desperate dh seeks mother's day advice

[justdh]

Hello - first post so be gentle.
DW lives on this site, and has made some good friends, and gained valuable support and advice. Who'd have guessed she's the geek in this relationship after all (no offence).
Anyway, having familiarised myself with some of your acronyms (DH usually means d*head when directed at me, but anyway), I am turning to you for some important advice - my life could well depend on the outcome.
DW does a fantastic job, and we have a well adjusted 3 year-old DD as a result. I should add that she in no way does it by herself, in case you were wondering. We also have another on the way (T minus 4 weeks and counting) which she has struggled with (physically) from day one. So, I could do with some really nifty gift ideas for Mother's day to show my appreciation.
I just hope she doesn't spot me as she's bound to be lurking round here somewhere.
If you have any personal experience of great mother's day gifts, please share. Any help much appreciated - thanks in advance.
justDH

So, I've been to every jewellers in the city. Twice. After giving it some serious thought over a pasty and a coffee I found (what I think is) a nice ring. It was a little more than I thought I would spend, but on this occasion it was surprisingly easy to part me from my money. I think I made a good choice but I'll find out for sure on Sunday. DD approves - just hope she can keep a secret. I can't remember the last time I went shopping with the real people. I even enjoyed it. Seriously concerned that MN is turning me into a woman. Quick, get me to a pub. Arse, I'm skint... where's DW's purse?

justdh - you sound utterly lovely!! And even more girlie than my dp (who is a girlie!) who would never have thought of all those things..! The ring sounds fab and is sure to be a hit - good luck!

When I gave birth to DD in June 2003 DH bought me a white gold ring with an opal stone in it. He wrapped it in a special box and put a card inside explaining that it was 'Jessica's ring', that the blue bought out the beauty in her eyes and it explained that when she was old enough to have it I would pass the ring down to her so it stayed in the family. DH gave it to me when DD was three days old so the baby blues had hit and it made me cry for hours - a lovely thought though and one I will never forget.

No no no Dottydot, not what I wanted to hear. Would it help if I told you I just left the loo seat up?

well done on the shopping, my dh is useless at that kind of thing. Can't wait to find out who your dw is and what she thinks of it. Good luck

no justdh - just the fact that you've had to think about that means you're definitely on the girly scale..!!

redwinelover - that is the most amazing thing I've ever heard and brought a real lump to my throat!

Well Dottydot if that’s true then it’s because I’m outnumbered at home. The effect of the last 3 years living in a predominantly female environment has slowly but surely taken its toll on me. There is a lot of pink in my house. Even my mother-in-law says I look just as comfortable carrying dd’s dolly as I do a drill or a hammer. But this is about to change. My rehabilitation begins in 4 weeks time with the arrival of ds. He will burp, fart, spill things, make a noise, stay up late drinking (milk) and generally expect to be waited on hand and foot. In short, he will be my mentor. I’m on the road to recovery.

justdh, I've just read through the whole thread and I'm SO glad you got a ring, definitely the best idea and she will be so thrilled - expect tears!

I have an idea who's DH you might be lol

That's interesting - Stylish PI. I'll post dw's nickname on Sunday.
Inspired by jennifersofia's post the other day, dd and I made a card last night. Hand-prints + scanner + photoshop + glossy photo paper + nice words. Job done. I've never been so well prepared.

She will just love the ring I'm sure.

Would like to share this story with you, hope you don't mind.

My dh bought me a ring (which he had to have specially made - you will see why in a minute) after the birth of my ds. The rind contained 3 stones, a pink ruby (for dd), a light blue sapphire (for ds) they were in a twisted together setting and a very small diamond in the side of the band - this was for our dd that we lost and the diamond reprersented her twinkling in the sky!!! Now you see why he had to have it made!! This completed our family and this rind means soooooo much to me, especially as it was a surprise and so much thought had gone into it.

Sorry to hijack your thread but reading through it and seeing how much thought you were putting into your present reminded me.

Hope you all have a wonderful day on Sunday.

Pindy, I can't imagine what that must be like. I hope dw likes her ring as much as you do. Have a nice day Sunday too.

can i just say that you sound like a really top bloke, you said some really nice things about her on here and i hope you tell her too!! hope you have a really nice day on sunday.x

Thanks merrymum, but there's something wrong here. Get this - it's Friday night and my wife is 8+months pregnant. So which one of us is at the pub with their mates, and which one is at home on Mumsnet? What in the name of Angelina Ballerina has happened to me!? Apart from the fact I don't have a small person living in my belly, I have swapped lives with dw. I will wake up any minute now...

BTW - she's strictly J2O and in the non-smoking area, in case you were worried.

Croissants from Morrisons - that's what women really want for Mother's Day apparently. DW loves them. I bumped into a guy from work, with his kids, also hunting for Morrisons Croissants as a mother’s day gift for his dw. There were two left. I considered fighting him for them, but in the end I decided to let him have them. I figured my dw could live without croissants. They'd be soggy anyway right? What with all the tears and that.
Anyway, found some at another Morrisons later on.

A day off?!!! No cooking, lay in or a nice walk, lunch at home cooked by DP with help from kids (even if its a badly iced cake) wonderful!!
One of the best things I got when pregnant was an IOU - top to toe pamper day at the local spa - wonderful and DP popped in so I could feed DD in between treatments.

justdh - can't wait to hear about your dw's reaction tomorrow - good luck and wishing you a wonderful day! (dp and I are soooooo romantic we've decided to scrap mother's day until ds's are old enough to go to the shop and buy us cards themselves!!)

Hockeymum was very pleased indeed (there were tears as you predicted). The thing she was most surprised about was not spotting this thread! Thank you all for your help, it was fun. Happy Mother's Day all.

fab fab thread :) happy mother's day :)

haha dh has just directed me to this thread. I had no idea he was planning all this and very glad I didn't come across this by accident as it was a lovely surprise. Thank you so much for all of your suggestions, I have a beautiful card, a stunning ring which is exactly one I would have chosen for myself had I known about it. I had lovely croissants and my favourite orange juice for breakfast and have just finished an amazing fillet steak for lunch. I'm writing this while he does the washing up!

In fact there is only one negative I can think of. Now you all think I have such a thoughtful husband, no one on here is going to let me whine about him on MN should I feel the need in the future, but hey thats not a bad pay off really!

thanks for all your ideas and advice, dh was most impressed. He's promised to stop snooping on MN for a while now so the next you hear from him should be the birth announcement on 21st April!

Awwwwwww how lovely

Enjoy your day Hockeymum!

Oh and whats the ring like????

the ring is beautiful. Its whilte gold (so goes very nicely with my platinum wedding ring - i dont wear my engagement ring cos its yellow gold and clashes - so its nice to have a ring to go with the weddingn ring) It has three small square diamonds on it, one for dd, one for dh and one for ds to be! Its lovely and small (i have small hands so wouldnt want anything huge) and really dainty. I have to take it to get it sized as they didn't have one in my ring size (dh had taken my engagement ring out of my drawer to get the right size bless him, but they didn't have any that size) I'll go into town this week and get it sized so its the same as my wedding ring.

In short, the boy done good!!

really glad you liked it and it sounds like youve had a lovely day. i had flowers delivered at work yesterday and some lovely hand made cards. my dh is cooking the dinner as i type this-my fave roast lamb with all the trimmings. i look forward to hearing about the safe arrival of your ds. good luck hope all goes well.