How do you keep things feeling fresh and exciting or even just make time for each other with kids, work stress, a home to take care of, etc.?
Just looking for little tips and tricks to implement in this new year ahead! 
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hahahaha the what?
but seriously, i'm interested in hearing people's responses!
one thing i'd like to do more of is having in-home date nights. as in, buy a nice bottle of wine and tasty treats, pick a movie, and carve out time together after the kids go to bed. no computers or phones or other distractions.
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We try to have "moments"
DD goes to bed pretty early 7:30-8 so we have a few evening hours that are ours!
We might make a few drinks, night shower together, or just cuddle with a good show!Definitely need to do more dates out of the house in the next year!
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I'm just here to hit the subscribe button and lurk.
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@FaithFertility: I miss showering together! But someone has to watch the baby, lol. She is usually okay, but since she sleeps on our bed, we don't want the "just in case" if she wakes up and crawls off, haha. We used to shower together ALL the time!
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@coopsmama: for us it's the little things. Slip a love note into his lunch, sweet 'I love you' texts in the middle of the day, morning sex, making his favourite meal.
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@snowjewelz: Awww yeah! Are her naps in your bed also?!
Maybe an afternoon shower?! -
@FaithFertility: Hahaha. We just shower whenever we can. We'll have to find new things to do! Our bed is her bed for naps and night time sleep
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Today we decided to send DD to her sitters and we are both off, waiting for oil change then off to lunch together!
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I know to make DH happy all he really needs is sex, seriously.
I'm always yelping new restaurants to try so that we can get excited about then and plan when to go.
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@snowjewelz: This. Sex. I just need to find the energy!
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@dc yoga bee: I know. I personally need it much much less than he does haha, but I muster up the energy b/c he gets so happy afterwards lol and then he will become super duper helpful and compliant for everything hahaha!
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We love to do wine, cheese, and chocolate night at home. We pick up some yummy cheeses from Wegman's, get some good quality chocolate, and a decent bottle of wine. We eat after D goes to bed. We usually put on a movie, but something about the cheese makes us tune out and actually talk to each other. It's especially nice when we can sit out back with some music on. We always feel extra connected after one of those nights.
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Dh really likes when we meet up for lunch together during the week.
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We do dinner after LO goes to bed once every two weeks. That's fun. We also have nights where we bring wine into our room & watch TV on our laptop. It's just fun and cozy. We don't have a ton of sex, but it's easier when we've established these little "date nights" at home.
I find that when I'm carving out 30 minutes a few times a week to work out, I feel really good, and it encourages me to take better care of my marriage.
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Wine.
Seriously though.... I've become more of a physical touch person (5 love languages) since having the babe. So lots of random hugs and smooches. We do nice things for each other as much as we can. I think just doing things like keeping the house clean, meal planning, etc allow us to just relax and enjoy time in the evenings.
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I am really hoping we can manage more romance (and sex, too!) in the new year. For the last week, we have had LO on a restrictive nap schedule and sleep training. Before he would wake up every hour or so (meaning no time for romance of any sort). Now he is sleeping through the night! So I have hope. We also now have a trusted babysitter, so I am hoping we will be able to make our relationship a priority, once again.
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Thanks for the ideas so far. It's really helping me start thinking in that direction. I need to make my husband more of a priority because he takes such wonderful care of us and loves us so well but man with two kids ages 2 and 1 and one on the way I feel like it's going to be a challenge.
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