My Stocking Stuffers :)

I have to admit- I have a little infatuation with Pottery Barn monogrammed kid's items. Particularly their stockings.

Love love love 'em.

I first fell in love when looking for a stocking for Will and saw their train version. I have a slight (other) obsession with anything train appliqued. I also had it in my mind that if I had two boys the first would have a train theme (in general) and the second would have firetrucks. I saw the train stocking and was sold.

Thus Will's first Christmas, I had to take a photo:

The thing was nearly bigger than Will himself :)

When we were trying to get pregnant with Alex, it happened to be the fall and the PB Christmas catalog landed in my mailbox. At the time it was taking longer than expected to get pregnant and I was a bit discouraged. I scanned the pages, heading straight for the stocking section, sad that I probably wouldn't be putting up a second that year.

BUT Guess what I saw? A fire truck stocking. Uh-huh.

And guess what I did? I bought it.

Yep. No baby in utero, not even knowing if it would be a boy for crying out loud. And the craziest part? I had "Alex" stitched into the top. I know- a little ambitious. I just knew that stocking was meant for our family and knew that, once it arrived, it would give me hope for what was to come (praying that the day would come when I could use it). We had our two boy's names picked out even before Will was born so I knew that IF I got pregnant and IF it was a boy- we would name him Alex.

I'm a nut job sometimes. But I'd like to think I'm just a romantic dreamer :)

I ordered the stocking and prayed that it would 1) Come by December and 2) That once we received it I would find out I was pregnant.

THe stocking didn't come as soon as I thought. I ordered it in late October and it didn't arrive the entire month of November. Finally, on Nov. 30th I had assumed it was lost in the mail and took it as a sign that it wasn't coming. I was not going to be pregnant in 2010.

Until 5pm arrived later that day.

The mailman came to the door, rang, and delivered my coveted stocking. I was floored. It came before December! (#1, you recall, on my "hope" list). Now there was only #2 to think about: becoming pregnant. I was actually supposed to test the next morning. However I KNEW that since the stocking had arrived I must be carrying it's owner.

I had a feeling.

The next morning I tested positive.

My little Alex was growing within and he had a stocking awaiting his arrival :) I used the stocking to tell Curt we were pregnant (wrapped it up and gave it to him as an early Christmas gift- you can imagine his shock that it was actually stitched with our boy's name already- ha). But sure enough, it's owner entered our family on August 9 of this year and here he is with his little Christmas gift:

Love how God works things out like that.

My little miracle and his paired stocking.
What's sweeter than that?

However, Curt told me next time I should probably wait until we are actually pregnant to order one and since we don't have a third name picked out, I think I'll go with his request :)

Merry Christmas!