I *love* "Daddy says send $$$"! That's hilarious!
My husband was out of town when I discovered I was pregnant the second time. I made him a couple of t-shirts. One said "Big Brother In Training" and the other had "Brother to Bee" with a bumble bee on it. I told my husband I made a couple of shirts for our son. My husband fought torrential rain, two flat tires and a transmission fluid leak to get home. When he boated his car into our driveway at 2am, I figured he needed some good news, so I showed him the shirts.
We just called family members. They were not so enthusiastic. I'm glad I didn't do anything major.