Ideas for 20 yrs in business gift for Hubby?

[BeachBum]

My husband will be celebrating our businesses 20th yr in business soon. He opened it right after college and still works there very full time.
I had hoped to do a big party for him, but I'm going to be giving birth to twins right around then.
It just so happens he got skimmped on his 40th yr birthday a few years ago because that is when I gave birth to our son. I just feel terrible that he isn't getting a big celebration for these special occasions. He always does such a great job of surprising me, birthday parties etc. I just really want him to know how proud I am of him.

Any ideas on gifts, or something really special I can do, or give? I need to plan now because I will be on bedrest for the months leading up to that time.

Thanks for any ideas. Nothing is too big or too small to throw out there. :)

[pharmarepgirl]

A GF of mine once rented her DH's "dream car" for him to drive for a month. She got him a red Ferrari and he loved it! Not sure if your DH is a "car man" or not but that is an unusual gift that he would not forget. Just a thought when I read your post. Good luck!

[Blissful_in_TX]

If you are going to be on bedrest, could you pull out all the old work-related photos, video clips, etc that have been taken in the last 20 years and make some sort of powerpoint slideshow? (with music that he’s enjoyed the last few decades!) It’s so hard since you can’t anticipate when the twins will be born, but can or will his coworkers throw a little party for him and that could be playing in the background?

Or you could do a more tangible version and take all of those old photos and turn them in a bound photobook like on shutterfly or snapfish. Or if a lot of the same people are still in the company, you could give each of them a sheet to write down something special about you DH or funny memories, etc, and turn it into a scrapbook.

If you want something a little more fun, I had a caricature drawn of DH when he was an Army surgeon in the Iraq…..it was supper cute; it’s framed in his office now.

For something more serious ……If there is a cause he believes in and if they’re doing some sort of fundraising project (like having an inscription on a brick) where the city could have a permanent reminder of his success. We did this recently for my grandparents 60th anniversary, and they loved it!

[Puppylove]

How about a vacation? Perhaps after you and the kids are settled in one of your parents/siblings/friends can come and help you out while he goes on a weekend away trip? Nothing says "good work!" like a vacation!