WAHOO!!!!!

So, here's the thing, Richard and I have worked very hard and have exhausted ourselves tryin to make sure our children are blessed during this time that Isaiah and I are in the hospital by making sure that they get face time with the both of us. We have traded off at the hospital during the weekend and he's come to the hospital when I've gone home on the weekends, but the two of us haven't really gotten any face time for ourselves. It's not easy to do, even when no one is in the hospital, b/c of Isaiah's needs, we are VERY selective as to who we allow to watch the kids. BUT! Thanks to a WONDERFUL friend offering to watch Isaiah at the hospital, my AWESOME husband and I went on an incredible date tonight!

Last weekend, we had some very dear friends visit with my husband and Isaiah and they offered to come out here, so I could leave and meet Richard for a date night. I tell you what, it seems like it would be such an easy yes, right? But, it's hard for me to leave Isaiah here with even my husband, let alone anyone else! But here's the thing, no matter how much I love Isaiah, I'm no good to him, if I build my entire life around him and allow him to come between me and my husband, you know?

It's been so easy, especially with Isaiah, to start putting my marriage on the back burner to his needs. I mean, he's got so many needs. We are in the hospital all of the time, but if Richard and I are falling to pieces, how do I figure he is going to be blessed? I can love and care for him all I want, but the best way that I can show him I love him is to make sure that I take care of my marriage, so he has that security in knowing that we are not going anywhere. That Richard and I will be together through thick and thin.

Anyway, we had a wonderful night! We went and got some seafood. It was so nice. It felt like a date. I mean, you know how once you're married, your husband figures he's already got you and he doesn't have to do the romancing anymore? Well, tonight wasn't like that at all! He opened doors for me, he got the meat out of the crab legs for me, since I couldn't do it to save my life! I tell you what, he's more handsome than I remembered!

Welp, that's it!