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early presents!?

samsterrrsamsterrr member
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My baby shower is scheduled for august 12th and i have already received three of our big items! They had them shipped to our house. Im not sure how to make sure these people get recognized at the shower? So we take the boxes(unopened) to the place(next door!) Or just make it a point to thank them? Also should i mention thank you now or wait and send them thank you notes with them rest of them?

Im so worried about how to go about this because These items came from the same person and total about $400! I am so shocked and grateful they spent this much!

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  • KarmBKarmB member

    i wouldnt call them out at the shower. I would be embaressed.

    Send a thank you card as soon as the gift is recieved.

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  • sesigssesigs member
    Send a thank you out right away. I personally wouldn't want to be called out at the shower for gifts I had sent prior but maybe you could find this person before opening gifts at your shower and mention that you just wanted to acknowledge her. Then you could probably get an idea if that would make her uncomfortable or not! 
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  • MarSamWhitneyMarSamWhitney member
    What they said. and I might verbally thank just them at the shower again to show how grateful you are.


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  • BallSoxBallSox member
    Why would you wait to add one more TY to the pile you're already going to have to do?  I don't get this logic.  Send it now. 

    As far as recognizing the giver---s/he didn't do it for the public glory, I'm sure.  A sincere TY would be enough. 
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  • eav2ceav2c member
    Send a TY now. Then they will know you have also recieved it. 
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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member

    Ditto all the others.  And don't take the gifts to the shower- that kind of defeats the purpose of sending it to you.

    And are you positive they are actually coming to the shower? 

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  • rockinmommyrockinmommy

    imageBallSox:
    Why would you wait to add one more TY to the pile you're already going to have to do?  I don't get this logic.  Send it now. 

    As far as recognizing the giver---s/he didn't do it for the public glory, I'm sure.  A sincere TY would be enough. 

    Send a TY now.

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  • cutebride73cutebride73 member
    I guess I did things a little differently.  I did receive some big gifts ahead of time at the house, I did not take them to the shower.  Some people were there and some were OOT and not present.  I did mention - out loud - while I was opening my other gifts some of the gifts I received at home and thanked those people.  I also waited and sent all my thank you notes after the shower.  Several of the people that sent big gifts to my house also gave me a small gift at the shower, so I was able to thank them for coming to the shower and for both gifts in one thank you note.  Yes, I could have sent two thank you notes, but it wasn't that long between when I received the gifts and my shower so I thought it was okay to do it this way. 
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  • BluRibbonzBluRibbonz member
    if they are big heavy items, i would leave them at home. But i would make sure to thank both times. At the party (since you'll probably be thanking after each gift you open) Maybe after you've opened all the gifts, address said person and say something like "I received the gift you mailed to me, thank you so much, it was so wonderful."  If it IS super expensive i maybe wouldnt specify what the gifts were to make sure others dont feel bad for not spending as much. Then in the TY note you send, you can specify while you thank them. 
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