A Sweet Surprise

A few days ago my friend Amy emailed to ask if I wanted to have lunch yesterday--you know, to recover from our recent move etc. Of course I said yes and yesterday she picked me up and drove me to a local town for lunch! It was a bit more complicated than that since that town was having a huge book festival and we had to park blocks away and drive in circles looking for a spot =) I was very surprised at how committed she was to eating there since we were having such a hard time just getting in to town! It was a beautiful day and we walked to the cutest restaurant ever

*The Painted Cottage*

(I tried to put pictures up of their insides but they're all techy and complicated and won't let me copy them =).

Upon arrival she looked inside the restaurant and just kept walking through it--I was thinking, let's eat! I'm hungry!

(that's the pregnant lady talking)

but she just kept searching and we came upon a lovely room in the back--painted with beautiful murals and all of the sudden I saw all of my friends (even my Amish friend from far away!)! Which was weird b/c I wasn't expecting it!

I was thinking, "Wow--they're celebrating the fact that I've lived through my move!"

It honestly didn't occur to me that anyone would celebrate my sweet baby Ezra with a beautiful luncheon until I realized the little *E's* on the table were in recognition of him!

I can't tell you how special and loved and happy and SURPRISED I felt seeing all of my beautiful friends gathered there to surprise me! I've NEVER had a surprise before and apparently--I am not good at them--because I was so surprised I didn't even really come to terms with the surprise until today =)

(I promise to refrain from using the word surprise again in this post =).

Thank you friends for a lovely afternoon and a delish lunch! And although I think you all are strange for ordering breakfast food in the middle of the afternoon, I'll allow it because I love you all so much =)

(Sorry, Shelly doesn't *do* breakfast =)

Thank you Brie for being the lovely lady behind the operation and setting me up for the best surprise ever--I'm so glad you're my friend--seriously, so glad!!

And now that I've finally finished putting Ezra's dresser together I'm going to put away his new clothes! Woot!