Big Step

No, William isn't walking yet, but he did "step" to a different sort of milestone: earlier this week he spent the Whole.Night at my parent's house. One of the weddings we have coming up is going to require that we leave William with my parents for the weekend, so we wanted to do a trial-run for the sake of everyone involved. For William, we wanted him to experience having someone else put him to bed, as well as sleeping overnight somewhere other than his crib (he's slept in my parent's pack and play before, but not for quite a few months. And only when we're traveling, so Darrell and I are usually sleeping in the same room). For my parents, we wanted them to get some exposure to William's overnight tendencies since he still isn't exactly the best sleeper. As an added bonus, Darrell and I got a full night's sleep out of the deal!

While everything went really well and it certainly makes us feel better about leaving William, I know we still won't be completely ready when the time comes. And I know we'll probably want to compulsively call and FaceTime and check in to see how things are going. Unfortunately, Thankfully, we're going out to the wedding with another couple, so we'll have to keep our phone calls home to a minimum so we're not constantly annoying our friends. That might not stop us from playing an excessive amount of William videos on our phones though... But that's not quite as bad, right?