A New Year

Wade & I celebrated the new year and a new beginning for our family this past Sunday night by having 24 child-free hours together in Dallas. We love our little man Tate to pieces, but it is so nice to have a little bit of time away (even just 20 miles down the highway) to reconnect and have a day of uninterrupted conversations. Here is the one and only picture I took.

We spent the time eating out at non-kid-friendly restaurants, did some walking around and shopping, saw a WONDERFUL movie, Slumdog Millionaire, had our favorite dessert at Truluck’s, and got to spend the night at one of my favorite old, restored hotels in Dallas.

Since we were there to celebrate a special occasion and the fact that we were maybe 2 of 10 people in the entire hotel, we got a free upgrade to a ginormous suite. We were already paying only half of the usual rate (note to self that the Sunday night after New Year’s is THE time to get a great rate at a nice hotel), so I was beyond excited about the bargain. They even sent a bottle of champagne to the room. I’m pretty sure the hotel staff was a little bored since no one was there. But hey, I’ll enjoy it!

If you haven’t read here already, we were celebrating our new chapter for Wade and our family as he resigned from his job to run the family business, a clinical research company.

In some form or fashion, this has been years in the making, so it’s exciting to see it all come to fruition. That isn’t to say that I haven’t had moments of nervousness. Wade & I know very well that out of the two of us, he’s got much more the entrepreneurial, risk-taking spirit than I do. That difference provides strengths and weaknesses for us both. In this situation, it’s a great strength for him, and I’ve come around to be very excited about it as well. We laugh and are thankful that I’m past the point of “feeling like I’m going to throw up" from nervousness when I talk about it. We’re both pretty proud of me! :)

But really, I’m extremely proud of Wade for the years, months, and hours of researching, planning, and praying that have brought us to this place of embracing what appears to be a great opportunity. Bring on 2009 and all that it holds!