How did you surprise a "dad to be"?

Question

My husband is at work for another 3 hrs. and I just found out that I'm pregnant. He is going to be so happy. I want a really neat way to surprise him...
P.S.--We have waited a year for this and I CANT wait until Christmas to tell him!!!

Answer 1

I just found out too.....congrats!

Go to a store and find a card with a congrats on it........buy a cheaper pair of blue and pink booties or something like it, put them in a gift bag or wrap them in a small box....leave the gift somewhere he will find it easy.

Answer 2

Funny you should ask. This was my best memory before we gave birth. My wife and I had some news to talk about after I came home from a business trip. I asked that we go to a local fav. I asked the bartender pour two glasses of red and I would be right back from the restroom. Low and behold there was only one glass of wine on the bar and I walked up to her and said Mrs. Ryan...You Are Pregnant. Sometimes finding out on your (our) own is the BEST surprise.

Answer 3

I put my test in a little gift bag...my husband came home with a friend and I didn't want to do it in front of his friend. Somehow the little sneak found "the gift" in the bedroom and I walked in to see him looking at this thing with a confused look on his face...It would have sucked if I had missed the look!!! I think it would be awesome to wrap it up for Christmas....and what the heck....give him a present early!

I love Ellen Degenitals....the name rocks!!!!!

Answer 4

I dunno.. I sort of liked the bow on the belly myself..

I wouldn't give him the pregnancy test; it seems almost crude, maybe? Unless, of course, he's just that kind of guy (Lord knows mine is) and wouldn't mind.

I thought Kristie's idea to give him a pregnancy book was an excellent one (and I've seen some excellent ones myself, including "How to Feel Macho in a Minivan"), as well as the idea to present him with an article of baby clothing, or anything else obviously baby or pregnancy related.

I personally wouldn't write it out or do it with a card, because I'd rather be there, and because it seems a bit impersonal. A symbolic gift seems somehow much warmer in my mind.

In any event, whatever you choose, I hope it's perfect.

Congratulations! :)

Answer 5

My funnny story. My fiance and I had a car accident and we went to the hospital for minor treatments. I had to have a CAT scan and he had to get a couple of stitches on his head. A routine pregnancy test was done on me b4 I had the scan and it came back positive! I had to wait until he was done getting patched up and all to tell him.

Interesting day. The second time ( I am 6 months pregnant now) it was " Holy ****! Come here now!!!" LOL
Congrats and good luck!!

Answer 6

Write it on the bathroom mirror in lipstick.
Bake a cake and write on it with icing.
Put a bun in the oven and when he gets home tell him there is something baking in the oven for him, go look.
When he gets home hand him oven mitts and a chefs hat and when he asks what they are for tell him you have a "bun in the oven".
Make a quick scavenger hunt where one piece lead to another to solve the puzzle.

Answer 7

If you can't wait until Christmas then maybe buy a card that says 'Merry Christmas Daddy'...I can't wait to meet you on (insert due date).

Answer 8

Make him a Congrats card off the computer and have him open it - thinking it is just a Christmas card.
Good Luck!!!

Answer 9

Get an envelope and write his name and address on it in a handwriting other than your own.....then tell him that something came in the mail for him.
Make dinner and draw a picture or write out 'we're pregnant' on a napkin, then fold it and place it next to his plate for him to find.

Answer 10

Congratulations!!
Leave the pregnancy test wrapped in a gift box on his pillow to find when he is getting ready for bed :)