Sweet Baby Gifts

?What are your top 2 favorite Christmas names for girls?

?What are your top 2 favorite Christmas names for boys?

?What would you name your son/ daughter if they were born on Christmas? Would you give them a holiday-themed name or an ordinary name?

?Name 4 babies using the letters in the word Christmas as their initials.
First baby is a boy with the initials CH.
First baby is a girl with the initials RI.
Third baby is a boy with the initials ST.
Fourth baby is a girl with the initials MAS (2 middle names).

?Do you know anyone who was born on Christmas day? Do they get combined birthday/ Christmas gifts? Do you think it’s unfair that they receive combined gifts?

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or whatever holiday you are celebrating!
- Ivy and Belle.

- Nicholas and Emmanuel.

- I’d just give them my favourite name; the same name I’d use at any other time of year. But if I had to pick a Christmas themed name, I’d use some combination of the ones above.

- Charles Hale
Ruby Isobel
Samuel Theodore
Madeleine Adele Serena

- Not on Christmas Day, but my dad’s birthday is the 28th December. He hates getting combined gifts, or when people use Christmas wrapping / cards for his birthday. I can understand that and I do think it’s unfair, because someone born in any other month would get two sets of presents.

Merry Christmas!

A NUMBER of men come from the East. They are astrologers—people who claim to interpret the position of stars. While they were at home in the East, they saw a new star, and they followed it hundreds of miles to Jerusalem. When the astrologers get to Jerusalem, they ask: ‘Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star and have come to bow down to him.’
When King Herod hears about this, he is very upset. He calls the chief priests and asks: ‘Where is the Christ to be born?’ Basing their reply on the Scriptures, they answer: ‘In Bethlehem.’ At that Herod has the astrologers brought to him and tells them: ‘Go search for the child, and when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and bow down to him too.’ But, at heart, Herod wants to find the child to kill him!
After they leave, an amazing thing happens. The star they had seen when they were in the East travels ahead of them. Clearly, this is no ordinary star, but it has been specially provided to direct them. The astrologers keep following it until it stops right above the house where Joseph and Mary are staying. By now Jesus is about two.
When the astrologers enter the house, they find Mary with her young child. At that they all bow down to him. And they take out of their bags gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Afterward, when they are about to return and tell Herod where the child is, they are warned by God in a dream not to do that. So they leave for their own country by another way.
Who do you think provided the star that moved in the sky to guide the astrologers? Remember, the star did not guide them directly to Jesus in Bethlehem. Rather, they were led to Jerusalem where they came in touch with King Herod, who wanted to kill Jesus. And he would have done so if God had not stepped in and warned the astrologers not to tell Herod. Matthew 2:1-12; Micah 5:2.
I do not celebrate Xmas. Why can’t people except the truth about the star. The Bible says it was a ‘new star’. Who did not want that baby to be born? You know who it was that put that ’star’ or light there. There were many ‘astrologers’ not just 3. Your Xmas cards have a baby laying in a manger. Uuumm. Also you have snow on the ground. Uuum The shepherds were in the fields with the flocks. In Dec there was big snows in Bethlehem. Could it be according to other events that he was born in early fall. I wonder why they chose his enemy’s birthday to celebrate his on? Uuum. John 17:3 tells us that it means our life to have knowledge about the truth of who God really is and who his son really is and what his spirit really is. While you are off for the holidays, take time to read your Bible each day. Ask God for Holy Spirit to help you to find truth. A good book to start to start with is Mathew or Mark. Especially Mathew 24th chapter. Keep safe and know the

Satan, as he wanted Jesus dead. It was in the scrolls (scriptures) where he was to be born so the learned ones knew and did not need direction from a star. The wise men did not see Jesus in the manger but in a house when he was a toddler.

Two Gospels, Matthew and Luke, chronicle the birth of Jesus. These accounts show that only lowly shepherds from nearby fields visited Jesus at his birth. The so-called kings, or wise men, were in reality astrologers, not royalty, and they are not numbered. The astrologers did not journey to the side of a newborn in a manger but arrived when Jesus was a child and was living in a house. Their presence even jeopardized the life of Jesus!
Look closely at the account of Jesus’ birth by Bible writer Luke, and you will find that it says: “There were . . . shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks. And suddenly Jehovah’s angel stood by them, and . . . said to them: ‘. . . You will find an infant bound in cloth bands and lying in a manger.’ . . . And they went with haste and found Mary as well as Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.”—Luke 2:8-16.

My wife decided that on top of the gifts we are buying each other this Christmas she also spent a little extra buying something that has our baby girl’s name on it that is a gift to me. Now I need figure out a gift for her that also comes from the baby.

Anyone have any cute ideas on what a baby girl might buy her mommy on her first Christmas?

If your wife has a good sense of humor a "Night Out" coupon that includes babysitting would be ironic.

Maybe get a Christmas ornament engraved with "Mothers First Christmas" or something cute like that.

She’ll enjoy memories. That’s the important thing here.

As I recall, he could’ve used a nice crib and some blankets….You can tell they were wise MEN - a woman would’ve brought practical stuff.

Basically, we skipped labour and went straight to the birth, in record time, and the delivery team of 3 or 4 midwifes were absolutely brilliant. I know they’re doing their job, but if you can’t give thanks for such wonderful work, and i think the guys on the coalface of the NHS are undervalued when you see what the top brass earn in a year, in comparison, so we just want to give a small token of our appreciation, nothing crazy, but nice nonetheless….

