I guess you'll need a little back story for this... here goes.
In the last couple of weeks, as the due date approaches, Annaleese has started to become increasingly attached to me. Not always a bad thing, but it has definitely started to wear on my nerves. It has not been unnoticed by Scott either. So in an effort to give me some time to my self, he asked Annaleese to go to the mall with him. Which resulted in a little bit of a tantrum. After some coaxing on my part I was able to get her dressed and ready to go. She was under the impression I would be going to. I felt a tiny bit bad about that. So off to the mall they went.
When they returned home, I heard all about the GREAT time she had with her Daddy. Dinner, the Disney store, etc. She and Scott even brought me home some flip flops, since that's all I can get my ginormous feet into.
Annaleese told Scott to give me my gift. I thought nothing of it, and Scott told her that he had already given me the sandals.
The next day Annaleese and I spent the day with some friends at Gilroy Gardens. It was good for her to get out and make her self tired. We get home, get comfy. I start working on some things for Peyton's nursery. Annaleese disappears in my room with Scott and starts to tell him about her day.
A few minutes later she come out to the dining area where I was working. She grabs my hand, and tells me to come with her because Daddy has something for me. She's whispering the whole time. So I get up and go with her. She leads me into the room. I tell Scott that she told me he had something for me. I mistakenly assumed that he had sent her to get me. So he tries to play it off like she doesn't know what she's talking about. Annaleese wont let it go. She puts her finger in front of her mouth, like you would when you are trying to tell someone to be quiet, and say's in a whispering voice ," Remember Daddy the surprise for mommy?" Still whispering, " Remember the pretty thing you bought her?" Still going on she says, " Remember the surprise?"
At this point I'm laughing because she totally just gave Scott's surprise for me up. I know he has something for me, and so does he. But I also knew I wasn't supposed to have it yet.
So he digs out a box with a necklace in it. It's Peyton's birthstone. He had planned to give it to me at the hospital after she was born. It's beautiful and I love it, and the memorable story I get to share when people ask me about it.
