So I'm a bit delayed in this post...Dan's birthday was Saturday the 4th. Various ideas ran through my mind of how I could make it a special birthday for him and here is what I came up with.
My plan was to surprise him at work on Friday and take him to lunch. I figured it would be fun to surprise him, but also he could then show Madelyn off to his co-workers. A few weeks ago I emailed Dan's boss and we got it all arranged. She scheduled a "meeting" with him and the rest of the audit team and the plan was in motion. Dan never suspected a thing. I jumped, okay, crawled, out of bed just a few minutes after he left the house around 6am. I baked brownies to take, got myself showered and ready, and Madelyn fed, clothed and happy, and hit the road! Now his office is 45 min away, with no traffic, so I prepared for the worst with lots of diapers and bottles and toys. Fortunately Madelyn slept almost the whole way there. Dan happened to call me about 10min before his meeting began to say hi, and I played it off well saying I was driving home from my mall walking, etc, etc. He still had no idea. I was getting increasingly excited. I showed up just as the meeting began, his boss came down to the reception area to walk me up, we got to the conference room and she introduced me as "a special guest" or something, and I came into the room, baby in stroller and ballons waving behind us, and a big old smile lit up Dan's face. It was GRRREAT!! So I dished out brownies, I revealed all the sneakiness to Dan that I had to cover up over the last couple of weeks, and Dan got to introduce Maddy to everyone.
It was funny because apparently Dan had scheduled a meeting with the other auditors the day before to prepare for the fake meeting. Haha! But we had fun spending some time together and making Dan/Daddy feel special! We love you sweetie!
