Surprise!!!

Surprise!!!

and she was!

Matt, Megg and I plotted this

surprise 30th birthday party for Krissy for over a month

and amazingly, no one blew it!

we ended up with 40+ at my mom's house

where krissy thought she was going to be attending

Riley's 1st birthday party

thankfully she didn't come in her pajamas as she had thought about doing

though, at 8+ months pregnant I'm not sure anyone would have minded!

i was terrible about taking pictures because i was too caught up playing hostess and making sure everything was going smoothly, but i did manage to get a shot of the birthday girl blowing out her candles... with a little help from the little man.

her favorite cake from White's Bakery.
Chocolate Mousse Cake with Chocolate Covered Strawberries!

we also had make-your-own ice cream sundaes

and

a chocolate fountain!
a pregant woman's dream!

then there was the crazy cast of characters. led by the ring-leader, Dana. He made party hats into a full-on event and Emelyn loved every minute!

Dana & the birthday girl!

check out his behind. no really. i think he's encouraging it!

Dan's 2-year old niece Lilly! So beautiful!

this was the epitome of the "end of the night, long day" vibe

oisin having a grand old time, playing. and his dad, tom, in the background. wiped.

love this cute little guy. he's learning the flirty shoulder shrug early!

finally, this was by far the cutest, sweetest part of the night. most of the crowd had gone home. emelyn asked me to scratch her back, and within 10 minutes she was sound asleep on the livingroom floor. for some reason willy was still wide awake and hanging out (amazing since it had to be 10 or 11p)... when all of a sudden he goes over to emelyn saying "night night" and hugging and kissing her! so. freaking. sweet.

these ones speak for themselves.

matt took willy home eventually and we stayed chatting [mom, dad, dan, kris, dave, conor and me] until after 1am. then we finally called it a night and drove kris home.

happy 30th krissy.

love you!