Daddy and I have spent the last 4 days away from our Sugar Plum. Every year we take a ski trip to Winter Park, Colorado. This year there were many discussions – if we were going, was it just going to be Mom and Daddy, or was Sugar Plum going to go? Daddy was finally able to convince me that it was OK for us to go on a trip and leave Sugar Plum with her grandparents. He really needed some time away from Sugar Plum and her colic. Her grandparents were more than happy to take care of her for the weekend.
Our trip has been great. Colorado is awesome as always. The weather has been gorgeous – although a little to cold for me. Last night we got 16 inches of snow – made for amazing conditions today.
Winter Park, Co March 2010
Being away from home has been nice – no getting up in the middle of the night for feedings, no dirty diapers, no colic induced screams. But I miss my baby girl. The grandparents have been getting regular phone calls, Sugar Plum is doing great. She has started to show interest in her rattle and not only watches when her grandparents rattle it, but also will hit at it to make it rattle.
Friends have made it clear that they do not approve – that I should not be leaving Sugar Plum home without me. Comments like “Wow – The only time I have left Timmy overnight was my “trip” to the hospital to have Jimmy!” How are comments like that OK? We thought long and hard about leaving our girl home for this trip. We decided it was the best thing for our family. Will it happen again – probably – but we also have trips planned that include our gorgeous girl. Why are we not allowed to have Mommy and Daddy time too? It gives us time to work on our relationship and to become better parents to our Sugar Plum.
