God Mother: Baby Turning 1 - Madison,WI

My youngest son's godmother is wonderful! She takes her role very seriously, as it sounds like you do. Since her role is that of religous guide, she likes to give him somewhat religious gifts - not all the time, but often. At one, she gave him books. One of them was Where Does God Live? The others were non-religious books. When he was 2 or 3, she gave him the Little People Nativity Set. We still get it out each Christmas, and he still loves it (he's almost 8 now).

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How about a savings bond? I'm sure your godchild will be getting lots of toys and clothes for his birthday so a savings bond would be very nice and greatly appreciated =) Also, make sure to call on his birthday - naturally you won't be able to talk to him - but it will mean alot to the parents!

We have been giving our god-daughter a piece of the Willow Tree nativity set, we typically give her one piece plus a toy of some sort each Christmas. We figure that someday she will have the whole set from us. We don't typically do anything special for her birthday, but we should probably start. We live a couple of hours from her, so if we happen to make it to her party we bring a gift of course, but normally just a toy we know she'd like. Good luck!

There really isn't much for you to do with him/for him at this age. But I would get him a really nice first birthday gift - maybe go to a religious store and see if you can find something. And I would send him cards regularly. Just some silly cards - even though he can't read them, kids love to get mail and if you start the habit now, his mommy can save them all and then when he's older, she can show him all the cards you sent even before he could read them! That will cement your special place in his heart!