That's interesting about what she said, Tara. I send gifts. All be it, her birthday gifts were late this year. I felt like crap but with a newborn, it was hard to get to the post office. Thankfully, she doesn't fully understand that her birthday is on one specific day just yet and just likes to open presents.
I think J&D would be understanding if I
didn't send presents for whatever reason but... to be honest... I love buying her things. Nothing extravagant or anything she isn't allowed to have. But the Dora doll I sent for her birthday ended up being one of her favorite things that she got.
That meant a lot to me.
You should have seen me in the aisle. I stood there forever. Trying to deicde which one was more "like her." I got teary eyed when D told me that she took it to bed with her.
On the flip side, J&D send Nicholas gifts as well. They got him some pretty awesome things for my baby shower. I don't expect them, obviously but I am always touched. The most touching thing was that D got Nicholas a blue satin blanket like Munchkin had the pink version of. Well, Munchkin had two of the same blankie and for our first visit, they gave me the second one... so Nick's blue blankie meant even more to me because now we have both of my children's satin blankies.
I'm rambling.