christmas card - include baby on the way?

FusionLMT

If you've been pregnant during Christmas, did you include the child in utero as well when signing the Christmas card, especially after you know the sex and have a name?

userdeleted

I haven't been pregnant during Christmas yet, but you should definitely do it! It will be so cute

MrsAJL

I was pregnant with both of my children during the holidays. I did not include the yet-to-be-born baby on the card. I just kind of thought it was sort of bad juju to do that.

august8080

MrsAJL:

I was pregnant with both of my children during the holidays. I did not include the yet-to-be-born baby on the card. I just kind of thought it was sort of bad juju to do that.

Yep, us too. 

amyinaustin

Even though we're keeping the name a secret, we won't be adding new baby to the card just yet.  I save all of our old Christmas cards and I think it will be nice to have the last one of our little family of 3 before pictures of DD#2 start appearing in next year's card.

At the same time, the thought did cross my mind - it's kind of like a little way of letting everyone know you're expecting (those that may not have known otherwise).  So if I got a card like that, I would not think it was in poor taste or anything.

misjenn

We did but I was also 7-8 months pregnant. He was already a part of our family name picked and all so we just put something like "coming in Jan-Lincoln David"

ssinca

We (aka I) did this last year - I signed our names and put (+ baby!) at the end. I was somewhere around the 20 wk mark.  

molliedb

we never have but its not because i think its weird, its just something i never wanted to do.  i think it can be cute!

we sent our cards last year a few weeks before annie was born and it was very clear from the pics that i was expecting.  lol

 

eta:  i lied!!  i did mention it when we were expecting eve!

 the inside of our 'timeline' card that year:

 

michelleaxo

We didn't with Gracie, but we did this year. We signed our names and baby R #2 due 5/5/12. It was our way of telling those who don't know yet (basically the older crowd that is not on FB).

Taytee

Mention it, but don't use the name or sign it like they're already here.

flymansWife

ssinca:

We (aka I) did this last year - I signed our names and put (+ baby!) at the end. I was somewhere around the 20 wk mark.  

this. ours said Baby [lastname]... even though we had a name picked 

joyco

I was about 24w around xmas time, we didn't have names se t though , so we said "happy holidays from Jay, Joyce, baby A and baby B lastname." The pics were of Jay and me, I was obviously pregnant.

MrsMillerTime

flymansWife:

ssinca:

We (aka I) did this last year - I signed our names and put (+ baby!) at the end. I was somewhere around the 20 wk mark.  

this. ours said Baby [lastname]... even though we had a name picked 

Another ditto.   

HSartteach

We did not sign baby's name.  Although, at the time, we didn't send out many cards.  We will not be doing it this year.  Just not my style.

nanann

I didn't sign the cards for the expected baby, but I did print text below the picture of Elena: "Merry Christmas from Elena, 2-years-old and anxiously awaiting the arrival of her baby sister in December 2007" or something like that.

 

ETA: totally forgot I was going to say I really wanted to write something since there were some people on our Christmas card list that didn't know I was expecting and it seemed it would be rather shocking to get birth announcement cards from us in just a month's time.