Our night away!

For Carter's birthday, Matt surprised me with a "Congratulations on your 1 year of being a mom" present. We've only had about 3 date nights in a year (and really it's been like a date hour each time) so we decided it was time for a night away. Matt's brother generously gifted us a night at the W hotel in Seattle. Grandma and Grandpa Vance baby-sat and for 24 hours we were kid free! We had such a wonderful day shopping and seeing all the Christmas decorations in downtown Seattle. Later in the evening we went to "A Christmas Story: the Musical." It was fantastic! For dinner we went to the Icon Grill. After quickly scanning the menu we happened to see the holiday dessert menu. Anyone who knows us knows we LOVE dessert, so we both ordered salads so we could split a yummy sweet treat! This candy cane cake was amazing!!

To wrap it up, the night went well. Carter had a great time with his grandparents and I wasn't as nervous as I thought I'd be being away from him. Actually, we only called once to check in! Looks like we'll just have to make this a yearly tradition!