Surprise Easter Visit to Annapolis

April 2-6, 2009

Since, we couldn't wait until July to see our families again, we decided to surprise them for Easter. With Mom Cerny and Melissa and Kevin coming to Annapolis for Easter with Amanda, we had both families in close proximity. We did our best to keep it a secret (Rani did better than I, of course).

So, with Mom Cerny sightseeing in DC Friday evening, I picked Rani and Noah up at the airport and headed to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Amanda kept us well informed through text messages and we easily stalked down the group in the Dinosaurs of the Ocean exhibit. We snuck up on LC and I calmly asked her, "Excuse me, mam? Can you take our picture please?". She grabbed for my camera before she did a double take! It was the perfect surprise.

The Natural History Museum

A regular Cerny family reunion in a public museum!






We then headed to Severna Park to surprise Grandrents Price. Rani, not being the planner (or secret teller, depends on how you look at it), couldn't find her parents anywhere. We drove to their house, nothing, rolled through Bill Bateman's parking lot, nothing, back to the house, notta, past Aunt Linda's and Carla and Sean's, still nothing. Finally, we spotted them getting into their car at Hella's. We started tailing them when it became clear they weren't ready to go home yet. So, we waited in the Safeway parking lot as they chatted with Aunt Linda in her driveway. Eventually, they went home and we snuck around the side and parked. We put Noah on the front porch in his bassinet, rang the doorbell, and ran and hid. After a short time, Dad Price answered the door with a very confused look on his face. As he reached for the phone to call the cops, we jumped out from behind the trees!







Noah has recently started grabbing for things more. Here he is going for his first Easter present.


A Bumbo chair! He thinks it's the funnest thing ever.


He couldn't wait to go watch The Masters with the guys.

Opening more presents

Seems to be enjoying it

I think he is looking for more!!

Shopping in downtown Annapolis

The girls and some pregnant lady dancing at Rockfish

The father to be

Taking a walk to the beach on Easter morning

Lacy helping Noah on his first Easter Egg Hunt

Aunt Nicole


Really enoying making music!!

Noah and Elsie checking each other out

And it has been almost a year, but we finally got out sailing