We had my work Christmas party to attend last evening.  We decided to ask the Hashiguchis to look after Logan for us, so we would only have to bring one child to the event.  Stuart dropped Logan off a bit earlier at their house so that he could follow them to the Hashiguchi twin’s dance recital at 5pm.  Even though Logan goes to daycare every weekday, he has hardly been away from us any other time.  The only other occasion was while Connor was being born.  Even though we know that Dee Dee always takes good care of him and the twins adore him, we both felt sad to leave Logan behind and missed him so much.  We were so silly!  We felt much better as Dee Dee sent us photos of him periodically throughout the night. 

   We proceeded to the dinner party.  Since I am still in my maternity leave, it was fun to see and catch up with my coworkers.  Connor behaved quite well; he was being held by different people initially, then slept while we enjoyed the dinner with our friends.  Throughout the evening, we were keeping an eye on the time so that we would not be too late to go pick up Logan.  When we arrived at the Hashiguchi’s, he was just sitting nicely at the table eating a snack.  The first sentence he said to me was that “I want to stay".  It was cute to hear that and it showed how much fun he must have with them.  He did change to “I want to go home” after giving us hugs.  He also gave us so many kisses like we had not seen each other for days.  Of course, Stuart and I were enjoying the affection we received.  We are such needy parents.  Thanks to Dee Dee and Scott for taking great care of Logan for us again!