perks of divorce.

Got your attention on that one, didn't I?

So this weekend, Mr. Man and I realized our time was running out.
Life is about to change in a drastic albeit blessed way.

We're about to retire our non-kid weekends.

For the past four years, our special little perk of being divorced parents was that all of our sweet kids went to their other parent's homes every other weekend.  On the same weekend. Which was lovely.

We've run away for mini-vacations.
We've hung out in bed for entire weekends.
We had three movie weekends.
In the theaters.
(This past weekend we had to repeat that one just for kicks!)
We've hot-tubbed and chilled in front of fires.
We've seen more concerts than I can honestly recall.

It's been a blast!

What an amazing blessing to a new couple to have that time set apart to spend with just each other (and now an over eager puppy), playing, dating and just enjoying life together.  Don't get my wrong, I adore all four of our children who live in our house but it has been quite a luxury to have no choice but to spend time without them.

And now there's the Bean.

Baby Bean is getting closer and closer.
Our time just the two of us is about to get sparse.
And while I cannot wait for her to complete our little family,
I will miss our non-kid weekends.

I have been so blessed to get to hang out with my best friend, the best husband I know and the funniest guy I've met over the past four years of non-kid weekends.  Our lives are better for it and as sad as I am that they're going away, I can't wait to see what this next phase of life holds for us.

Baby Bean weekends can't come soon enough!
Tick...tock...it's coming!

-a very preggo McGee