My husband and I were thrilled when we finally welcomed our first baby into the world.  The little bundle of joy came a few weeks earlier than expected and we suddenly found ourselves a day away from taking our little girl home with no diapers, wipes, shampoo or any of the other little essential that we had been planning on picking up before I went into labour.

Thankfully our friends and family got us new born gift baskets full of all of the necessities that we would need immediately as soon as we got home.  We had enough diapers to last us a while, along with shampoos, baby powders, baby wipes and some onesies.  We were also given a basket of aromatherapy products for our baby in a lovely lavender scent.

I was fairly sick leading up to my delivery and my coworkers got me two wonderful get well gift baskets that were totally un-baby related!  Chocolates, herbal teas, candles and a gift certificate to a local bookstore were all appreciated. Although, from talking to other new moms, I apparently won’t have the time to sit and read a book any time soon.  Maybe I can use the gift certificate to buy some magazines.  Or even better, baby books.

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