3/19/10 - The Big Day

Today is the day...the big surprise!!! I was home with Olivia all day. It's my usual day to work, but since my mom is coming over to watch Olivia so we can go out, I didn't want her to have to watch her all day as well...so we switched days. Olivia was tons of fun today...she kept me on my toes from the time she got up, so it was pretty exhausting.

My surprise reveal didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped. I bought Christian tickets to see George Lopez...he's our favorite comedian. We got into George after having Olivia...his sitcom was on Nick at Nite ALL night long...so every time we'd get up for a feeding...we'd watch George. I knew he'd really want to go, but when he found out about the show (after I'd bought the tickets) I told him no way could we spend that much...hoping to throw him off. I put the tickets in an envelope, wrote a little message on the front, and taped it to the door so he'd see it when he got home. I anxiously watched for him to get home, and watched him come in, waiting to see his reaction. I was like a giddy school girl. He waltzed in, like nothing was going on. I was looking to see if he'd opened his present...and nope, it was nowhere in sight. He walked right in the door, not even noticing the envelope with BRIGHT green writing on it, at eye level. I was so mad. I quickly pointed him back to the door, he opened it up and was very excited. He jumped in the shower, my mom showed up, and we were off for the night. We haven't been out together, just us, in SOOOOOOOO long, I was very excited.

We stopped at Chipotle for a quick dinner. We'd never been to this Theatre before, and you never know what traffic will be like getting into Minneapolis, so we wanted plenty of time. We got there, REALLY early, and anxiously waited for the show to start. Another pregnant couple sat right next to us, so we passed the time chatting about our soon to be babies, which was really fun. The show opened with a surprise opening act...Bryan Kellen...and he was HILARIOUS!! Seriously, you have to check some of his stuff out on YouTube or something, he could have his very own show in my opinion. Then out came George...and it was a great show! Well worth it, I'm so glad we got a chance to go!

After the show, and after getting lost trying to get out of Minneapolis (like usual), we met up with our friends, John and Michelle, for a bit. It's nice to actually get a chance to catch up with some friends....it's getting harder and harder to do as time goes on.

All in all, it was a VERY great night, and something we definitely needed!