Ha, we told our familiy about the baby on Christmas Eve and then on Christmas Day I opened up a wine rack with a bottle of wine. I let my mom keep the wine for herself.
For real though, my parent's bought H and I a joint gift of a small smart TV for our bedroom. It will certainly come in handy if (hopefully not) I end up on bedrest later in pregnancy!
J gave me three bottles of wine...thanks babe. Oh, and a GC for a massage so he's not a total loss I also got some new workout/lounging clothes, a new coat, a paper shredder, a set of sheets for my bed, and various GCs.
The fetus got a BRU GC and booties (from BFF's parents), an Ohio State hat and OSU onesies (from BFF), an Ohio state bib and baby slippers (from MIL), and Wynken Blynken and Nod from my parents. Kid made out like a bandit for not even being out of the first tri
The kid got a ton of baby clothes from my parents, a hat, some other stuff. He made out like a bandit. I told my mom she should start buying toddler clothes, because the kid is SET for infant stuff. I got some Amazon gift cards, and H and I got a dual gift of the stroller I registered for. H got me a new purse and the ReBoot DVDs I've been wanting.
I got a TON of awesome stuff... new Uggs, $75 Sephora gift card, grape purple Coach sneakers, cash from my uncle, my favorite perfume, a subscription to Birchbox, etc.
We got a few baby-related gifts. But I was SOOO psyched to see that our families gave them to us as a couple. I see so often where the mom-to-be gets baby gifts in LIEU of gifts for her and the H still gets things solely for him. That totally bothers me. But nope, my family was good and the baby gifts were addressed to both me and H. We got receiving blankets, a few bibs, a few cute onesies, a pair of baby John Deere socks from my FIL (he has an antique John Deere and does tractor pulls. And yes, we live in CT), a cool funny book about parenting like the Victorians, a pacifier that makes the baby looks like it has a mustache and a toy from my dad.
Post by SallySparrow on Dec 26, 2012 19:28:24 GMT -5
My grandma still spoils all of us grandkids, even though we're grown, so I got some fun stuff from her.
DH got me a Keurig and some Doctor Who stocking stuffers. lol
We still have four (yep, four) Christmas gatherings this coming weekend. Both my and DH's parents are divorced and can't stand each other. It makes for a long Christmas season.
Yeah, imoan, that's what I was worried about, too, but anything baby related was actually addressed to the baby and I got my own stuff.
I got a bunch of gift cards, lots of warm fluffy socks, some DVDs, Legos (H and I have a slight addiction), a bath pillow and bath salts, and H got me an iPad.
Post by baconlettucetomato on Dec 31, 2012 11:07:34 GMT -5
I got a few maternity sweaters, a basket with a date night in(movie, popcorn and blanket), diaper genie trash can, a small plush owl for baby, a baby Mickey Mouse with a Steelers blanket, a baby Steelers stocking with some small rattles and toys, some cash(which we used to buy our deep freezer and hopefully a new dresser) and a dartboard for our basement
The only baby-related stuff I got was a maternity sweater from my mom and a baby outfit from MIL/SIL.
Otherwise, I got a tablet PC from DH that I LOVE, some kitchen stuff from several people, a couple of GCs from my parents and a bunch of other really random things.