might he propose?

I have a hunch, just a slight little silly hunch, that my boyfriend could maybe, possibly, propose to me on christmas. Now I could totally be way off base, but there have been a few things that have lead me to believe it could be true. such as;

• we were standing in the supermarket queue and he was in a crabby mood with me. to lighten him up, I told him, “If you knew what I′m giving you for christmas, you′d be in a totally different mood now.” (I′ve bought an expensive watch for him, along with some other stuff). He raised his eyebrows and said, “If YOU knew what I have for you…”, with a tone of voice that indicated that no matter what my gift is, his gift for me is a lot better. I got curious and asked, “What do you mean?!”, to which he replied, “I′ve been saving up for it for a while…”
• for my birthday which was recently, he got me a tripod (I′m into photography and videography; I edit and produce short videos etc.). Later that night when I said, “I wonder where I′m gonna use my tripod for the first time”, he suggested that I could use it during christmas eve when we′re with this family, opening presents and such, and make a timelapse of it. The reason this got me thinking, is the fact that when talking about engagement in the past, I′ve mentioned that I wanted him to record it/get it on camera so we can look back on it in the future
• a few months ago my best friend, Callie, told me to tell my boyfriend that when he plans to propose, he should message her and she would be able to give advice on which kind of ring I would like. Now – We were out together on Saturday night, and I told her that my boyfriend said to me that he′s been saving up for my gift  for a while. She responded, “maybe it′s a trip! That would be so awesome if it′s a trip.” I might be way off but I just can′t help but wonder why her mind didn′t go to a proposal (unless of course she knows that he′s going to propose?). I feel like that′s what she would have normally replied to me when saying my boyfriend has been saving up for his gift to me for a while.
• he′s been seeming super happy lately (like a hyper kind of happy), and when asking him why he′s being so giddy and happy, he would respond “no reason!”
• he′s told me several times that I′m gonna love my gift, and he′ll make sure to emphasize that I′ll *love* it

I′ll admit; I′d be extremely happy to be engaged. Just moving to a next stage in our relationship and being able to call him my fiancé. Having turned 27 years of age recently, I do feel like I want to move to a more serious place and start making plans to get married, buy a house, and have a couple of babies. No matter how much I may be crushing on other men in my life, there is no way I′d let any of these feelings get in the way of building a life with Liam (my boyfriend). There′s no way I would want to start afresh all over again with another person. Nevermind the fact that I feel like it would be too late to meet someone else at this point, seeing as my maternal instincts have kicked in hardcore over the recent years and my yearning to become a mother is unbearable at times. Seriously, baby fever is real.

Let′s see if I′m wrong about him wanting to propose on christmas. I told myself it′s just a silly hunch and that I shouldn′t have my hopes up, but I think it′s too late for that and I′ll be disappointed if it doesn′t happen.

This morning at work, Jacob sat with me at my desk to have a ′coaching′, which was actually a little get to know eachother conversation. He asked me a load of questions about how I like this job, how I got here, what I did before moving to this city, where I traveled (as I told him I′d been traveling the world a few years ago). I also learned a little about him, where he was born, where he grew up, and such. It was nice and we laughed some. He′s got such a lovely, funny personality and I just know and feel we′d have been a good match if we had met at another point in our lives (when we were both not in relationships with others). We both finished work at 4PM and we took the elevator together, and we chitchatted some as we walked towards the train station.