Wait, MY kid needs presents?

I haven't really bought Luke anything for Christmas. We've gotten things for all his cousins, his grandmothers, aunt, uncle, and a little something for the women at daycare who clean his bottom two days a week (and I've been meaning to thank you, Luke, for pooping right as I got to daycare to pick you up the other day, which meant that Miss Faith cleaned you up before I headed out the door. It was a Christmas present for Mommy! I couldn't help but notice, though, how still and calm you were on the changing table for her. What's with that?).

We have gotten SOMEthing for Luke. There are Megabloks waiting at home to be played with. But that was a $15 purchase or something. Grandma bought him the giant play center he's been using the past two weeks or so (again, not so good with the surprising here). Nana's got some nifty presents on the way, I know, and I can't wait to see them myself. Uncle Doctor is bringing some Fisher Price extravaganza and Uncle Vet is bringing a tool bench. He's getting good presents! But Mommy and Daddy haven't gotten much at all.

Part of it is knowing that his birthday is in just six weeks. There will be holiday sales to attend, and to beat that old, dead, decaying horse, the money is tight right now. So he's ten months old, and he won't remember what he got for Christmas. So he's still going to get plenty of new toys, and he doesn't show waning interest in most of his toys anyway. I still feel guilty.

And by the way, the top played with toys in our household are these two:

The Rings

The Shape Sorter

If you don't have those for your baby? Go get them, they are cheap and durable.

The shape sorter is by far Luke's number one toy. Blocks go in the bucket, take blocks out. Put blocks back in. Dump blocks on head. Put lid on, take lid off. Hand lid to Mom/Dad. Take lid from Mom/Dad. Stick head in bucket and make noises. Bang blocks together. Stack blocks. Bang blocks on bucket. The possibilities are, apparently, endless.