date night...

i don't think anybody knows how long it's been since we have been on a date alone. even we had a hard time remembering. we came to the conclusion that the last time we had dinner alone was on our anniversary trip to Park City. that was in May. that's over 6 months people!!! and the last time we went to a movie was last October. over a year! ugh, yeah, we were just a little overdue for some alone time. 

so since Brett's parents are in town right now, we decided that it was time to break our 6 month curse and leave the little and go on a date! i was super excited all day long...ok 99% excited and 1% worried about leaving Dylan. i know i'm weird, i just always get a little ansy leaving him. but i was mostly excited. but once we dropped him off, it was like a sense of freedom came over us! it was amazing!

we decided to eat at Red Robin (its one of our faves) then to go see Breaking Dawn Part ll (we have seen every single Twilight film in theater's, hence why the last time we saw a movie was when Breaking Dawn Part l came out). let me just tell you, eating dinner at a restaurant without a little 17-month old constantly whining and throwing things is probably the best.thing.ever. seriously, it's like i forgot what it was like to have a meal and actually be able to focus on and enjoy what i'm eating, and to be able to focus on Brett. we actually cuddled and held hands during dinner you guys!!!!! it felt soooo good!

then after enjoying our meals and enjoying each other's company, we walked over to the theater and watched our movie. i thought it was going to be dumb judging from the first 10 minutes, but once it ended, i decided that that one is my favorite of the entire series. seriously, so good! especially the last 5 minutes of it :)

on the drive home both of us kept saying over and over "why have we not been doing this all along? this is awesome! to be out by ourselves for a little while, it's so rejuvenating!" and honestly, it was! it made us appreciate the time we have together more, and we are definitely not taking Dylan on our dates anymore. the reason we took him all this time was because he was fun to have with us, and we i thought i'd miss him too much (Brett has been wanting to go on dates for a while, i would always want to bring Dylan). that ended about 4 months ago. it's now more of a hassle to take him out to eat because he gets so bored so fast. i think this date was just what i needed to see that we can actually go on dates alone, and Dylan will be just fine, and we will have fun and not feel bad we left him! i think we will try to do it once a week. it was just that fabulous :)