Family

I know not everyone is lucky enough to have family live close by(all of our immediate relatives, on both sides of the family live within 30 minutes of us, the majority within 10), so not everyone might have experienced this. Usually, when family invites us over or asks us to go somewhere with them, I am so excited. The reasons are threefold.

1.) I'm getting out of the house, and it's not for grocery shopping or a diaper run! Woohooooo!!!!

2.) I get to spend some quality-ish time with my husband!

3.) There are other people to hand Clark off to, when I want a break, or simply even to get to hold my husband's hand!

But then it happens. The green-eyed monster hits. Why, might you ask? Because other people are getting to have fun times with my son. I know, it's really insane of me. I look so forward to getting rid of him, so to speak, and there I am, jealous that other people are getting to play with him, or hold him. I swear he gets cuter when we go out. And he, for some reason, acts better too. It's like he's secretly thinking to himself, "This will make her feel bad for wanting to get rid of me. I'll show her." I've talked to my husband about this phenomenon and he agrees. He feels the same way I do when we're out as well. And don't get me wrong. We appreciate our family so much. They have been incredible to us, so generous and helpful.

Isn't that irony for you? It never happens at home when he's screaming for no reason at bedtime and keeps us up for three hours later then he normally does(last night, anyone?), but as soon as we are at someone else's house and they have my adorable son, I immediately want to steal him back and kiss him all over. You know, they talk about when babies eventually get separation anxiety, but they never mention when it hits the parents. I don't know, maybe it's easier when you live far away from family and actually have to pay for babysitters(as my husband said, if that was the case, we would never leave the house/go out to eat). Maybe it's just us to, and no one else is this obsessed with their child. He's just too darn cute to ever want to hand over! Next time I'll have to try to dress him uglier. Who am I kidding? What baby outfit could possibly me ugly?