My Sweet Little Pea...

...is not so little as of yesterday/last night. He spent his first night away from us (we have been apart before, just never because HE went somewhere) and while it was nice to have some alone time with John, it was very strange to not have Sam here. He spent the night with his grandparents.

When I took him to their house, as soon as I stopped the car he opened the door and said "Goodbye Mommy!" He seemed a little put off that I was actually going to walk him in and not just dump him in their driveway.

We'd tried this before and he made it to 9:00 p.m. at which time he said, "I'm ready to go home now," so we weren't sure whether he'd stay this time or not. When the phone rang at 9:30 last night I thought, "Oh nooo..." but it was just him telling me goodnight.

He seems to have had a great time. I told him that I missed him, and he said "I missed you too Mommy." I continued, "But you had a lot of fun," to which he replied, "Yes, I missed you but I can have fun without you Mommy."

Ouch and thank goodness, all at the same time.