First Night Away

Brian & I had our first overnight away from our little buddy this past weekend.  One of Brian's fraternity brothers from RPI was getting married in Buffalo so off we went!  When we found out about this wedding last year, before Jack was born, we figured we would just bring Jack with us and bring along Nana & Grandpa to babysit and make a long weekend trip out of it...  Then we realized how many logistical challenges come along with a 5 month old nursing baby and attempting to bring that baby on a 4-5 hour drive and stay in a hotel.  Our next idea was to leave Jack with Grammy & PopPop for 2 nights so Brian & I could have a mini getaway.  Then I realized that 2 nights away would be a long time for me to go without seeing my little man :( not to mention that it would have entailed pumping about 13 times over the course of the 2.5 days away.  So it was down to driving to Buffalo Saturday morning and driving home Sunday morning.  :-P  Jack did great for Grammy & PopPop, they said he was absolutely perfect all weekend and they sent regular/frequent text messages with photos & updates throughout the day/night which made me very happy :)  We took Monday off to catch up on the lost time with Jack and it was a great day!  Jack slept in until 6:15 (woohoo!) and then we all snuggled in bed (even Buster!) where Jack proceeded to fall back asleep for his morning nap.  His morning nap usually lasts about 45mins-1hour...but yesterday Jack napped in our bed for 1hr 45mins when I finally got him up so he could eat again!!  Apparently he likes our bed?!  We had since gotten up and gone downstairs to start our day...neither of us is accustomed to actually staying in bed past 6am these days, nevermind laying in bed until 9am!! 

To say we enjoyed our day off with our little man is an understatement...