Yesterday, for the first time since the baby was born, Derek and I went out alone for a few hours and caught a movie. It was so strange to not be with the baby for so long. Once a month, I get to go and have a mom's night out to do rubber stamping/scrapbooking and Derek would watch Juliana for a couple of hours. And once in a while, I might have a quick run to the store while Jessica or Derek watches her for a few minutes. But this time, it was just Jessica watching Juliana.
For 3.5 hours... all alone....
Luckily it went rather smoothly and Juliana was in a fairly good mood when we left... full tummy and a dry diaper. Derek called her when we got to the theater to confirm which showing we would be watching and, as soon as the movie ended, he called her again to let her know we would be on our way home. Everything was happy and peaceful when he talked with her before the movie started. The sun was shining... birds were chirping... all was right in the world. When he called after the movie ended, storm clouds were looming on the horizon. (figuratively - it was a bright sunny 75 degrees yesterday) Baby was starting to get fussy and Derek said he heard the first notes of panic in Jessica's voice. Ok, maybe not panic, but a really, really, REALLY strong concern about the direction things were heading. It came across as an ever-so-slightly higher pitch in her voice when she talked.
When we got home, baby was content and being carried by Jessica, and perked up when she heard our voices. I think she was a little upset with me, since she didn't immediately want to come to me, but wanted only Daddy to hold her. She would only give me the cursory glance every so often. This lasted about 10 minutes and I was back on her good side again.
Jessica said that she kept the baby entertained with Disney videos. They went through Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Lion King and Aladdin. It must have been playing at double speed, to get through all those in 3.5 hours. I imagine it sounded like chipmunk speech. Jessica claims that they only watched portions of each movie. How confusing would that be? The sea witch steals the voice of Tarzan until Simba kisses Abu?
Oh...the movie we went to see was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. It didn't stand up to the first movie, but it wasn't a bad movie, but it was difficult to truly get into the movie with some of the antics that went on.
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