Saturday Surprise

My mom came down to visit about 2 weeks ago. She was going to spend the night and then we were going to take Kane to get his pictures made the next day. I was so excited because Kane had not had any professional pics made yet. I know I know, I am a horrible Mom. Well, my mom woke up the next morning feeling horrible. We had to take her to the ER in Jackson because she was having awful abdominal pains. So, unfortunately, out photo appointment was cancelled. My mother is doing better now, thank God, but Kane still had not had any pics taken and I just didn't know how long it would be before she would be feeling well enough to come back down. Needless to say, I was pretty upset about the whole thing and I cried about it to Danny for days.

So last week Danny told me that he had a surprise for me and Kane on Saturday. He said that it was something that I had briefly mentioned that I wanted to do. I was both confused and worried. Once I said that I needed to start running, so for my birthday he "surprised" me with running shorts. Yeah, running shorts. It is the thought that counts, but a present that encourages weight loss on your birthday, well, you know how it made me feel.

So I was ready to embrace this Saturday surprise with a smile on my face, and take whatever was to come. Both Danny and his mother kept freaking me out all week. I was told that I should bring a change of clothes in case I got dirty. My mother-in-law even told me to bring a pair of cleaning gloves. By last Friday, I was convinced we were headed to a petting zoo and I was going to have to clean up after some type of animal.

We got up at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning, went and ate breakfast, and then went to the mall. It was about 11:30am when Danny said that we had to be at our destination by 12:00pm and that we had better get going. Well, we were walking out of the mall when he stopped me by one of the portrait studios. He said, " Here we are. This is it!" He had scheduled for Kane to have his pictures made. I teared up. How thoughtful and sweet. He knew how important it was to me to have Kane's pictures taken, so he surprised me with a photo session. It was wonderful. We had a great time, the pics turned out great, and it made me remember why I loved Danny so much. What a great day!