My wonderful mother-in-love turned 50 this month! So we decided to celebrate it with her. If you know Randy - you know he loves surprises. He will wrap my Christmas presents and hide them from me a month in advance (if he remembers to shop that early). He has even hid them in plain sight and I didn't have a clue. Anyways, back to the birthday, I talked with him about how we could surprise her for her birthday. After lots of plans, canceled plans, new plans, we finally had one. We would drive out on Friday afternoon to surprise her and spend her birthday with her on Saturday. Kristi and Andrew couldn't go, but graciously decided to let sweet Bella go with us. Yes, that's right, Randy & I took Bella with us on a 5.5 hr drive - without her parents. Let's just say, she loves her "Wachel" and "Wandy." :)
We headed out on Friday afternoon - in the rain. I think it rained over half of the drive there. Needless to say, baby girl didn't get a very long nap. She was so good though. We kept the "nacks" handy and made a few stops and all was good (once we found her pillow and figured out she wanted her paci). We got to Sonia and Bruce's about 7 and rang the doorbell. She was so surprised! She had an idea Randy & I were coming, but no clue about Bella! It was so cool to surprise her that way. Thanks K & A for sending Bella with us for the weekend!
Saturday we loaded up and took Bella to a park that was decorated for September 11th with an American flag for everyone who died on September 11th, 2001. We got some great pics.
Sonia & Bella looking at the ducks
Memorial for the Fallen
Mim & Bella
Bella
Rachel & Bella
Mim & Bella
The Flags for the Fallen
Randy & Bella
Rachel & Bella
Bella running
Randy & Bella
Bella
On Sunday we got to go visit Randy's Grandmother, Aunt, Uncle & Cousin. Here are some family pics we got while there. And we celebrated Sonia's birthday again while there.
We headed out on Friday afternoon - in the rain. I think it rained over half of the drive there. Needless to say, baby girl didn't get a very long nap. She was so good though. We kept the "nacks" handy and made a few stops and all was good (once we found her pillow and figured out she wanted her paci). We got to Sonia and Bruce's about 7 and rang the doorbell. She was so surprised! She had an idea Randy & I were coming, but no clue about Bella! It was so cool to surprise her that way. Thanks K & A for sending Bella with us for the weekend!
Saturday we loaded up and took Bella to a park that was decorated for September 11th with an American flag for everyone who died on September 11th, 2001. We got some great pics.
Sonia & Bella looking at the ducks
Memorial for the Fallen
Mim & Bella
Bella
Rachel & Bella
Mim & Bella
The Flags for the Fallen
Randy & Bella
Rachel & Bella
Bella running
Randy & Bella
Bella
On Sunday we got to go visit Randy's Grandmother, Aunt, Uncle & Cousin. Here are some family pics we got while there. And we celebrated Sonia's birthday again while there.
Randy, Uncle Steve, Bruce & Austin
Aunt Sharla, Grandma, Sonia & Bella
Randy, Austin, Grandma, Sharla, Me, Sonia, Steve, Bella & Bruce
(I was taking the picture, and had it on auto timer. When I got it set, they told me to squeeze into this 6-inch space on the couch. That's why I look like I'm sticking out in front. :) )
A good one
Sonia's cake
Sonia - I hope you had a great birthday weekend. We so enjoyed surprising you! Thank you for being such a great mom to Randy and a wonderful mother-in-law to me. We love you so much. Happy Birthday!
