So reflecting back on what I said on Wednesday—Hubs and I thrive on our time alone. I’m a firm believer in couples having time to themselves without other people…without kids. JUST with eachother. Before Livie came, we had this a lot.  At least once a week. And any time we DIDN’T have that one night a week, well let’s just say we could tell. We  bickered more. We nitpicked more. And then I’d say ” Oh yeah! We haven’t had date night in a couple weeks. NO WONDER!” When Becky and Hubs don’t have time alone Becky and Hubs get a little crazy.

True story.

When Livie came, those date nights came few and far between. For one, she was so attached to me. For another, Hubs’ mom wasn’t too interested in having a tiny baby overnight like she did when she had Hannah overnight because Hannah’s 7 now and she’s moved on past that stage. Plus Livie isn’t the 1st grandkid like Hannah was either. I understood that so we just didn’t have many nights alone. Really, ANY time alone. Then Livie started letting us lay her down at night and we could have a glass of wine and watch a movie and FINALLY have time together to just BE together before we went to bed. And then something changed. MIL started keeping Livie overnight once a week with Hannah. That was 2 months ago. And let me tell you, the improvement in our marriage from just 5 months ago when we started having time alone at night to his mom keeping Livie overnight is major compared to when Livie was about 3 months old and we barely spoke anything but baby talk to eachother. I can now say that having Livie put a strain on our marriage. And it all circled back around to not having time together….not reconnecting at the end of the day…or even at the end of the week.

So this weekend we’re going away together. Just me and him. We haven’t done this since I was 4 months pregnant with Livie. It’s been that long. We used to get trips away together once or even twice a year. It’s been a year and a 1/2 and we NEED it. I realize that not every couple is like us. They don’t HAVE to have time alone to function great together. But this is us I’m talking about. And I’m telling you- WE NEED IT. Promise you.

And that’s really the advice I give to people who ask me what our secret it. It isn’t perfection. It isn’t no arguing or no going to bed mad at eachother, because we do both of those plenty. It’s time alone. It’s dinner alone. It’s movies alone. It’s TV time alone. It’s trips away alone.

With that said, I can’t wait to leave tomorrow.

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