I am one of those people that always buy Christmas gifts early. This year, we have everything but our gifts for each other already bought. Here's our run down:
My mom: DVD storage tower, photo album, photo keychain with Uriah's picture, and a box of white fudge oreos (still to be bought actually, since they aren't in stores near us yet)
MIL & SFIL: $35 gift card to O'Charley's
SMIL & FIL: $35 gift card to LoneStar
My sister: Bra & keychain w/ Uriah's picture
My niece: Makeup
My nephew: Nerf bow
Then we draw for one of Sean's siblings at Thanksgiving to buy for, so we won't be able to buy that til December obviously.
We also had to buy birthdays between now and January, which include:
My mom: Bag of brazil nuts
My nephew: A nerf watergun
My sister: A birthstone necklace
My MIL: The Bible miniseries DVDs
My SMIL: A birthstone necklace
So, altogether, we spent around $250for all those things. I told my mom ahead of time not to spend too much money on us this year, but she said she would anyway cause she always does. We told MIL the same thing and she said she's only buying for the grandkids this year, not the adults, so at least there's that. We don't buy for all of hubby's siblings or their kids, and on their birthdays we just send cards, because there are so many. On my side of the family, it's one sister, one niece, and one nephew, so we buy them presents, and they always buy for us too.
I told hubby for Christmas I want a juicer, and then whatever else he wants to get me. I really want to be able to make fresh juice for Uriah (and me!). Right now I've been giving him 1.5ounces of Gerber pear juice a day for the last 3 days, and yesterday he was the happiest he's been since birth. He was such a joy to be around. I wanted to wait til 5 months to give him juice so his bowels were a little more developed, and I really think it's helping his constipation a lot.
My birthday is in January too, so I told hubby I wanted another tattoo. He still hasn't told me what he wants for his birthday in October, or Christmas, so we'll see what he gets!
My mom: DVD storage tower, photo album, photo keychain with Uriah's picture, and a box of white fudge oreos (still to be bought actually, since they aren't in stores near us yet)
MIL & SFIL: $35 gift card to O'Charley's
SMIL & FIL: $35 gift card to LoneStar
My sister: Bra & keychain w/ Uriah's picture
My niece: Makeup
My nephew: Nerf bow
Then we draw for one of Sean's siblings at Thanksgiving to buy for, so we won't be able to buy that til December obviously.
We also had to buy birthdays between now and January, which include:
My mom: Bag of brazil nuts
My nephew: A nerf watergun
My sister: A birthstone necklace
My MIL: The Bible miniseries DVDs
My SMIL: A birthstone necklace
So, altogether, we spent around $250for all those things. I told my mom ahead of time not to spend too much money on us this year, but she said she would anyway cause she always does. We told MIL the same thing and she said she's only buying for the grandkids this year, not the adults, so at least there's that. We don't buy for all of hubby's siblings or their kids, and on their birthdays we just send cards, because there are so many. On my side of the family, it's one sister, one niece, and one nephew, so we buy them presents, and they always buy for us too.
I told hubby for Christmas I want a juicer, and then whatever else he wants to get me. I really want to be able to make fresh juice for Uriah (and me!). Right now I've been giving him 1.5ounces of Gerber pear juice a day for the last 3 days, and yesterday he was the happiest he's been since birth. He was such a joy to be around. I wanted to wait til 5 months to give him juice so his bowels were a little more developed, and I really think it's helping his constipation a lot.
My birthday is in January too, so I told hubby I wanted another tattoo. He still hasn't told me what he wants for his birthday in October, or Christmas, so we'll see what he gets!