A great weekend and a huge milestone.

Martin and I achieved a huge goal on the weekend. Daniel our eldest who is Anaphylactic had his first ever sleepover. Daniel has NEVER been out of my sight since the day he was born. After almost 6 months of counseling Daniel and I have learned to cope with his conditions, deal with trust and work through fear. Daniel had a recent severe reaction but I was determine for it not to set us back with our goals. Don't ever underestimate the power of asking for help. Sunday was a major step for us, he had a sleepover at Nonna's (Martin's Mum) and I can not tell you how difficult the road has been to get to this point and to let go for the first time. I am so thrilled that Martin and I finally have had the courage to do it as well as give Daniel this freedom. I would be lying if I did not admit to the huge knot I had in the pit of my stomach while he was out of my sight and Martin was worse than me.
We dropped off Oscar to my parents which allowed Martin and I to have our first night together alone since Daniel was born. We had dinner, a movie and a sleep in on Monday morning. We then picked up Oscar and went out for breakfast, we all ate eggs and enjoyed them without the worry of Daniel being around. We bumped into Sandra and Matt and took them out to see our sticks (the frame of our new house) . We are really looking forward to when we will live a stone throw away and be able catch up more often.
Daniel had a ball and when he returned home he could not stop yapping about every little thing he did. Nonna said she was a little nerves and had to check on him a few times when he went to bed. We were glad that it gave her a real understanding of what a day in our life was truly like." We know it will get easier for all of us and we have already talked about the next time it being a little longer visit. I took lots of photos of Daniel packing his bags in the car and Nonna took my camera to take photo's of him at the park and his stay away. This will be a scrap LO for sure. He is still talking about it days later and can't wait to go again.