Soldier Comes Home From Afghanistan Gift Wrapped for Mom

The heart-melting moment a soldier surprises his family by jumping out of a gift box after nine months in Afghanistan
Patrick Conwell, of Nashville, Tennessee, made his creative entrance at a party where his parents and sister were expecting to learn the gender of his brother's baby
Daily Mail
By ERIN CLEMENTS FOR MAILONLINE
24 December 2014

A soldier who recently returned home from Afghanistan has given his family a heartwarming holiday surprise by jumping out of a gift-wrapped box.

Patrick Conwell, 31, enlisted the help of his brother Matthew, who told their mother, father and sister that he and his expectant wife would be hosting a party to reveal the gender of their baby - and that the giant box next to their Christmas tree contained either a pink or blue balloon that would signify whether they were having a boy or girl.

Instead, Patrick, who had been in Afghanistan for the past nine months before returning home to Nashville, Tennessee, was waiting in the package, clad in fatigues and bearing a green balloon.
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Dec 23, 2014
Coming home from Afghanistan and surprising my family under the guise of a 'reveal party' for my brother's new baby, December 2014.