Welcome to MR Bridget! Congrats on the new Kindle, hopefully it'll arrive soon! Lots of cool new stuff here to find and see. You can even download the Kindle software to your computer to read the books and then transfer them to your Kindle when you receive it. Lots of good free books, even if they aren't so good, they're FREE! Welcome to the addiction!
P.S. Hmmm new Kindle for your birthday ... ?! Is you're mom adopting?!