So.  Last Saturday was my birthday, and it was great.  I got the one present I wanted more than anything else – the chance to snuggle at home as a family of three, because Peanut came home from the hospital in time!  But because I’m a lucky lady all around, I got other treats too, some of which were delightfully bookish.

Hubby got me the last two Betsy-Tacy volumes I didn’t already own (Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself and Betsy and the Great World/Betsy’s Wedding) by Maud Hart Lovelace.  (I first learned of the series from Katie, and I don’t know how I missed it all these years!)  He also got me a newly-published edition of The Story Girl, by L.M. Montgomery.  (I loved it when I was a little girl, but my copy has been lost for years.  This version is published by Forgotten Books, who print facsimiles of old versions of little-known classics.  They just put The Story Girl out this year.  Lucky me!)  And he also got me a set of Jane Austen bookmarks from the Castle on the Hill Etsy store.  Oh, and if I wasn’t already spoiled enough, my in-laws sent along City of Fortune, a history of Venice by Roger Crowley, which looks fascinating.  I’m a lucky bookworm!

(In addition to my bookish gifts, I was further spoiled – hubby also got me earrings, my parents bought me a watch, my in-laws had several meals delivered from a catering service, and my sister-in-law got me a gift card to a local yoga studio.  So while I’m busy reading, I’ll also be wearing pretty things, eating well, and taking time for myself.  Those are some good birthday reminders for a new mama!)