The baby's first birthday is a milestone that parents plan with time, we want everything to be perfect and one of the things we think, in addition to the celebration party, is the gift we will give our son.
If you want to do it a truly special and emotional giftPay attention to what Susie Aldershof Van Meter, an Iowa mother for her daughter Abby, has done when she turned one. He asked his loved ones that each one wrote a letter for the girl. Those letters were kept for 17 years and when he turned 18, his mother handed them over. The excitement of reading those words 17 years later, some of the people who were gone, was the best gift he could receive in his whole life.
A time capsule
In September 1999, little Abby was one year old. Her parents thought that instead of filling her with gifts that a one-year-old girl would not appreciate, they would give her a gift she would remember for the rest of her life.
The only condition was that I should wait at 18 to open it. But as of that he could not find out with a little year, he enjoyed the toys that will have given him without knowing that the real surprise would take her years later.
So, along with the invitation, they sent a note that said: "Instead of gifts, please write a note by hand to Abby or add something special for her 18th birthday."
Probably expected a special gift like an iPhone, a trip, maybe a car ... But the gift was very different, but even more special. He received a wooden box with 25 letters inside written by hand by relatives and loved ones.
They didn't even open the letters. They were only stored in a plastic bag for preservation and kept in an old box on a shelf.
When Abby turned 18, they handed her over. Between 25, there were seven people who had already died, including his grandfather, an uncle and his great grandparents. Read her birthday wishes from when she was just a baby it was really exciting. The whole family cried and laughed as they read the letters, among which there were also pictures of those people with the little girl.
If you have a baby who will soon be one year old, it is a great gift idea to give her. A surprise that you will keep as a treasure for the rest of your life.
