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Shower thank you cards

Starfish113Starfish113 member
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What are your thoughts on signing the thank you cards? So many of our guests wrote out the cards & books to us and "Baby Riley". Should we include "Baby Riley" when we sign our thank you cards, or does that seem weird since she's not here yet? Not sure what to do, so I'd love to hear what everyone else did! Thanks :)
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  • xtencornfieldxtencornfield member
    We didn't...just signed from DH and I.
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  • cml29cml29
    Some people addressed the cards to myself and my LO.  I just signed the thank you cards with my name.  I think they'll understand.
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  • MrsHTMrsHT member
    We went based on who the note was too, if it was friends or close family who know we refer to LO as Baby T we signed them as Love, Hal, Me and Baby T.  The ones that were more formal we just signed our names.
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  • carney09carney09 member
    I just signed all my thank you's from myself
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  • KateNonymousKateNonymous

    Technically, thank-you notes--or any other correspondence--are signed by the person writing them. So you'd include your husband in the message ("Steve and I really appreciate...") but only sign your own name. Since there is no way the baby could be writing the card, I wouldn't worry about it.

    Plus, the baby doesn't even know what gifts are, much less have an opinion on them!

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  • Sept1799Sept1799 member

    I always made the thank you card the way they addressed the card to me (or us) so if they addressed the card just to me...I would sign just my name... and so on...

    If they included the baby I think I would write the babies name on the thank you ... IMO

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  • anitaridgeanitaridge
    We signed baby Chase's name since the gifts were technically for him.
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  • Starfish113Starfish113 member
    Thanks ladies!
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  • bb80bb80 member
    I signed myself, DH, and Charlotte (LO), just b/c i think it's cute and ppl will get a kick out of it! :-)
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  • Marc's Mrs.Marc's Mrs. member

    imagecarney09:
    I just signed all my thank you's from myself

    This.

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  • JenCrabbe13JenCrabbe13

    imagecarney09:
    I just signed all my thank you's from myself

    this

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  • MrsWindyCityMrsWindyCity member
    imageKateNonymous:

    Technically, thank-you notes--or any other correspondence--are signed by the person writing them. So you'd include your husband in the message ("Steve and I really appreciate...") but only sign your own name. Since there is no way the baby could be writing the card, I wouldn't worry about it.

     This is what I remembered from my bridal shower, so this is what I did for baby shower TYs as well. I mentioned my DH, but only signed my name.

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  • AnotherChanceAnotherChance
    I signed them myself.  In the thank you, I made sure to mention DH and our LO, i.e. "DH and I look forward to giving LO his first bath in the tub you got us." 
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  • adcffaaadcffaa member
    If the item were for Baby (like clothes and wipe warmer) I mentioned in the thank you that LO would look cute in it/appreciate it but signed it with just my name (DH didn't want me to sign his name too because he doesn't feel any of it was for him). For things that were more for me than the baby (like a breast pump, udder covers, things like that) I thanked them, mentioned how practical the gift was and just signed my name. Part of not signing LO's name has to do with the fact that we're Team Green, but I still think I wouldn't have included LO's name if we knew the gender of our LO.
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  • MCC1010MCC1010 member

    imageMrsHT:
    We went based on who the note was too, if it was friends or close family who know we refer to LO as Baby T we signed them as Love, Hal, Me and Baby T.  The ones that were more formal we just signed our names.

    I based it on how they addressed the card - if to me, my DH and I or all three of us. Same way with who I sent the cards to since some people put thier husbands name on the cards while other people just wrote thier name only.

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  • CalMum_MommaCalMum_Momma

    imagextencornfield:
    We didn't...just signed from DH and I.

    This. It was a co-ed shower. Otherwise I would have just signed my own name.

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  • JaZavitzJaZavitz
    if the baby is not born yet, I would just sign my name (thats what i plan on doing for my march shower) If the baby is I would add her/his name too
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  • Leathergirl_21Leathergirl_21 member
    Either way is fine, to me. I probably won't sign mine from the baby because... we haven't picked a name yet! HA HA. We did sign all our Christmas cards from "Meg, Jon, Aidan and Baby Due 3/25" so that friends and family who weren't aware of our pregnancy would be informed... but that's the only reason we did it.
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  • cajungirl0717cajungirl0717
    I just signed DH & I. LO can't really thank them since he/she isn't here yet. I think of the gifts as helping US get ready for her arrival, and that's how I worded the cards.
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