Our son is 6 months old and will be almost 7 months by Christmas. We have very little money, I’m working part time and I don’t want to load him up with a bunch of toys. Both sets of grandparents are going to spoil him rotten for Christmas so I want to get him ONE meaningul gift that we eventually put away for when he is older to mark his 1st Christmas. We already got the 1st Christmas ornament at the baby shower this summer. I suppose I could buy my own but any other suggestions?

My mom got us a "time capsule" for our son’s first Christmas. It included forms everyone could fill out and sign telling what they were like at that time as well as their impressions of their little baby/grandchild/cousin/nephew. They also had suggestions for other things to put in the time capsule. Picture, newspaper articles, takeout menus showing the prices of different foods at restaurants, etc. It then locks up not to be opened until some pre-determined date. I think it will be fun to open.