Birthday Getaway - Just the Two of Us
My goodness it feels good to be blogging again!! And blogging about my life!! Blogging for ME! I had a blog for 7 years that I documented lots of our family time, my thoughts and a lot of our life on, and I am sad I let the last year and a half get away from me without doing that. Holy moly I have missed it! I’m going to start doing a lot more of that, but more about that another time.
When Brett asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, honestly, all I could come up with was this: a weekend without the kids. Sounds mean right? Well, if you have ever been the wife of an accountant who has “busy season” January-April (working 60-70 hours and traveling lots in those months) then you completely understand why that would be my birthday desire. I felt like a single mom for 3 1/2 months straight, and I was ready for a break! Luckily, my man came through!!
I wanted Brett to surprise me with the location, and I left it to him to do all the planning and finding a sitter and all that. He did awesome! The weekend of our getaway came, and my bags were packed with what I was told to bring: summer clothes, a swimsuit and a good book. Check. Done. We took the boys and the dog to their grandparents house (thank you again Bryan & Ilene!!) where the kids were more than happy to be ditched (they are obsessed with their grandma and grandpa) and we were off! FREEDOM! It felt so good to be on a road trip with my hubby and to actually be able to have a conversation that lasted more than 30 seconds without interruption. I would go as far to say that that car ride alone felt like being a kid in a candy store. No mom worries (well the worrying never goes away, but you know what I mean) and just us time. We were ecstatic.
I basically knew as soon as we got on the freeway we were going to my favorite place in Utah: St. George. I love that place so much (I’ve been going there since I was tiny) and I was so happy! That is one of my happy places. Our drive down was so fun; we talked, laughed, listened to a Jim Gaffigan book on tape and just enjoyed the car that wasn’t full of constant questions and concerns from little voices in the back.
Once we got down there we checked into our hotel (a brand new Hyatt that we had never been too but LOVED!!) and then freshened up a bit and got ready for the 2-hour massage Brett had waiting for us!! Did he not do so good? I didn’t even tell him to do that. I was so excited! So we headed out the door for dinner (sushi of course and it was DIVINE) then to our massage, which was heaven on earth. There’s something about a couples massage that is just so fun. We have only ever done one one other time and that time was suuuuuuuper awkward (if you wanna know why just ask lol), but this time was wonderful and relaxing and exactly what I needed.
Then we headed back to the hotel and just hung out the rest of the night and enjoyed not having to do bedtime routines with the kids. Just talked and cuddled and it was wonderful 🙂
Of course I could hardly sleep because I was SO worried about the kids. I do that. Even when I’m away I worry as hard as I try not too, and this time was especially different because this was our first time EVER leaving Levi. So my first time not nursing him for more than 24 hours. I was so worried about how he would do. We installed our baby-cam in his room he was staying at at Brett’s parents house so I could look in on him, so I probably checked that thing like 30 times lol. But of course he rocked it and did wonderfully (and somehow my boobs didn’t kill me with no nursing for 48 hours and we are still nursing now…amazing and unexpected and wonderful).
But anyways, so once Brett woke up we headed downstairs for the breakfast buffet. Everyone was all dressed and cute, and here we were in our jammies and bad breath lol. It was perfect lol. Guys this breakfast buffet was AWESOME!!! Not only was it HUGE, but everyday they had different things (healthy options, yummy options, doughnuts that were amazing, fruit, pancakes…basically all the things) and we were obsessed! And, I’m proud to say I ate really healthy for wanting to eat alllllll the bad stuff lol. Mines the bottom, Brett’s is the top.
What was so nice about this trip is that we had no plans. We just did whatever the H we wanted when we felt like it and it was wonderful. So after breakfast we got ready and headed down to the pool for some reading. The weather was beautiful and I have dreamed of just laying by a pool with no children around lol. We stayed there for a couple hours and it was wonderful, and we got burnt which neither of us thought about but I was totally okay with it. (PS I read Big Little Lies and now I’m dying to watch the TV version of it. SO GOOD!!!!)
After the pool we decided to head up to the room because it was hot and we both ended up just crashing for an hour (me being pregnant and exhausted all the time, and Brett because he basically has narcolepsy). It was so nice to be able to do that and not worry about kids!!!! I keep emphasizing that but for reals! It was heaven!
After we woke up (above) we went and got some subs at a super yummy sandwich place we love down there and headed to a park for a picnic and just hung out for a while in the beautiful warm weather. Afterwards we went and did some shopping for our Hawaii trip coming up this Summer and just walked around holding hands for a few hours. Then we headed back to the hotel to watch the Jazz Game and ate dinner (of course sushi again) in bed as we watched and hung our there rest of the night. It was perfect.
The next day was Sunday and our day to go home, and while it was sad our getaway was ending, it was absolutley perfect and just what I needed. I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present. After eating our farewell breakfast at our favorite buffet (we will be staying there again for that buffet…seriously!!) we got ready, packed up and headed home. Of course we had to stop at the Chevron in Beaver with the massive rocking chair because duh. That’s what you do on road trips lol.
I’m not kidding when I say this is going to be my birthday present every year. I don’t care if we go to a hotel down the street…just a weekend away was fabulous and so rejuvenating. I didn’t know how much I needed it until we came home. I missed my boys and was ready to take on the mom-role again. Best. Birthday. Ever.
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