Sunday, February 13, 2011

VALENTINE'S DAY DATE NIGHT IN

Life after baby involves a constant struggle to give up what couples enjoyed before.  A simple date night, for example, becomes a difficult evening of extra costs (sitter), ceaseless worrying (let's call the sitter, for the tenth time) and a few other things of emotional stress. 

For my husband and I, we have only gone out alone one time - yes, you heard me right, ONE WHOPPING TIME - in the past six months.

To honor Valentine's Day, we decided to have a date night.  But instead of out, we stayed in.

We didn't order pizza and wear pajamas like the ordinary.  In fact, hubby made dinner and desert that were quite extraordinary.  We even decorated the house and dressed ourselves up, as if we were going to a nice restaurant. 

As the baby soundly slept, we dined and wined ourselves to our heart's content.  It was no less romantic than any of our previous Valentine's dates.

Life changes after a baby, but life still goes on.  With a little effort and creativity, any couple can reinvent romance and take themselves back to the way they were - at least for a couple of hours.


Valentine Themed Decorations.
Steamed crab for dinner.


 Of course, the baby monitor never left our sight.



All dressed up, no where to go, but that's just fine with me.


Decadent desert: home-made creme brule


26 comments:

  1. That is the sweetest ever! <3
    You look great btw!

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  2. ow such a great idea and it all looks wonderful! your my inspiration for when i'm a mom x

    Missy
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  3. This is a perfect evening. Love, food and relax. You look amazing! Valeria

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  4. This is so romantic and what a lovely idea. You look beautiful xoxo

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  5. This is so sweet and inspiring. What a lovely date night!

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  6. Awww..that is so sweet. The most important is who you're celebrating the V-day with. Have a wonderful day

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  7. This is a perfect evening. Food, love and relax! You look gorgeous! Valeria


    http://luggageandhighheels.blogspot.com/

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  8. Aw, that sounds lovely and you look fantastic :-) Glad you had such a great Valentine's celebration

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  9. Your home-made creme brule literally made my mouth water. I'm going away to spend Valentines in England with my boyfriend - have fun x

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  10. You look really cute! It's nice to find an occasion to dress up :D Hope you had an awesome vday celebration!! I'm sure having a baby is well worth all the time spent :)

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  11. Your outfit was very nice, i like!

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  12. And you looked stunningly beautiful and sexy, I bet hubby fell in love all over again.
    We don't much care about v/day, we have one every day... but yours was a great idea, well done.

    Hope the rest of your week goes great.
    Colin.

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  13. You look great! I wanted to do date night in but my husband wanted to go out tonight. Guess I'll win after we have kids :)

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  14. Ahhhh that looks like such a lovely night, you've inspired me to do something similar now... :)

    Happy Valentines Day xxx

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  15. Such a great idea.. very cute! I have no idea what hubs and I are doin tonight! Perhaps stealing your idea : )

    By the way, I'm having a giveaway. It's a really cute ring, so you should stop by and check it out.

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  16. Wow, that's gorgeous! That's gotta be a lovely Valentine date :)

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  17. your vday looks so adorable!! so sweet of your husband to cook you guys a romantic dinner :) love the dress you chose for dinner date in.. it looks gorgeous on you!

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  18. This sounds like the perfect date night. The food looks delicious and you look hot! It's way better than going out right?

    And man, I can't believe you and your hubby have only gone out once. That's crazy. But it's true, everything is different when you have a baby. I have friends that I barely see because they to stay in to watch the baby.


    Happy Valentines Day!

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  19. Awww this is SO cute!!!!

    Really lovely blog :)

    x

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  20. Ahhh,how things change once kids come in to the mix! Would any mom change it? No! All it takes is a little more creativity and alot more flexibility!

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  21. u look gorgeous hun! love the decoration!
    I'm sure u had an awesome night with ur hubby!
    :)xx

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  22. Great outfit! And the food looks delicious.

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  23. You looked great for your stay at home Valentine's Day date. I have to admit though, I was looking at your cute little home.

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  24. What a lovely stay-in date! Your husband did great job with the meal, and you look absolutely gorgeous there. Well done for making it a success!

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  25. Aww...you look great! And I'm so happy for you, that you have a great evening and you two still make efforts to be romantic, with a baby and all. Best of both worlds :)

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