’all have fun!
And our list sounds so much the same. Even Chris and Farm Boy see eye to eye. LOL!
Megan
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Emilyc
Sounds like you are going to have a GREAT weekend! I hope you take lots of pictures…wait, will they let you take pictures at the Space Center? I hope so. Hope you have a ton of fun and Chris puts his clothes on for the trip to the Space Center! 🙂 He sounds just like my husband. Men!!! *sigh* 🙂
Victoria G
Oh my goodness, your post had me laughing so hard as I was reading it! Very clever and so true! Kinda sounds like our timeline when our son stayed over his uncle & auntie’s house for the weekend last month for our anniversary. I enjoy your blog and look forward to reading more. Very, very cute!