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How precious is this?

One of my great friends from work, Paula, is from Mexico and she puts up with my horrible Spanish on a daily basis. When I first found out that I was pregnant I was telling her how I really wanted a red bracelet for the baby to protect it from "the evil eye." This is something that I learned about back in 2000 when I began working with pregnant women at a health clinic in Detroit. The belief is that by putting a red bracelet on a baby, it will be protected from "the evil eye," or negative energy.

Here is what Wikepedia has to say, "In some forms, it is the belief that some people can bestow a curse on victims by the malevolent gaze of their magical eye. The most common form, however, attributes the cause to envy, with the envious person casting the evil eye doing so unintentionally. Also the effects on victims vary. Some cultures report afflictions with bad luck; others believe the evil eye can cause disease, wasting away, and even death. In most cultures, the primary victims are thought to be babies and young children, because they are so often praised and commented upon by strangers or by childless women."

So anyways, last week Paula surprised me with this precious coral bracelet for baby Eli and I am just obsessed with it. I am a jewelry lover to begin with, and baby jewelry is just too cute for words. Its even more special that this bracelet came all the way from Veracruz, Mexico!

I can't wait to try it on him.