Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Anniversary Date Night



Wow, it’s been a busy couple of days! How was your Memorial Day weekend? We really relished being back in the States for this patriotic holiday this year. Memorial Day is made extra special by the fact that we got married over Memorial Day weekend *6 years* ago. 
Yep, we celebrated 6 years of marriage on Saturday. I  guess that means we are officially out of the newlywed stage (as if the baby didn’t usher us out of that phase 7 months ago). Jonathan and I love to travel and have spent most of our anniversaries out exploring. 


This year was understandably low key, but we did mark the occasion by hiring a babysitter so that we could go out to dinner. Our first date since moving to San Ramon! Jonathan asked what kind of food I wanted so that he could make a reservation and my response was ‘wine!’. A friend recommended a place in nearby Danville called Esin and it was superb. 
We started with a cheese plate and a Pinot Noir wine flight (3 glass sampler). We each choose our favorite Pinot from the taster to go with our meals. 
Jon got yummy salmon and I got Phyllo wrapped chicken stuffed with spinach and goat cheese. 
It was D-licious. Esin is known for its freshly baked desserts and the chocolate brownie we got was surely made in heaven. 
It was definitely a great night out with the hubs and felt so nice to get dolled up and leave the baby behind for a change. Forest was asleep by the time the babysitter got to our house and she swears he remained silent the whole time we were gone, so hopefully she’ll agree to babysit for us again sometime. When your baby has a 6:40 bedtime, it’s a bit hard to go out to dinner, so sitters are a must, especially when you don’t have grandparents nearby! 

I haven’t had much time to reflect on our 6th year of marriage because it’s been sort of overshadowed by our first 7 months of parenthood. Oh, and an international move. Yep, year 6 was quite an epic one for us. It started with feeling my baby kick for the first time on our 5th anniversary and ended with hiring a sitter to watch that little tummy kicker so that mommy and daddy could go out for a nice meal. Yep, this year we went from simply being husband and wife to being daddy and mommy, and what a huge, gigantic, tumultuous transformation that was! 
It feels a bit like crossing the wake while water skiing. You get bored with the comfy ride behind the boat and anxiously point your skis for the wave. You head over full force, almost losing your balance in the process. You wobble and panic about the impending fall. You worry you might never recover. But then slowly, you start to find your balance again. Of course, the water outside the wake will never be as smooth as that comfortable space behind the boat and as soon as we get cozy and secure in our new roles, parenthood throws us a few obstacles to keep up fumbling to stay afloat (teething is THE DEVIL).   

But I feel like we are starting to adjust to the new normal and are able to put energy back into our relationship again rather than just trudging like zombies through life:) Hopefully year 7 will be a little less exciting than year 6, but I’m sure we’ll have our share of adventures before our next anniversary rolls around. 

Here is a post I wrote on our 4th anniversary, and it’s still relevant. Basically: I’m still pretty glad I married the guy.
Happy anniversary JonJon (aka Dada). Thanks for being an amazing husband as well as an amazing father! Forest and I really won the lottery when we got stuck with you;)

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