Christmas Gifts

A few people have asked about gifts for Christmas. We will update this blog as we think of things but here are a few ideas (if you buy something and don't want others to buy the same, please let us know and we can remove it from this list)...

Evan:
Evan still needs a bunch of baby stuff since we did not find out his gender ahead of time. We have updated our registry at Babies'R Us with things we still need for him including sheets, towels, wash rags, books, toys, etc.
-Evan is pretty true to his age in terms of what size clothes he wears (so at 3 months, he'll start wearing 3M clothing, etc.). He's in the 50th percentile for weight which means that the clothes should fit his weight as he's "average" but he is in the 75th percentile for height, which means he's tall and explains why he's growing out of things that have feet attached. As was with Autumn, feetless clothing will last him longer.
-we purchased a lamp and blanket that matches the bedding we got him (bears playing sports)- it was the last one on clearance as the pattern has been discontinued but if anybody wants to get that for him... we just didn't want to take the chance of it being gone before anybody got there to get it. The lamp was $33 and the blanket was $11.

Autumn:
-I bought a few books for her if anybody wants to buy them from me.
-Autumn is pretty true to her age in terms of what size clothes she wears (she's in a 24month/2T now). She's tall so things without feet in them fit better.
-Autumn likes to dress up things but I can't find a non-plastic doll so another idea would be to get a Build-A-Bear/animal (I think they make some that are safe for younger kids) and outfits that are age-appropriate/(no small parts, no plastic or vinyl).
-with the recent recall of Melissa & Doug toys, which go through more testing than most toys, we feel compelled to buy toys that pass European standards. Here are a few ideas..

http://www.amazon.com/Plan-Toy-Assorted-Fruits-Vegetables/dp/B000I8UK04/ref=sr_1_50?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1260082068&sr=8-50

http://www.amazon.com/Plan-Toy-Food-Beverage-Set/dp/B000S5URGO/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1260082020&sr=8-22

http://www.amazon.com/Plan-Toys-535300-Lacing-Beads/dp/B0001VUNVE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1260083178&sr=1-4