Carrie Underwood!!!

I might have some of the best friends a girl could ever ask for!  So most of you know that I am a huge country fan and proud of it.  Don't try and tell me I'm lame or that I'm a dork for listening to it, because frankly, I don't care.  My husband informed me the other day as we were going through the Starbucks drive-through that Thaiv (one of our very good friends) had bought tickets to Carrie Underwood for his wife, Crystal. (one of my best friends)  I admit, I was extremely jealous and a bit disappointed that my husband hadn't thought to buy tickets for us, but to his defense he only listens to talk radio and had no idea she was coming to town.  Long story short, Thaiv found out that I REALLY wanted to go and so he gave me his ticket!  This may seem like just a nice gesture but this concert was going to be the first time Thaiv and Crystal had been out - ALONE - since their baby girl, Madison, was born.  She's almost five months old.  I feel so honored to have been the one to go out on their first date! :)

I was a little (ok, A LOT) nervous to leave Riley since she's only been breastfed and never given a bottle.  Four hours is quite awhile for her to go without eating since she's pretty much on a 1 1/2 to 2 hour schedule.  Please, no judgements....she just likes to eat!  We met over at Thaiv and Crystal's house, topped off their tanks, and left all four kids in the care of Alex and Thaiv.  Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving my children with anyone BUT Alex, however the thought of Thaiv and Alex alone with all four kids put a grin on my face as we shut the door behind us. :)  I was pretty confident there was going to be a lot of crying since neither Alex or Thaiv had the right equipment to feed them.  

We got to the concert and found our seats.  We were chatting about our kids and how it felt SO good to be out on our own - no diaper bags, no car seats - just Crystal and me with four hours of pure entertainment in front of us.  As I was marveling in my own bliss, I was interrupted by the sensation of something cold pouring down my head and down the back of my shirt.  Yep, the girl behind us had spilled her sugary Mike's Hard Lemonade all over me.  Nice.  Luckily my hair just crusted over and we were able to enjoy the concert despite me smelling of alcohol. :)

Carrie Underwood was awesome and the opening band, Little Big Town, was just as good!  I sang my little lungs away and then we got back into the car to return to reality.  I must say, the trip to freedom was very much needed and appreciated but I am very thankful I had a husband and two beautiful children to return to.  

I half expected to open the door to the house and hear a constant stream of screaming, but to my surprise Cale was in bed and Riley was asleep on Alex's shoulder.  After feeling a bit let down that my kids weren't needing ME, I happily realized that it is possible to leave and have things be ok.  

I guess I'm going to have to do that more often.