I gave my midwife a bouquet of flowers and a basket of cupcakes after Ivy was born. My husband co-runs a successful cake business, so he made the cupcakes. They were decorated with little smiling baby faces and rattles. Needless to say, she loved them!

A friend sent us a gift for our baby’s room, but I’m not sure what it is. I’d like to be specific in the thank you not and not say "thanks for the thingie". It’s made of fabric, has a couple of big external pockets on the front, and a couple of ribbons on the top. I’m assuming it’s to be hung on the wall by the ribbons or something for storage, but I’m not sure. The closest I could find when I tried to google it was a diaper stacker but those looked very different than this. Any ideas?

Chances are it’s a diaper stacker or an organizer for the diapering area. So that you have your diapers, wipes, creams etc readily at hand. I don’t know the formal name for it.

in my opinion, she is a leech to society and her parents. she was actually angry that no one has offered her free gifts for the babies. its her responsibility to take care of the kids she purposely had, not ours. on top of that, her father had to go to iraq, just to take care of her previous 6 kids, and her mom was babysitter! she has no education,job nor a home of her own. this was for publicity.

thats just my little old opinion:) whats YOURS?

I was watching jane velez-mitchel.

She said she wanted a lot of children because she was an only child, she also said she wanted to be with her children all of the time and people who don’t are selfish. Parents want to spend time with their children but we have to provide for them too, with these little things called jobs, and school.

The woman said she was going to support her kids because she planned on starting school in the fall to obtain a masters degree, HELLO! a masters degree takes quite a while to get. I think she is a very selfish person for bringing all of those children in the world knowing she had no way of supporting them. She won’t get any sympathy from me, I think she should’ve gotten herself into a stable situation before having all of those children.

ADD:
She didn’t unintentially have all of those babies, When people have invitro done they know it usually ends up in multipes, she shouldn’t have gotten done after already having six children anyways, there was no way of her knowing it would be that many but invitro is known to result in multiples.

Also, I don’t see why she isn’t already in school…How can you already have six kids and then wait until you have 8 more before you decide to go to school?

We just celebrated my son’s 16th birthday. We had a luau with tons of food and over 100 guests. When it came time to open gifts, we sat our son down and he began to open his cards (most everyone gave cash). He made a point of getting up after opening each gift to go thank the person who gave it (everyone was still socializing, so there wasn’t much of a group gathered to watch him open them). There were a few people who were no longer there and he wrote thank you notes to those people. I’m wondering if the others will expect a thank you note on top of a face to face thank you and hug. I know that would be the standard for bridal and baby showers, graduation, etc. but what about a birthday?

It is ALWAYS appropriate to send a handwritten thank-you note for any gift given for any occasion. Your son is basically an adult now and should allow himself to be a standout in a crowd by acting on small social graces. (Besides, isn’t it nice to get something in the mail that is not a bill?).

Take a little time to be gracious and brighten someone’s day with a card or note.

My husband’s niece is pregnant with her second baby (her first is under the age of 2). She registered at pricey stores.Her gift registry is ridiculous. A pack of 2 bottles for 20.00 and she wants multiple packages. She is unemployed,receives aid from the government(another issues ) and is incredibly ungrateful for gifts. As an in-law to the family what kind of gift should I get? I don’t want to come across as cheap but my husband doesn’t want me to spend more than $20.00 on a gift. Her invites also stated that we are to bring a pack of diapers in any size… on top of the little gift registry cards and info… What do I do!? I don’t want to be rude, but her behavior disgust me.
Thank you all for your response. I appreciate the fact that I am not alone in feeling disgusted by her behavior. I just wanted to add what I meant when I said she was ungrateful for gifts.. Her last baby shower she was given a stroller (she ran it over), a playpen (she broke it) and a play saucer (she gave it away). I understand that there is a need for government assistance; I am simply upset because I feel that her registry should be full of things that she actually needs instead of just the "cutesy" things she wants. I know there are plenty of other brands of bottles that are cheaper although maybe not the same pretty color she wants… Is there really a need for the most expensive brand? She has no problems airing her disappointment about things to all, so that might be why I feel the pressure to do the right thing (for my husbands sake).

I think it’s so tacky when people register for second babies period. Anybody with a child under the age of 2 should have all of the essentials already, and anything that she broke or gave away should be her own job to replace. I don’t think that you should feel obligated to go to this shower, but if you feel that you should, then just give her a small gift OR a pack of diapers. What are they going to do, kick you out if you don’t come bearing expensive gifts?

I want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Nothing fancy just baby pictures and home video. I want to buy a player, recorder or what ever it is called that is not expensive but will do the job. I don’t know what this unit is called. Could I buy one from Walmart, Target or some place like that? I don’t have the money to spend on something top of the line. I would like to give the pictures as Christmas gifts if I can afford to do this. Professional places are asking to much for my budget. Would appreciate any help.

Here you go, this will do everything for you with minimal effort.
150 bucks. You can buy some sort of capture card for your computer, it will be a bit more work, but cheaper.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/digital-conversion/a956/

Has no coax connection, but rca, should work w/ most vcr’s, 100 bucks.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3776462&Sku=P121-8182