So remember a few weeks back when I said I had a big BIRTHDAY SURPRISE for my husband?  Well, it was my brother, sister-in-law and nephew coming to visit us and guess what??  I totally pulled the surprise off b/c he had no idea (I’m traditionally a really bad surprise keeper).  So here are some pictures from the weekend taken by my sister- in-law, Jenny (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, she needs to go PRO).

All of the commentary below is from my 18 month old nephew’s view.  🙂

Day 1

“SURPRISE!!!  Oh hey, what up Uncle Marvin?  What took you so long to get home?  I’ve already gone through all of your pots, pans, remote controls, balls, etc…  OK OK, I’ll give you a hug now that you recognize who I am finally!”

“So I’ve met a lot of people, but where’s my food?”

“This is the dessert I’ve been looking for all night – it was made by Aunt Sandy, piped by my Dada, written by my Mama, and made for Uncle Marvin and Sam!  Don’t worry all, Sandy will post up the recipe for this delicious lemon layer cake with raspberry filling and buttercream frosting shortly.”

“Oops, I forgot to bring a present, I guess I’ll just type out the card right now.”

Day 2

“Good morning all!  I’ll have a hot chocolate with extra whipped cream please.  Uncle Marvin and Aunt Sandy are taking quite awhile with that menu there… I already know I want pancakes and waffles please!”

“Whoa, it’s a huge barn on a farm, I’ve never seen anything like it.  Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in California anymore, we must be in Kansas!!”

“Ohhhh look at those cute baby goats.”

“Hey wait, that’s my afternoon snack!”

“It’s OK, I’m totally cuter than those goats, am I right?”

“So cute that everyone just wants to give me kissies.”

“And take pictures with me.”

“And my reward for being such a cutie, was a whole bunch of smoothies, YUM!”

“Yea, they are pretty cute too.”

“But I mean look at me, how can you say no to this face?”

“I guess Mama and Dada say no to me sometimes, but I can usually get my way if I give them some more kisses!”

“I totally bribed them to stay out way past my bedtime and eat sweet potato fries in a shopping cart… and burgers and more shakes too!” 🙂

Day 3

“Whoa is that a tornado??? I mean we are in Kansas after all, or wait, are we in Missouri, can’t really keep them straight…”

“Oh well, I’ll just concentrate on drinking my 18 month old birthday juice.  Don’t worry folks, it wasn’t a tornado, just a crazy storm.”

“Whee, Aunt Sandy took me out to play in the rain!  After all, I don’t see much of that back in California.”

“Whew, playing in the rain is quite tiring… I’ll just lounge with Uncle Marvin for awhile.”

“Actually, let’s go play with animals and eat KC BBQ instead!”

“Oh, I guess it’s time for my Mama and Dada to head back home.  I’m gonna stay with Uncle Marvin and Aunt Sandy in Kansas City.”  😉

“Kidding, I went home with Mama and Dada.  But what a fun weekend I had in Kansas City, I was able to cross off Missouri and Kansas on my States to visit list too!  Can’t wait to see those farm animals again soon, oh and Uncle Marvin and Aunt Sandy too!”