Recently, Terrell and I have been talking about making more time for going out on dates. We went on dates all the time before we had Garrison. Every weekend we went out to eat at a "slow food" restaurant at least once, and that's a date in my mind. (Being away from the house, just the two of us, and having someone serve us dinner). A date doesn't have to include a movie or an extra expensive meal, just time away from the house with each other. Right after Christmas we made a resolution for the New Year to go out on a date (without the little man) once a month. We were able to do that January, February, and March. April was really crazy for us with my mom's birthday and Easter and going out of town to Pigeon Forge with Terrell's family.... so we missed April, but we've vowed to get back on track this month. We're trying to plan for a Braves game sometime Memorial Day weekend. Our fingers are crossed that everything's going to work out for us to go.
Planning date nights are pretty challenging for us (because there are only so many weekends in a month and ours fill up fast... plus we have to make sure we can get a baby-sitter) but we know date nights need to be a priority in our marriage. We want to be able to get away every once in a while, just the two of us and have fun together. We definitely don't want to wake up as empty nesters one day and not remember how to have fun together and enjoy each other's company because we've been solely focused on our kids for so many years. Even though it's still hard for me to leave Garrison (even for a few hours) and we're both tempted to include him in everything, we have to take time for each other every now and then too. We may not be able to have a date night just the two of us every single month, but we're really going to try hard.
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