Thursday, September 23, 2010

Bloggy gratitude

You guys. In the past week or so, guess how many boxes of AWESOME baby stuff have showed up in the mail for us?

Three.

Guess how many of them are from awesome, generous, amazing bloggers whom I've never even met in person?

THREE.

First, The New Girl went far, far, far above and beyond the contest of hers that I won and sent me a whole box of pregnancy/new parent stuff. Huge piles of books. Baby wraps (including a Moby wrap! Which I had on our registry). Blankets (including a Miracle Blanket! Which I had on our registry). Nursing covers. And on and on. It is like the Mary Poppins carpet bag, only for newborns. And it is AWESOME.

Then, Erica sent a big box of maternity clothes, really nice ones from Old Navy, a whole set of jeans and long sleeve shirts and sweaters, basically an entire maternity wardrobe. All of it lovely, all of it in great condition, all of it stuff I would have picked myself. All in a box for ME ME ME. Except, one thing wasn't for me--a teeny tiny pair of adorable Keds that I cannot WAIT to put on Piglet.

And lastly, Kate sent me an amazing package of adorable, barely-worn newborn boy clothes that her own son grew out of almost immediately. There's a snowsuit and a whole adorable set of onesies, pants, hats, and other insanely cute tiny baby clothes. A whole entire newborn WARDROBE was in that box.

All of this! From people I know exclusively through our blogs. From people who are just really incredibly nice and thoughtful and giving.

This baby is already so loved and spoiled, even by people he's never met. And, another lovely benefit: it makes me feel pretty freaking loved and spoiled myself. Everybody wins!

10 comments:

  1. I think it's remarkable what bloggers are willing to do for one another. In the last couple months, other bloggers have given me maternity clothes, told me legal ways to get out of parking tickets, shared with me names of highly recommended attorneys and sent generous gifts from our registry. I'm sincerely shocked and in awe at the lengths people are willing to go through for one another!

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  2. i love the blogworld. LOVE LOVE LOVE. there are trolls, true; but the awesomeness of bloggers ALWAYS outweighs it.

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  3. I had the same experience - I cannot BELIEVE how lovely people are!

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  4. That is so generous.. big love to the blogosphere. It always comes through. :)

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  5. Confidentially, it's easy to love and spoil you, Jess. You're one of the nicest people I know; blog world or real life.

    I'm glad you like the clothes and the shoes and that I was able to make you feel good. That's what this stuff is all about, right? Reaching out and connecting with someone you ordinarily wouldn't know.

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  6. The internet is all kinds of amazing, isn't it?

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  7. You are blessed!

    Hey your last post, about the furntiure? go with the more expensive item for the gift- and one that will grow with the kiddo and maybe the shelf (I am thinking that's cheaper) you can prob find a nice one on Craigslist and if you don't like the color, T can paint it. There's all kinds of ways to find great stuff and make it your own when you have a smaller income than normal. I think of it like a treasure hunt!

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  8. You are blessed!

    Hey your last post, about the furntiure? go with the more expensive item for the gift- and one that will grow with the kiddo and maybe the shelf (I am thinking that's cheaper) you can prob find a nice one on Craigslist and if you don't like the color, T can paint it. There's all kinds of ways to find great stuff and make it your own when you have a smaller income than normal. I think of it like a treasure hunt!

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  9. Awesome!! How good it feels to be loved. :)

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