Let’s take a look at traditional gifts associated with various anniversaries to help you decide on a great gift idea for man of your dreams.

Anniversaries do not only have a gift idea for each one but most also have a flower and gemstone to mark years of wedded bliss.

The traditional gift for first anniversary is paper. The gemstone is fresh water pearls and flowers are pansies. So now you may be wondering what type of paper gift a man would enjoy.

There are many, a subscription to their favorite magazine, any book they would enjoy reading or even a note pad for their desk. All of these would be good gift ideas for a first anniversary gift. You could even tie some pansies around gift with ribbon to give it an added romantic touch.

Cotton or straw is traditional gift for second anniversary. The flowers are cosmos and gemstone is either rose quartz or garnet. What would be great for this anniversary?

A personalized towel made of cotton would be good. What about a watch with garnet stones that would be something any man would love to receive. Use your imagination. Plan a romantic hayride, this includes straw. After hayride have a picnic on a cotton blanket. Using traditional gift ideas can be fun and enjoyable when you use some imagination to bring it all together. A leather recliner would be perfect anniversary gift for third anniversary.

I don't get to see my nephews much anymore every since I moved from Atlanta to Lake City. I get to see them maybe twice a year and even then my younger nephew Nick is usually sleep so it doesn't really count. Seeing a family member sleep is like looking at a picture of them. A snoring, drooling, incoherently mumbling picture.

I have two nephews and I love them to death. They are only people in my family that are younger than me. All my other family members were already alive when I was born. I has been a thrilling experience to watch my nephews grow through different stages of life. Of course, some stages are more thrilling than others.

The early baby stages were not very thrilling. All my nephews did as babies was sleep and cry. At least thats way it seemed to me. I'm sure they also ate and pooped, but whenever possible I was far away during these periods. I learned very quickly that when it comes to sheer grossness (if that's a real word) watching a 1-year old eat is rivaled only mammal childbirth and maybe that episode of Fear Factor where they ate blended sewer rat. I've seen pictures on Rotten.com that turned my stomach less. And we won't even start on pooping.