Wednesday night, we had a babysitter and went out on a date - it was our third date since Ladybug was born! And it was the first time we asked a babysitter who was non-family. A real milestone!

It was such a great evening. We had already eaten dinner earlier with Ladybug, so no dinner involved, but we went to the coffeehouse where we first decided to get married, and sat on the same bench where we sat that night almost four years ago. We talked and talked, then went for a drive around our old neighborhood, where our first apartment was. I miss that neighborhood so much. Then we went and found a bench and talked some more - we stayed out until almost midnight! On a weekday! Such extravagance! It was one of the best evenings in a long time.

Fox started summer school this week, and it’s a bit rough - on both of us. The class meets five days a week, as opposed to twice a week during the regular semester, so everyday he’s gone at 6:30 am for his hour-long commute to school. It’s hard not having him home in the mornings to help me out. Then he works all afternoon and gets home around 6. Long days. It’s been a long week. Thankfully, we had the date on Wednesday night to break up the week. And today is Friday! Yay! Two whole days together…bliss.

Ladybug started walking! She’s not consistent - she still falls a lot and crawls more than she walks, but she’s definitely walking. It’s amazing! I can’t wait for her to really be good at it and give up crawling - then maybe she’ll stop eating every single little thing that she comes across on the floor!