You Really Shouldn't Have....

When I found out that D's deploying for a year, I knew exactly what I wanted him to have with him. So for months, I've been secretly stashing away my slush money to get this for him.

By November, I finally had enough to get it! So it was wrapped up and stashed away for Christmas.

His Birthday's on December 13th, so I also had his Birthday gift hidden away. (Which is also something I got for him, with the deployment in mind.)

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I recently found out that everyone's getting their things together to ship downrange. He also mentioned that a lot people were shipping "big" items like electronics and what not. So, with his gift in mind, which is cumbersome in some ways, but not in others, I realized I'd have to give it to him earlier than planned. Everything's shipping out this Tuesday.

So his smaller Birthday gift is now his Christmas gift and vise versa.

Last night night was his "Birthday". The boys and I gathered around him and I proudly handed his gift over. I know he was excited because I've been gushing for weeks about how much he's going to love it!

Being "Mr.Cool" he slowly unwrapped it. It was KILLING me! I almost snatched it away from him and ripped the wrapping paper off myself. (I think he does this on purpose, to drive me nuts)

Anyways, an hour later, after peeling back the last bit of paper, his gift was revealed.

His eyes grew big and his jaw dropped as he gazed at his BRAND NEW, VERY OWN......



BRIEFCASE!!!!

He was so overwhelmed with his gift, that he was struck speechless, so I spoke up for him.

"Isn't it great honey? I thought we should start working on your future, and even though I know you don't normally use a briefcase, nothing says professional like a smart briefcase like this one."

His mouth opened, then closed because he was still... speechless!

He politely started to unzip it to see what it looked like inside, when I decided to let him off the hook.

"Of course, we also got you something to put into this briefcase." And I disappeared for a moment and came back in with another gift that had been stashed away.

Looking confused, and unsure of what to expect at this point, he started unwrapping, b.t.w.: this time he didn't linger on every fold and taped down piece!

This time he got his "real" gift- a brand new I.B.M. laptop computer!!!! Which of course would be placed into his "briefcase" which is actually a cool, black canvas laptop case.

He told me several times: "This gift KICKS ASS!" *nods* Yup, I done good.

But, I really did have him going and wondering what the hell I was thinking when I got him a "briefcase".
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I also pointed out that in addition to being able to keep in touch with me, he can also watch DVD's with it, and it's small enough to bring into the port-a-potty for when he feels like watching some porn.