I know a lot of ladies had showers this weekend so I thought we could all "brag" about it to eachother.
Mine was fabulous! I couldn't believe all the presents! I did find it overwhelming when I was opening them because I wanted to take my time and show appreciation for the items I got but there were so many I didn't want to take forever. Plus I hate being the center of attention so my face was burining the whole time. Just about every person I invited came.
Re: How was your shower?
I felt exactly the same way!! I never like being the center of attention but that comes with the territory. I could tell about half-way through the gift-opening that several people were tuning out so I started to pick up the pace but did not want to not show my appreciation either. It was very fun and their generosity was touching. My hostesses went above-and-beyond--had SO many details of my nursery theme and had all my favorite Easter candy for snacks for the girls. I never feel like I give a nice enough hostess gift but hopefuly I did.
A few other things--I made sure I had one-on-one time with each guest at some point to catch up or thank them for coming. As for gifts, I got a LOT of clothes. Note to self--no need but many clothes prior to the shower. We are set, and thankfully, set well into the 9th month. I will need some basics like onesies and sleepers since everyone buys the cute dresses and "show" clothes. But I still need several basics so we need to use those April BRU coupons too.
I hope everyone had great showers--now for the thank you notes!
Mine was Saturday & it was awesome! The hostesses did a fabulous job w/ so many cute details. Tulips were everywhere, which I love! So many people came. I just always feel spread so thin when I'm "the person" & try really hard to talk meaningfully w/ everyone. There's always a person or two I wish I could have spent more time with once it's all over. We got TONS of stuff! Mostly everything off our registry. I just need to buy the carseat, diaper bag & a few small items and that's it!
Once strange thing was the amount of gender specific clothing we got since we are team green. People feel sure we are having one gender or the other & purchased clothes accordingly. I'm not complaining at all b/c it's all SUPER cute, but some of it will need to be returned either way. Overall it was a wonderful time. I can't wait to see photos since I didn't take too many myself.
DD1 born 5/24/10.
Missed M/C at 14 wks Feb 2012.
DD2 born 5/14/13.
Missed M/C at 9 wks July 2015.
We had ours this weekend, and my sister outdid herself! It was AMAZING! We got mostly everything that we really needed off the registry, and lots of other stuff, too! My family and friends were very generous, and I feel so thankful!
We had a great time, and had 3 car-fuls of stuff to bring home! Lots of cute outfits, but a lot of really useful things, too. Just a great time.
I had a great friends/family shower on Saturday! I was surprised how many people bought off our registry! I think it's because we're Team Green. The only thing that sucks is everything that was 'in-store' has been purchased, and all that remains is online-only items. I have another shower in 2 weeks, so now I feel like I need to go to Target and bulk it up with some more in-store stuff.
I'm so busy this week, but I want to go through everything and fish out the duplicates I need to return and organize/put everything away!
Mine was saturday- we only had 30 people there but I felt like I was opening presents forever. Surprisingly (and I'm totally happy about this) we got very little clothing.....almost everything we got was off our registry or handmade items that were great. I had already done a TON of shopping with my mother for clothes and my SIL has a little boy who is providing tons of hand-me-downs so this was a real blessing to get all of the stuff we "needed".
When my DH walked in to start loading up the truck, he was shocked at how much stuff there was. He's convinced we don't need it all and that our son is going to be spoiled......oh well!!!
We went to BRU on Sunday and purchased the very few things that we hadn't received and it's such a nice feeling to have everything set and ready for our little guy! Glad to hear everyones' showers were a success!!!!