The Mercantile Reveal!

Yesterday (Saturday, 7-22-2017), the Wilsons picked me up bright and early around 6:15 a.m. (my car battery died the day before - sad day).  We met the group at Jeff's, then headed to the Pioneer Woman's restaurant in Pawhuska, Oklahoma (me and Kyle with the Wilsons, JEM driving Laura and the Myers). Her restaurant is called The Mercantile. *They pronounce it Mercan-"teal," not Mercan-"tile," apparently, so my post title rhymes. =) lol

Here's a pic of our happy friend group with Ladd, a/k/a the Marlboro Man, husband of Ree Drummond, a/k/a the Pioneer Woman! After an hour and 23 minutes waiting in line, we were seated at this cute round table in a corner that gave us a little more privacy! =)

1. Laura was definitely more excited about meeting Ladd than the rest of us! lol 

2. Four kinds of delicious syrup for those with pancake breakfasts!

3. I took this one through the window outside. =)

4. When we first got in line!

5. Karli Marie eating her Goldfish snacks while we waited. lol That made more sense later...

6. My chocolate milk and water in a Mason jar. =)

7. The breakfast menu... best meal of the day!

8. Me excited to be by the fan for a minute during out outdoor wait!

The cute #Pawhuska sign outside, then several shots of the Mercantile store, which I spent a bit of the wait time exploring. lol  All very cute and colorful and fun!!

So the plan was to celebrate Chet Lee's 29th birthday there... little did we know there was another upcoming birthday we'd be celebrating!!!  They brought a gift that was supposedly a gift Karli was giving Chet because it didn't come in until the day before. He pulled out this "Rad Dad" t-shirt where we could all read it, but he clearly wasn't looking at the front of it... pretty sure all of us reacted with big eyes and dropped jaws, but we thought Karli was using this shirt to tell him the surprise, so no one spoke for a minute because we were waiting for him to look down and read it! LOL

...It turns out they had both known for a few weeks, so as soon as we were all clear on that, the "Congratulations" and happy hugs and questions and stories started pouring out!!  We saw pics of the photo shoot where their parents found out - so cute and funny! Chet had also ordered the second shirt, which said, "Be nice to me, my wife is pregnant!" lol

And the best news of all (not really, but it excited me) is that the due date is February 16th. So the baby arriving one day late would be nice so we can share a birthday. lol  They're not planning to find out the gender, but they have a few possible names picked out either way. Anyway, it was very big news and a really great day of celebration and thankfulness and fun with friends!! 💛💛💛