Take The Trip!
Husband + Wife Puerto Vallarta 2024 🤍🤍🤍
For us, a once a year trip, just the two of us, is a necessity. Our daughter is the focus of our life (as she should be) each and every day, but for these few days, we get the opportunity to really focus on each other. Let me tell you, it feels so nice! This Valentine’s Day we celebrate 5 years of marriage and juggling every day responsibilities, our 18 month old and us being pregnant, this trip couldn’t have come at a better time! 🏝️🛫🐠🫶🏻
We spend most of our days in the monotonous routine of our lives and it feels so good to have a change sometimes. Leaving our daughter is never easy, and quite honestly the mom guilt always creeps in no matter how confident I am with my decisions. Sometimes the anxiety starts in and I imagine every horrible situation possible for no logical reason. I feel so terrible leaving her, even though I know she’s with the best of care! The “what ifs” and the illogical scenarios make me find myself panicking at random times and in random places.
Before, and during the trip are always the hardest. The irrational fears come in constantly.
•what if Ellena gets sick?
•what if something terrible happens with our plane?
•what is she can’t sleep without me?
•what if we our hotel has an attack?
•what if we don’t return?
All of these things are more than likely not going to happen. But my thoughts get the best of me and my anxiety skyrockets.
I try to see the bigger picture, and realize I have all these fears, because I have so much to lose. I am truly blessed and so grateful for the beautiful life we live and I just don’t want anything to ever happen that may jeopardize my family.
We get away once a year, and it truly is our time to reconnect. We flirt, hold hands, go to dinner, spend every minute of the day with each other and just soak it all up. It’s nice to have a few days of being husband and wife. We talk about our goals and plans for the future and this trip specifically we talked about what we would name our daughter who is due in August. We talked about all we have overcome, all we have accomplished and learned together and once we return home we genuinely feel so refreshed and proud. We are proud of the family we’ve made, the time we spend investing in our marriage and family and we know this once a year trip is everything our hearts need.
If you are in the thick of it, if you are feeling guilty and overwhelmed about even thinking about leaving your children; just do it. It never gets easier but I will say the first time is the hardest. So cross that bridge, take the leap. Your marriage will thank you. ☺️
And remember, to be the best mom + dad, it first starts with being the best Wife + Husband. Give your children the gift of growing up witnessing a happy healthy marriage, so they too will know exactly what to look for in their future.
