Nic's SURPRISE 30th

Yesterday our favorite guy in the whole world turned T H I R T Y!!!

Liam and I were still asleep when he left for work for the day so we wanted to make him something special on our driveway to come home to ...

Entering a new decade makes for a pretty special birthday so I decided it seemed only fitting to round up as many co-workers, childhood friends, neighbor friends, and his parents that I could to share this special day with him. I spent a great deal of the day lying to him about where I had to go and what I was doing so I could pull off what felt like a pretty great surprise party! 

I contacted one of his co-workers early in the day to help me keep him at work so I could get everything set up and ready for the party but that stinker wouldn't listen to them or respond to me about his timeline for the day (insert: I had NO idea when he was going to be coming home). There were several times throughout the day that I second guessed my sanity trying to throw this party by myself while 6 months pregnant (examples include: a lady trying to charge me $264 for 14 balloons at Fredmeyer, or the fact that half of those balloons popped while trying to get them in the back of my car, or the mounds and mounds of bird poop covering the picnic tables that I had to scrub clean for guests and food to sit on!) but thanks to a husband who could probably care less about the balloons, a whole heck of a lot of clorox wipes, a few tears, and a retired father-in-law who was willing to help a girl out, everything went off with a bang!

Nic got home from work at 4:15 for the day and I lied and said I had some last minute birthday errands to do. I encouraged him to relax and enjoy the time to himself while I took Liam with me. Then the crazy party prep went down and I left Liam with grandma at the park while people began to show up and I went back home to pick up Nic. Lie #2 was that I dropped Liam off at our friend's house who was babysitting him for the night so we could have a date. He was so excited that I sincerely hoped I didn't disappoint him when he found out that we weren't ACTUALLY going out on a date (thankfully he wasn't, but I still owe him one!). Lie #3 I told him he needed to be blindfolded so the place we were going to dinner would remain a surprise. I drove around in circles until he could no longer figure out where he was. haha Then we finally showed up at the park for the party!

Everyone shouted SURPRISE as I took off his blindfold and he was surrounded by people who love him!! I had his favorite (Wingers sticky fingers) as part of the dinner and Better than "You Know What" cake for dessert. ;)

Besides the many balloons that popped (including the big gold 30 ones that I never did end up getting his picture with), I hung these two posters as part of the party decor ...

Hilarious baby and childhood pictures in the shape of a "30" and a flashback to all the things that were popular in 1987 including 79 cents a gallon for gas and cell phones that were the size of a man's head!! haha

I put the poor man to work cleaning up his own party when it was all said and done ...

And Liam got to drive us home (living his BEST life)!! Before you start to panic, we are about 5 houses down from the park. ;)

We hope you had your BEST birthday yet, Nic Williamson! We are so lucky you are ours and can't wait to spend your next decade of life with you!! Love you!