Today was stressful and exhausting! I have been dragging my very pregnant body around all day finishing up Christmas stuff and my lack of energy was causing me to be frustrated about being pregnant. This is not normal for me at all, I have wanted nothing more than to finally experience pregnancy. This feeling that came over me today was borderline depressing. So when I got home and looked through my packages it was nice to have a burst of excitement as I saw a package addressed to c/o aloivanel. I called my husband into the room to open it with me and he was super excited too.

I ripped open the box to find BABY STUFF! This made me SO happy. Every time I have put baby stuff on my Christmas wish list for family members they act as if I cannot be serious. They want me to give them ideas for myself. Really though - I just want baby stuff! This turned my whole day around.

Coincidentally, today I was at the baby store with my cousin to shop for my newborn nephew and I was pointing out all of the Eric Carle stuff! I was specifically looking at The Very Hungry Caterpillar book and a caterpillar car seat toy. However, the book I found was hard, and the car seat toy was different. I did not buy any of these and I am glad I didn't! This soft version of the book is PERFECT as a first book. The pages are interactive with awesome fabrics and colors. Also, I like this car seat toy WAY better. This one is a wrap that includes dangling parts rather than a clip-on where the whole caterpillar dangles. I was concerned the clip-on version would hang down too low for a newborn (this is the case with one of my sister's clip-on toys for my nephew.)

These gifts are seriously so perfect. I am actually amazed by the coincidence and so happy to have gotten perfect versions of what I was looking at earlier today. I hope my photos show my excitement, however, I feel as though they probably don't. I swear I really am just exhausted.

Thank you so much, Sandy. These gifts are perfect. You did an amazing job. Thank you for spreading the joy.