Last week we took a one-night trip down to D.C. to attend a dinner being held to honor my parents, this year’s recipients of Rosemont College’s Cresset Award.

Before we left to catch the train back on Thursday, my dad told me he had a present for me and pulled out a copy of Life & Style - the issue that featured celebrity “Pregnancy Diaries” on the cover.

I’m pretty sure he bought it for me because of the whole pregnancy thing, and not because of my obsessive love of celebrity gossip, but still, with encouragement, I figure the people closest to me just might start to realize that it doesn’t take fancy gifts to win this girl’s heart…