So I had devised a clever plot how to tell my husband he was going to be a daddy-of-two, all that was required was a little Photoshop, and a little tapework. And deception, that of course. (I've never heard of a surprise without it!)
My husband is always ordering electronics from a company in Hong Kong that sells them for super cheap, so I figured I'd make a little "delivery" of my own! I slaved away on Photoshop making custom labels that looked like the real-thing, then printed them, cut them out, and glued them to a packing-envelope (complete with the bubble-wrapped interior!) Then I put my secret delivery inside and covered the whole thing in packing tape (as they always are.) Then set it down in a common location in the apartment.
You can't see because the writing is so tiny, but up in the top, the return address actually says the package is from the "Stork Division" of the company. Just a little fun detail.
When Matt got home I told him that something had come in the mail for him from Hong Kong, and I acted puzzled as to what it was because he hadn't told me he was ordering anything. He looked extremely confused, as he hadn't ordered anything. But, as the man that he was, the thought that he'd received something for free or by mistake crossed his mind, so he was excited to see what it was. I handed it to him, and a pair of scissors to open it, and he gave me a suspicious look. "I don't know what this could be, unless you ordered me something!" Still not even close to the right track. :)
He opened it up, reached in, and pulled out a little green newborn soother. His face turned completely confused. Then I beckoned to him that there may be more, and he pulled out a "packing slip."
He instantly gave me a knowing expression, and an enormous smile. Then hugged me tightly and told me how happy he was. "I knew something was up," he said. "But that was the LAST thing I would have suspected!"
The rest of the day he referred to me as "you guys." That guy knows all the right things to say.
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