Things have been so hard lately. Dayton spent 11 days in the hospital in early December. I started back to school in the same time frame. He also missed ZoeJane's 5th birthday party. I never saw that happening. In the following weeks, he's shut me out, found a new support system and has left me feeling completely useless.

Cue my own issues. Yay.

Last night was amazing. I'd even venture to say "perfect". My brother in law and his wife were here spending the night (love, love, LOVE that girl) and they volunteered to take Phoenix for a while so Dayton and I could actually spend some time together. I had to keep reminding myself that I didn't have to keep checking the bassinet. We attempted to watch a movie online, but that didn't go so well...so we laid in bed and...*talked*. An adult conversation. I had almost forgotten what that was like. Then you know...one thing led to another, blah blah blah. We had ZoeJane so soon after we got married, sometimes it's easy to forget our roots. It's nice to be reminded every once in a while.

On a lighter note, they were here for Michael's 2nd birthday party. He was so excited to wake up yesterday morning and see all the Cars decorations. All we heard all afternoon was "Cars! Vroom, vroom! Happy Birthday!"...in that exact order, every.single.time. It stings a little---the 2nd birthday. But at least I can't say that I've got "2 under 2" anymore.