Another Huge Milestone

Aiden had his very first (real) babysitter Saturday night - marking yet another huge step toward being all growed up. The opportunity for Tom and I to let go of the reins a bit sort of forced itself on us due to my parents being out of town and his parents being at the same event that we were at. With our usual suspects being completely out of the picture, I had to recruit a dear high school friend to take care of him for a few hours.

Let me just explain this a bit: Tom and I don't usually do a whole lot without Aiden. Basically, if it ain't family-friendly, we ain't goin. And we like it that way because we would rather be spending time with him than doing much of anything else. On the rare occasion that we do go solo, our parents take over and do their grandparent thing. So to not be able to have Aiden with us, AND not have our parents for back-up was quite a big deal.

I'm aware that we sound completely pathetic, and that's okay with me. I have entered the parenting world in full-force and there's really no turning back at this point. I have no shame.

So, anyway, Amalia came over and we made chit-chat while she gave Aiden some dinner. I continued to lurk and and think of things that I "needed" to do before leaving. I wrote down directions and phone numbers. I gave insanely specific details about his bedtime and bottle habits that probably could have been left out. It was all pretty ridiculous considering he would only be awake for another hour or so and Tom and I would be home shortly thereafter.

I think I texted Amalia once an hour to check in.

Oh, so you'd like to know how it went? Perfectly fine. Aiden probably didn't even realize I was gone - he just had a new friend to play with! He did not scream and cry for his mommy, he did not refuse to go to bed, he did not do anything that should prevent me from leaving him with someone he doesn't know again.

Despite that, I think it'll be awhile before he has a babysitter again.