Madelyn's First Sleepover

Yesterday I had my 6-week checkup and everything went well. Dr. Tom doesn’t need to see me again until this time next year. Chris and I both said how strange that would be after seeing her so often over the last 10 months. We brought Madelyn with us so Dr. Tom could see how much she has grown, and boy was she impressed! (We refuse to believe she acts that excited with all the babies.) She insisted we send pictures through the course of the next year so she could watch her grow. We told her pictures were never a problem, and we’d be sure to send them her way.

For those of you who have had children you know what the 6-week checkup means. I will leave it at that since this is a G-Rated Blog. ;) Anyway…I wanted to surprise Chris with a night away, just the two of us, so I made reservations at Fort McDowell Resort and Casino for one night. I also made reservations for us both to get much-needed massages. Arrangements were made with Auntie Kristin earlier in the week for Madelyn to have a sleepover with her cousins, and they were all very excited to get her overnight.

Although I knew Madelyn was in the best of hands, I worried that she would have a bad night, or not sleep well. My worries couldn’t have been proved more wrong...thank goodness. According to Auntie "slightly biased" Kristin, Madelyn was perfect. I quote her as saying, “Madelyn is such an easy baby.” She went on and on about how easy everything was from feeding to sleeping. As a matter of fact, Madi slept 5 hours, woke up and ate, and then slept another 4 hours. YAY! I think her cousins enjoyed spending time with her as well, as proven by the photos below.

Chris and I had a nice evening to ourselves, although I will say Madelyn was foremost on our minds the entire time we were gone. Not with worry, but just thinking and talking about her. During the massage I found myself giggling (literally) thinking about how cute her smiling face was earlier in the day. Then, during dinner, Chris and I talked some about ourselves, but mostly spent our conversation on Madelyn. Our plan was to spend a little time and money on the slots, but after dinner we decided we were too tired for that. We went back to our room and relaxed with a few cocktails and some TV, and then crashed as if we hadn’t slept in weeks….oh wait, we hadn’t. ;) Anyway, Chris was able to get about 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep, and although my sleep was good, I woke a couple times only to listen for the monitor until I remembered where I was. :)

We’re glad Madelyn had such a good time with her cousins and her aunt and uncle, but we’re glad to have her home, too. Now we know she will be a good little guest the next time she has a sleepover (and I believe that’s with Grandma and Papa R in a couple weeks)!