His very first gift was a jungle lamp that we had registered for and then were told was no longer available. Imagine our surprise when it arrived in the mail! Michael was so excited since he was the one who initially found the lamp online. Besides that surprise, the baby also received his first book: Goodnight Moon. The bonus is that it came with a read-along CD. I'm thinking that will be fun for when he is older and we are riding in the car. The gifts were from my uncle Martin (my mother's brother) and his wife, Linda. It was so nice of them to think of us! And what a thrill for Michael and me to receive gifts that our son will be using and playing with in no time at all. It makes his coming even more real.
The next gifts we got were from our friends Erica and Paul. The funny story behind our friendship is that I met Erica while on a flight from Atlanta to Portland. We got to know one another pretty well over the course of a few hours and we've been able to keep in touch since thanks to the magic of Facebook and one other in-person visit. She and her husband sent a gift set of Burts Bees baby care products (yay!) and a baby monitor that we'd registered for at Target. It was so sweet and thoughtful of them to do that--especially since we don't see each other often or even correspond all that often.
Another amazon.com box arrived a week or so after Erica and Paul's box. It was from my cousin Rochelle and her husband Duncan and baby daughter, Eleanor. They sent some completely adorable swaddling blankets. One has a giraffe print and one has a monkey print (of course!) :) What's even better is that the monkeys are a bluish-purple color. So cute.
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This little boy is already so loved by so many people. I keep telling him that and telling him how excited everyone is to meet him.
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