Beach Babes Bash!!!

I'm getting pretty excited. In just a matter of 5 or 6 weeks, I am going to the beach on my first EVER trip away from the hubby and kids. Away from the daily grind, no mommy duties, no wifely duties, just relax and being a girl! Sometimes, being a mom kinda makes you forget that you are a GIRL and you need to be a girl! Hang out with friends, laugh, talk girl stuff, and make memories! When Megan was younger, I would have never even entertained the IDEA of going anywhere without her. She was all I had. I wasn't too busy, even though I worked a somewhat part time job at the time, and full time mom and wife. And even after I had Ryan, I wouldn't feel comfy leaving them. He's about to be 3 years old and the transformation is already happening. I can see it. He's naturally starting to lean more towards DADDY! He's still his Mamma's boy, but I can tell he's really taking more interest in his Dad and wanting to be with him. It's just little things, like wanting to sit with him to watch a movie instead of me. When he cries about something, he starts to go to Dad for comfort now before coming to me. I think it is sweet. I look forward to seeing their Father/Son relationship progress and develop. It's an amazing thing. So with that progression of their life coming to fruition, I am suddenly feeling a little more free. When the opportunity to go to the beach on a "girls only" vacation first began being discussed, I was all on board, but didn't really put much hope into it. I guess I didn't think there would be an actual opportunity. Well, as it turns out, LOTS OF US MOM'S NEED A GET-A-WAY WEEKEND! Several gals from my Bible Study class are all going...I think around 8 ladies all together! It's going to be a blast~!! I'm not sure what I'll do with no mommy duties for nearly 4 days straight, but I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Hubby is all for it too. He gets to go out of town (on business yes, but it's still out of town and away from the daily grind), all the time! Eats at nice restaurants while I'm at home cooking frozen fish sticks. He'll get to go take in the local scene while I'm stuck going to the grocery store, or doing crafts up at the school for Ryan's preschool class. When the idea of this trip first started getting serious (a reservation had been made), he teased me a little about leaving him to deal with the kids. Even begged (half jokingly too) me to take the kids with me so I'd "have more fun"....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'M SORRY, DID I JUST LAUGH???? NO I CACKLED AT HIM! He even would stop some of the girls in the hall at church and, with a very serious look on his face, beg them to "CONSIDER TAKING THE CHILDREN" on this trip....and each lady would respond the same: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

He really is just kidding. When I dropped him off on Saturday morning to go to Atlanta for the night with the guys (a bachelor party for a friend who's getting married next month), he was sweet. He told me that while he gets alot of fun from just teasing me, he really doesn't mind that I'm going to the beach for a weekend alone with the girls. He even checked in with me a few times (by email) to make sure I was OK, and hoping the kids were being good. I told him that I don't want to feel bad for going....the guilt always sets in around the time that I have to go to my Bunco night, or a girls night out...I don't know why, but I do always have a tinge of guilt about leaving them. Perhaps it's a Mom thing, or a Woman thing, or just a "ME" thing. I dunno. But I believe he really does appreciate me. (And He's going to realize just how much when I go and he's Mr. Mom for a whole weekend....haha) And I really appreciate him. Not alot of husbands out there would be so nice about their wives taking off on a vacation without them. He's worked very hard to earn a little extra money for me to be able to go. He even brought back extra money from his trip! He did without so I could have my time. He's so good to me. He trusts me. I trust him. We're good.

J