Benjamin and I left Charles-Winston behind with our friends and went out to dinner. I had terrible anxiety leading up to it, but in all honesty, it was really, really nice. Being baby-free for a few hours was more relieving than I could've imagined. Benjamin and I decided to keep the conversation off Charles-Winston and make tonight about just us. I think a date night was long overdue, it was actually fun, nice and probably good for our marriage.
Our friends, Logan, Kura and Parker said Charles-Winston had a lot of fun and was pretty mellow the whole time, which was good to hear because he always behaves mischievously when I'm his designated caretaker.
We had a really good time, and we did it without our kid. Tonight I realized it's completely alright to focus on me sometimes - meet my needs first and allow someone else to take care of the baby.