AITA for rejecting my husband’s birthday present?

My husband (33M) and I (31F) have been married for almost 9 years. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs, we’ve got 3 kids and he has never put in a lot of effort for my birthday (or any other holiday, for that matter). But we’ve worked through a lot this past year and I know he is trying to put in more effort. He told me recently that he was going to pay someone to come deep clean our house as my birthday present. To be fair, I have said many times that I would love to have this done but it isn’t something we need to be spending money on right now so we haven’t done it.

He followed this up by saying that if I didn’t want to spend the money, he would gladly just take the whole day and do it himself. When he told me this, I wanted to be very mindful of my reaction. Again, he has not been in the habit of gift giving or being super thoughtful when it comes to special occasions. I told him that I really appreciated the thought and saw the effort that would take for him to do but if he took the entire day to clean the house, I would obviously just be watching my kids and trying to keep them from coming behind him and messing all of his hard work up and ultimately that doesn’t sound like a present. I felt guilty because I want to praise his effort but I also feel like this “gift” doesn’t feel personal or thought out well, despite the effort. He didn’t seem too upset by my reaction but now I’m afraid he isn’t going to do anything? I’m also feeling a bit frustrated because if the roles were reversed, I would (and have) set something up where he would be able to go do something he loved with his friends and not have to worry about me or his kids. AITA for not just letting him do this for me?