SURPRISE NONNI

Friday morning Hailey and I left Clarksville at 4am to embark on our surprise visit to Tampa! Well, Papa knew we were coming, after all he paid for our ticket, but Nonni had NO IDEA. Planning started the previous Sunday when Papa called and asked if I wanted to go and see Tech play at the ACC Championship, the deal being I would have to get on a plane (I fear flying) and he would take care of the rest, tickets, pick up, etc. I pondered the idea for a night and after much convincing from both Papa and Karl I decided to go. It was then decided that we wouldn't tell Nonni Irene that the Hailey bug and I were coming, why not give her a little surprise.

First leg of the journey was Nashville to Atlanta, since that flight was at 5 am I have no documentation, but Hailey and I were both passed out! Next we got to sprint through the Atlanta airport to catch our conncetion...once on board Hailey was her regular chipper morning self . . .

playing with the seats, belt buckles, tv screen and anything she could find. Thankfully the flight was only about half full so we got two seats to ourselves. To my amazement as soon as we were rolling down the runway for take off Hailey passed out again!! She proceeded to sleep the entire one hour trip down to Tampa! And even though she was such a great passanger the sight of the Florida coastline out the window was a welcome one!!

Papa met us at the gate and it was off to Ybor to surprise Nonni. She was speechless, shocked and I even though she might have a heart attack at one point =) But she didn't and the surprise was a super success!!! After the inital shock wore off Nonni proceeded to run around the house saying "I would have had this done had I known you were coming" . . . we kinda caught her on cleaning day so there was laundry in the works, dogs being bathed, etc. No big deal, Hailey dove right in and helped!!


After the doggies had their baths we went for some lunch at the local burger joint, yummy! Nonni shared her turkey sandwitch with Hailey, and her sweet tea (just what she needed Nonni, caffeine and sugar!)

Then we came home and just layed low for a bit. Hailey found some fun new toys, Nylabones. For those who don't have dogs, Nylabones are hard plastic chew bones for dogs. Yummy! Abbey wasn't too keen on sharing her toys, but so long as Hailey was willing to share back she dind't mind too much!

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That evening Nonni Irene stayed home with Hailey while I went out with my dad to do some pregaming! Being a mommy now I am the ultimate light weight when it comes to drinking, so 2 and a half Shandy's later (a delicious mixture of beer and Sprite) I was DONE. We did however have a great time and met some fellow Hokies!