9.03.2010

a beautiful betrayal (is happening right now)

dearest jesse hubsface,

i have a horrible confession to make: i have been lying to you for months. because of my egregious mendacity, we can’t go to the lake this weekend. in fact, there is no lake trip happening and there never actually was.

see, we have other plans…we ARE going somewhere. 

 in fact that's why we're at the airport as you are reading this. we're not actually here to pick up lena and head out to a lakehouse in south carolina with 3 other couples. she's here to pick up judah and our car.

because we're going somewhere really special: just the two of us. 

a place with no diapers or jobs or responsibilities or chores or stress of any kind…we’re going on a real-live BABYMOON to celebrate our upcoming 4th anniversary and the impending arrival of miss layla embry.

so, do you want to know where we’re actually spending the next 4 days and 4 nights? i’ll give you a little hint:
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we’ve already "mooned" there once before

october 5th, 2006.

that's right! we're going back to the place we spent our honeymoon! aka the all-inclusive, multiple 5-star restaurant-having, hot-tub-in-our-room, 24-hour room service-providing, mexican paradise resort.


i have been saving up like crazy little by little for over a year for this vacation and got amazing deals on our flights and our stay, so don't worry about how we're going to pay for it. all you have to do is remember the spanish translations for "beer AND wine please," "we'll try one of each of the desserts," and "can you leave it on the doorstep because we're naked?"

you are such an amazing father and husband and you deserve this. let's go check our luggage (2 bags checked for free EACH!) and talk about how hard it's been to keep this a secret from you for the past 5 months since i booked it.

resort staff: please brace yourselves. you may think that since i am pregnant that you are making more money on me because i won't be partaking of the alcohol that is included in our reservation. that would be a foolish assumption. i am eating for two and will more than make up for the lack of drinking. i hope you stocked up on meat and cheese and carbs: i'm coming for you and i have a score to settle.

**wanna see how jesse reacted to this post as he read it in the drop off lane of the atlanta airport? check it out **

6 comments:

  1. OMG!!!! This totally made me cry! Girl you are awesome. I don't know how you kept that secret for so long, but you're inspiring me :)
    Love y'all and enjoy every second of it..you deserve it!

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  2. So awesomely amazing, Keight...what a fabulous anniversary present for Jesse AND for you!!! Love it SO much, you little fox! You outwitted him, and did exactly what you painstakingly planned!! You go girl!

    It was so awesome to HEAR the surprise (and still a little bit of 'is this really happening?' in Jesse's voice about 40 minutes after you rocked his world!! Was dying to call, as I watched the clock and thought of what fun you were having seeing the light dawn in that amazing brain of his.

    Have a FABULOUS time. The blog post is awesome, and such a cleaver way to reveal the hidden treasure! Love you guys. Lena, Genia and I (as well as the guys) will all have a ball with Judah, so no worries on your part! WE'll be thinking of you (but not of too many details!) Love and hugs!

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  3. Okay, you are so fun! Y'all have a great time!

    And, 20 points for keeping such a great secret and actually pulling it off!!

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  4. how totally and completely awesome. hope you guys have a blast. and i hope i remember this idea when it comes time to pull the goalie and work on baby # 2. i want a babymoon some day too!

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  5. I'm so proud of you! I loved, loved, loved the idea, the follow-through, everything! Proud, proud, proud!

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  6. Such a great surprise! I hope you guys had a fabulous time - you both deserve it!

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