WOW YOU GUYS. I have never received a gift like this before. So overwhelmed. By way of background: I am pregnant with my first child - a boy due in March and have had a pretty rough pregnancy so far - LOTS of sickness, pain, etc. It's been hard to get excited about the baby boy or even feel great about being pregnant. I participated in the secret santa last year and didn't get anything, and I did the rematch and still didn't get anything. But I love the reddit exchanges and enjoy gifting presents to people so I signed up again this year not expecting to receive anything, but remaining hopeful. Cue my 2015 reddit secret santa's entrance...

I arrived home Christmas eve, exhausted, after an 8 hour drive back from my inlaw's house, to a HUGE box on my front porch that had a picture of what looked like a microwave on it. My husband was all "what did you order?", and because I'm really tech savvy I'm like, "Is that a microwave?" Which would be cool because we don't own a microwave (turns out it's not actually a microwave it's a case that houses a custom built computer, but that's beside the point, and yes I did have to google it to figure that out). So anyway I open this box that's supposed to be for a thingey that houses a custom made computer but I think it's a microwave, and YOU GUYS it's SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. OH MY GOSH IT'S THE BEST EVER. The first thing I see is a COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF CIV5 - MY FAVORITE COMPUTER GAME. I quickly forget about the microwave. I read the card from my secret santa and he tells me he just so happened to WORK ON THE GAME and had a sealed copy! WHAT. YOU DID?! Total fan girl moment. He also mentions he has a baby boy!! And since his son has grown out of a lot of things and they also had a lot of unopened or unused baby things, he and his sweet wife decided to pack up the extra and give it to me!!! SOMEONE THEY HAVE NEVER MET. Look at all of this amazingness!!! There are clothes, hats, socks, SHOES (I love baby shoes!), diaper wipes and a diaper wipe warmer, bedding, sheets, a baby splash mat (SO COOL), changing pads, nursing pads, and so so so much more I can't even list it all out it's so awesome. AND THEY BOUGHT ME STUFF OFF MY BABY REGISTRY ALSO!!! WHAT! I was, and continue to be, so overwhelmed by this gift. I keep looking over at my table where I laid everything out for the photo to make sure it's still there :)

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH for your generosity. You sure do know how to make a pregnant woman cry tears of joy. And no, that's not the hormones talking.

Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!! Thanks for giving me my first reddit secret santa gift, and being a wonderful reflection of giving in this community! :-D :-D :-D