If I could have just delayed my clothing panic by a few weeks I would have been alright. Papa and I went to lunch with Papa’s Dad and Linda. After lunch they gave us this huge basket full of the cutest little clothes for Daniel. On top was the softest blanket ever with his name on it. There are tons of outfits, and even a cap, socks and booties. The basket is lined and perfect for using in the nursary. Linda added lace around the outside of it, and it is just beautiful.

I can’t really explain it, but pregnancy does stuff to your brain that just causes you to do things at certain times.  My first big panic was that we needed to get a car seat so that after Daniel was born, we could actually bring him home.  After fulfilling that pregnancy inspired panic, my next thought was, he has no clothes.  I knew we were going to have showers and such and that clothes would come, but not knowing when Daniel would come in conjunction with the showers, that just didn’t give me adequate comfort.  So this led to my treck to Wal-mart to get some basic, basic clothing.

These are natural toys that are wood and non-toxic paint.  The duckie is real rubber and the little feeding spoon is wood.  These came from this website for natural toys.

These are glass bottles instead of plastic

In Mama’s spare time (yeah, right!) she’s been working on some interesting toys for Daniel.  These are (as Papa keeps reminding me) not to scale fruits.  If they were to scale, they wouldn’t be fun.

Mama got $100 of award money from work in the form of gift certificates.  We put some more money with that and bought Daniel his stoller and infant car seat set.

Daniel received two Christmas gifts.  Cousin Rachel gave him four gowns and two footie sleepers in a couple of sizes.  We have the smaller ones ready to use.

Uncle Larry and Aunt Brenda gave Daniel these neat bibs that have all the big firsts on them.  There are three of them that have an event on both the front and back.

Daniel’s first gift is from Edith who works with Pop.  She gave Daniel this little Titans Bib.  A while later she gave him the Titans hooded towel.

Mammy made a beautiful quilt for Daniel.  She wasn’t satisfied with it when she finished it, but Papa and I love it and think it is absolutely perfect.