Destin Date Night

Before we came to the beach I decided to call my cousin, Katie who lives here to get a recommendation for a babysitter.  I wanted Neil and I to be able to have a date night on our vacay.  Katie's friend who has 3 kids recommended a girl who is a labor and delivery nurse.  Sign me up!  I called and texted Erica, the babysitter last week and we made a plan for Friday night.  She sent me a text that said "usually my fiance' Amber comes with is that's OK."  I said sure and the date was set.

I'll admit that I had an uneasy feeling the whole day about leaving my kids with someone I'd never met.  I feel like I might be a little overprotective sometimes.  But, then I realized that I find babysitters in Shreveport through other people so Erica and Amber should be fine.  When I met them they were so great and totally put my mind at ease.  They could tell I'd never done this before.   I would totally call them again if we need a sitter at the beach!  She even sent me this picture of Bennett while we were eating dinner.

So now it was time for our date!  I got Bennett to take some pictures of us before we left and he couldn't quite get the hang of it.  Amber took the artsy off-center one where you can see us.

Bennett's photos plus 1 self-timer sot (this is my favorite outfit right now)

We walked down to Baytowne and enjoyed the Marlin Grill.  It was a lot of fun to sit, eat, and talk without chasing kids, feeding them, or taking a certain little boy to the bathroom 42 times.  After dinner, we walked down to get gelato and just people watched and chatted for an hour.  It was a nice, low-key date night! So glad we decided to take some time out for ourselves this trip.