Last I heard, my gift had landed in New York. I've been religiously refreshing the tracking page, which was permanently open on my computer and my phone.

So today I'm just working up the energy to drag myself out of bed after my toddler, it's 10:30, and the doorbell rings. I throw a bra and shorts on and fight the baby and the dog away from the door. It's the mail lady holding a foreign looking package! I was not expecting this today!

I ran and got my camera and then homeboy and I opened the box together. I barely managed to get a photo of its contents before he started in on it. "Box! It's a box!!! It's a box!!!"

The first thing we opened was a lovely card from my new BFF, /u/mossybunny, which was attached to three packages of "Tim Tams" (I'd asked for something that represented my Santa's hometown, and apparently these things are "very Australian.") and some photos from their recent trip to South Africa, because both Santa and I are really into traveling! So cute! I have the cutest Santa ever.

Soon after that we opened some pet toys, featuring a laser pointer, with a note indicating that my Santa did some hardcore lurking through my posting history! Eek! She went way back to a post I made months ago about my toddler and dog playing together with a laser pointer. They were both SO excited to see a replacement after they killed the batteries in the last one!

After that, homeboy got some super cute T-shirts!! They're a little big, which is perfect! He can wear them now AND for another year or so! He loves the snuggly Santa koala, too!

At this point, I'm basically quivering in my seat. This is so much fun! From there, we opened the gift for my husband and I -- a Norway travel book (I mentioned that we're going) and custom-made leather passport covers featuring our names and our houses from Harry Potter! SANTA YOU DA BOMB. Combining two of our loves into one -- brilliant!

When I saw the tag for my next gift, I actually said out loud, "ohmygoddd," which kiddo then repeated back for the first time, "awwagaah!" LABRADORITE EARRINGS!! MY FAVORITE!!! I'm wearing them now. And forever. I love them. I can never have too many pieces of labradorite jewelry.

Then, the last gift I opened is an antique botanical print of a cuttlefish from a 19th century book! WHAAT! THIS IS AWESOME! I can't wait to get it on the wall! It's BEAUTIFUL AND I AM IN LOVE.

If I weren't married and if my Santa weren't engaged, I think I'd ask her to marry me. She knocked it out of the park. I am shocked. This has been better than I could have ever imagined!

Thank you so much /u/mossybunny! You made my season!!!