The Hill

My beloved is over the hill. To mark the momentous occasion, I surprised him with a birthday dinner with 5 couple friends, his PHX siblings and his mother. I had it at our house and had been planning it for a few months, knowing that I would have a newborn.

I assembled lasagnas at my neighbor's house, dropped off ingredients for salad and appetizers for other friends to prepare for me, and stashed paper products, centerpieces, rolls and other party items in various hiding places throughout the house.

His mother came to "babysit our kids" so I could take him to dinner. I was still in my sweats so he agreed to take his mom to Michael's on an errand while I got ready. In the 30 minutes he was gone, I hurriedly set tables, laid out food, lit candles, and greeted guests. I put Ava at the window on lookout and when he walked in the door, we were all in the foyer waiting for him.

It was a fun evening and I can't believe I pulled it off!






You should know that in the discussions on adding a fourth child to our family, Mark told me he didn't want to have any past 40. I slid Milo in with 25 days to spare!