Confession: We’ve been arguing over some really silly things lately. Specifically, who went to get groceries the last time and who’s turn it is to get them this time. It sounds silly, because it is. It’s also crazy immature the way we both throw a fit about it in order to get out of running a simple errand.

We seemed to have developed spirits of selfishness instead of serving each other. It makes me feel terrible when I stop and think about it. In acting this way, how much farther from following Jesus could we be? Yuck.

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Have you seen The Vow yet? (If not, we got it free from Redbox (using these free Redbox coupon codes). Watch it this weekend!)

Eric and I both really liked it. I think watching it after recently having a baby made me see it in a unique way.

The premise of the story is (I won’t give anything away that you can’t see in the trailer): A young married couple gets into a car accident, and the wife goes into a coma. When she wakes up, she has no clue who her husband is or why she married him. She doesn’t even know who she is anymore.

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“When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different from what it was. Not better, necessarily; not worse, necessarily; but different.”
–Nora Ephron

This is an update to Eric’s post on how having a newborn affects our marriage. A lot of you left awesome comments on that post, so thank you!

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Eric’s mom and nephew came down yesterday to — get this! — CLEAN our house and put Roo to bed so we could go on a mid-week date!

We were so excited. I have to say that dates are finally starting to feel back to “normal” for me. Less worrying about Rooney when we’re gone and what we’ll have to do when we get home. I’m able to focus on having fun with Eric and strengthening our marriage.

We went to Earl May (we have some coupons to spend this month that we got during our landscaping project), out to eat at On the Border (hello, guacamole! you are my new favorite food), to the mall (we are lame and only bought socks) and then to Orange Leaf with a gift card we received from friends when Rooney was born.

Afterward it was already 9:22 so our trip to the new Whole Foods had to be rescheduled.

We left smiling about how awesome God is, because on our way to the restaurant we talked about needing to have a certain couple over for dinner soon. Guess what? We ran into them at Orange Leaf and were able to enjoy our yogurt with them! Isn’t it amazing how He orchestrates these things?

After we got home, we snuck in to watch Rooney sleep and then were off to bed.

I am so thankful for dates with my husband. They are crucial to our marriage. Have you had a good date lately?