A Helping Hand

On Thursday a friend from church took Bethany and Joel for the day, which gave Karen a big break. She still had Hannah (not much anyone can do about that when you are nursing), but when Hannah rested or wasn't fussy, Karen was able to rest and organize the school-room. This meant a great deal to her!

Last night, we had our anniversary dinner (our anniversary was actually last Thursday but this Thursday was when our babysitter was available). It was a feed the baby, go spend 2 hours out including travel time and come back to feed the baby kind of date. Yet it was special for us. It is the first time we have left Hannah with anyone (other than Karen's Mom).

Of course, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Hannah was quite fussy last night. I guess the "being left with a stranger" think was a little traumatic for her (even though we know this "stranger" very well and have trusted her with our other children on many occasions.