Surprise!

I helped Todd and Wendy pull off a huge surprise last night. Wendy had told me they were coming to town for a whirlwind week-end and wanted to surprise everyone. She asked if I could get Shawn and possibly Scott and Jenny to The Yard House for dinner where they and Abby would surprise everyone. And I did! And it was a great surprise - the looks on Shawn's and Scott's faces were priceless - even Jenny seemed a bit taken aback. They were all looking like they had just walked into a foreign land (totally confused as to their situation) when Todd went up to them and welcomed them to Alabama. Disbelief was the word. Then they all started chatting and catching up at once and we had a very merry dinner. Then we all walked into Del and Gayle's house to surprise them with their prodigal son and family. Gayle actually shrieked when she realized who was in their home. Very satisfying event.

Then we had Pippi stay the whole night with us - and she was great. She was asleep by 11:30 and only woke up once, at 3:30 for a ba-ba and diaper change. Then right back to sleep. George and Breezy came by for her at 6:15 a.m. The Pirate Band had a gig in St. Louis and they left right after the show. Pippi is the most adorable thing - just a beautiful baby.