Would this be tacky?

Babalonia

I had my shower about 2 weeks ago and we are in the process of moving into a house and needless to say I have not sent out thank you notes.

I am due May 8th.  I was thinking of maybe sending birth announcement/photo after the baby is born with a conbined "Thank You" card for the shower and kill two birds with one stone.

What are your thoughts?

Tigerlilym15

Usually when a message has this title the answer is yes. If you have to ask, its probably tacky. I don't think that's tacky at all though- as long as the thank you note/birth announcement goes out soon after the baby's birth. I think its nice to receive a note sooner rather than later, so if you wait until the baby is 3 months old I don't think people would appreciate it as much, but if you do it soon after the baby is born it will still only be a few weeks after your shower.

AnneShirleyBlythe

This is a tough one. Your shower and due date are awfully close together. I wouldn't take the move into consideration here, just the birth/due dates. (We moved 11 days before DS was born, I feel your pain). 

I would do them separate. Maybe that is just me. If you sit down and do one TY note a day for a few weeks the load will seem much smaller, even after baby. The announcements should be a whole different card, IMO. I assume you will be doing Tinyprints/Vistaprint or some other photo announcement, not something you will be writing on, right?  

RoxyLynn

They really should be separate. A thank-you note doesn't have to be elaborate.

kgunz11

Do them separately.

Skibunny07

I think its fine to do them together as long as they are still hand written and personal. Also that way you can actually mention to people how you've used some of the things you got already. I think because of how close your shower is to your due date, its ok. My SIL is did this because she had her shower and then went into labor literally the next day haha. Just don't wait too long after the birth to do them. Maybe start writing them now or when you are int he hospital and then just attach the note you've written to the birth announcement once you have them. 

mandyhall2882

I think you should send out thank you cards from your shower seperately from your birth announcements. You never know when your baby will arrive (early or late) and you will be super tired and busy after the birth. Just take a few minutes and write out some thank you cards. Your guests will appreciate it.

Good luck with the move!

hsunij

I think its what you are comfortable with. If I was a guest and since your due date and shower were so close, I would be impressed if you got them out before your due date (depending on how many you have I guess too). I would also NOT think anything of it if you did with with the birth announcement or after.

 I always send out thank you cards, for everything... but I don't even notice when I dont get them in return and am more pleasantly surprised when I do.

LaTi07

I think the joint announcement/thank you is tacky. I say just sit down and crank the thank you's out before the baby gets here.

MsManners

Personally, I would do them separately.

shortstuff15

I did that, but my birth announcment was my thank you card.  Granted, my shower was 3 weeks after the baby was born, so I already had them in hand before my shower and they were out by the end of the week.  Lots of people in my area do this exact same thing though, so it's pretty common here!

mybobofo

Stop Bumping and send out your thank you's.  If you've got time to hang out on the computer, you've got time to write and send them.

quezzo

Go buy some thank you notes and due them tonight. You clearly aren't moving tonight and have the time so there is no reason to do them jointly, and yes, I do think that is tacky. It is also lazy. 

BrendaLou1969

Look at it this way, if someone had a birthday 3 weeks before christmas, would you send them a combination birthday/christmas card?  I would vote for separate cards, separate occassions, separate notices.

pennysuedog

Better late than never!

rhubarb123

I would do them separately.  Get the thank yous out before baby is born!  You will have even more to write after the baby is born so might as well get busy.

KtotheYtotheM

I agree with the PP's it makes more sense to do them separately a Thank You note for attending a specific event and giving a particular gift is different from a Birth Announcement, they don't really go together so it seems awkward to try to combine. 

 

weddingbells2010

Although it's not entirely the same, this reminds me of a colleague who had her shower just 2-3 weeks before her late fall wedding and waited until after her pro pictures were in in December so she could TRIPLE dip- a combined bridal/wedding/HOLIDAY CARD thank you.  The truth is, most of us paid more attention to the fact that she didn't send seperate thank you's and timed it so that she could spend as little postage as possible instead of what she actually wrote in the cards.

 This obviously is not the case for you, being an expectant mother and preparing for a move, but I'm just throwing it out there as something to think about because some of the people who receive the "double card" could view it that way.

AnneShirleyBlythe

BrendaLou1969:

Look at it this way, if someone had a birthday 3 weeks before christmas, would you send them a combination birthday/christmas card?  I would vote for separate cards, separate occassions, separate notices.

As someone who has a birthday 4 days before Christmas I cannot tell you how many of these I got and how I hated them.  

awollenweber

I think it depends on how it is presented.  For instance, if you are saving postage by sending 2 things in one envelope, I don't see a problem with that since your dates are so close together.  If you are actually combining the "Thank You" and birth announcement into one card, I think people might be disappointed.

I would suggest writing actual TY notes into a card and then printing photo birth announcements from VistaPrint or wherever and including one in the TY note.  That way, it is primarily a TY (the more important part) with a photo included.

SaphireShimmer

Thats what my SIL did. I think it is practical, especially considering you are moving.

dukestar5

My boss did this after her baby was born in February.  I did not think it was tacky.  I knew she was busy with work and then out on maternity leave.  It was sweet to get an announcement card along with her thank you note.

Angel0423

I would just make birth announcements and in the same envelope send a handwritten note thanking the person for their individual gift.  I wouldn't do 2 seperate mailings.

paulahartson

Seriously, it is rude to have a combo card. What about the people who didn't attend the shower? Do they not get an announcement? Your friends and family who know you are moving and a new mom will understand the lateness.

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