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Thanks Gifts to Grow! I just got Aiden a Christmas present for nothing!! Haha yes...I am starting Christmas shopping...This year we will have a newborn and Mommy will be drained and tired, so I've got to get everything done and bought before the little one arrives. Now with 2 kids the budget isn't as large as with just Aiden, but trust me they are severely blessed kids!!

Brody was easy! I didn't want to get a lot because hello he is an infant. So remember Aiden's 1st Christmas gift from my parents...a denim Pottery Barn Anywhere chair. Well it's getting recycled since I purchased a red cover for his room (the denim blended in with the Navy walls). I found where you can get the foam inserts cheap online like $35 bucks (same place I bought the red cover). Score! It will look perfect in their room too with the tan walls.

The other gift is a necessity. Daycare backpack. And to match their big brother who's got the monkey in both a backpack and lunchbox we will pick a different animal. I just love Skip Hop Zoo, can't get anymore adorable and HELLO cheap! I can get it for around $16. Aiden gets compliments on it everyday just about.

I just love their new animal, Hippo. Can't get any cuter!! Perfect for a little boy! I'll get the lunchbox later when it's needed.

Then for the stocking....I would love to find one that is in the same family as Aiden's, but I'll probably have to settle on a different Pottery Barn Kids pattern.

Aiden is the difficult one. What do get this kid....he has everything! I did get him another set to his Thomas the Train Pirate Cove after Christmas last year on super clearance. $160 on Amazon. I paid $44.

Aiden's FREE gift! Melissa & Doug Deluxe 10-Piece Magnetic Fishing Game (he got a car one last year from my sister MIL and when I saw this on the rewards I was sold!)

Still thinking of Aiden's "big" gift....maybe an easel? He loves to color. Decisions! Then I still have to think of what to get Bella and Carlos too....