Surprise!

So yesterday, September 18th was my birthday.

Our tradition the past few years has been to have an evening out, dinner, coffee and smooches. Darren likes to make sure that we actually go out on my birthday-DAY and not just wait till the weekend, so last night we headed out to eat dinner together to have our date. We're headed to drop off the kids with our friends who baby sit for us on date night, and as we walk in their house going to see the new puppy and settle in the kids, i turn to face 20 friends yelling "SURPRISE!".

Alright, so it's a Thursday night and i know 28 isn't usually a big deal, so of course there was no way to see this coming. The irony is that i've never had a surprise party before, maybe only 1 or 2 real parties before period. This one was complete with those whistle-blower things, candles and ice cream cake.

I actually couldn't believe how good darren was at keeping this from me. The joke of the night was that he's so good at hiding things from me, he could probably hide my own pregnancy from me if he wanted to keep it a surprise. (no i'm not actually pregnant)

So with the help of some really amazing friends, the fantastic night was topped off with a rad new iPod touch!!!

To everyone who came to the party brought cards and/or contributed to the iPod, i thank you and am really blessed to have you in my life!

love you guys!


P.S. the really funny subplot to the story is that Darren didn't tell the kids the truth either, knowing they couldn't have kept the secret. So since they're anticipating us leaving for our date, Claudia asks me an hour into the party "so mom, when are you guys going to leave?". We laughed, and I had to explain that the party had been a secret, and dinner was just a 'pretend story' that daddy told me/us to keep it. I think, despite the cake and fun, the kids were a little disappointed to not get their alone-fun time with Brad and Vera.