A little over a year ago we celebrated our baby girl at a beautiful backyard baby shower- just a few weeks before she arrived.

We were so blessed to celebrate with family and friends, all of whom gifted us so many amazing things in hopes of making that journey into parenthood all that much easier.

The best part about these helpful tokens was that we were given essentials we could use throughout the first year of new parenthood. Some of my most favorite gifts have been the ones we couldn't necessarily use right away. Of course we love and needed the onesies, swaddles and binkies; but there's something about opening a gift or two every few months throughout that first year that makes you feel like a kid on Christmas the whole year through.

This B.O.B Stroller is one of those gifts.

In the early months Maddie was entirely too small for this jogger; and the mean east coast winter put its use on the back burner until quite recently. Now that the days are a bit warmer, and Maddie is a whole lot bigger, the B.O.B has made its glorious debut; and it was so worth the wait.

I can't rave enough about this beautiful jogger- it's light-weight, easy to use, somewhat idiot-proof, and MM falls asleep every time she's in it. It's spacious and ventilated, with the perfect size bucket for a quick trip to the market.

The only thing it doesn't do is make me a better jogger, but let's just say we are working on it.