Hanging out with grown-ups

On Wednesday night we actually hired a babysitter so that we could go to Chuck’s holiday party. We skipped my LAF party earlier in the week, but Chuck really wanted to attend his and we’re both glad we did. It was held in a new downtown condo building, catered by Whole Foods, and gave us the chance to play a little Rock Band (always fun!).

I found us a babysitter one day just walking around our neighborhood. She lives one street over and is a senior at Westlake High School. When she saw Aurora she started telling me all about the other babies in the neighborhood that she babysits. Aurora liked her automatically, so we lined her up.

As you may know, this was our first actual hired babysitter. Katie watched Aurora on Father’s Day so Chuck & I could go to a special dinner, and Teresa watched Aurora one evening so that we could see Dark Knight in IMAX. Before you go thinking we are total shut-ins because of Aurora, you have to realize – it’s not like we never go out without her. She’s in daycare 8 or more hours per day, 5 days a week! Chuck & I often meet for lunch or go out with friends during work hours, and we value the time we have with Aurora even more because we’re away from her for so long. Of course, she’s asleep every night by 7pm, and it is nice to be able to go out every now and again.

Earlier in the day I went to our annual DOVIA holiday party. DOVIA stands for Director’s of Volunteers in Austin, and I’ve been on the board for a couple years now. It was so much fun, thanks to a few of my favorite grown-ups; fellow board members Kristen, Rebecca, and Paige. Kristen should be having a sweet baby girl any day now, and I’ll be covering Treasurer duties while she’s on maternity leave. She did the same for me.

I’m glad we got a little grown-up time in before my two-week holiday break. From here on out it’ll be baby, baby, baby!