@DarkCat I had 6 hostesses which is a lot. I was stressed about the thank you gift. I ended up getting them all banana bread to tie in with the Hawaiian themed shower and sent along a thank you note. We went to Maui for our honeymoon and banana bread is big there and incredibly delicious. It was an inexpensive option and was a huge hit!
1) Congratulations to @MamaBish on baby Savannah. I had been following your story back in the TTGP board. I'm so very happy for you, and hope everything is going well. Absolutely have the shower.
2) I think the moms throwing a baby shower is not a big deal anymore, and I'm very strict about etiquette. Many people I know (I'm in the northeast) have the moms host the baby shower. My shower is today, and my mom is the hostess. I think it's more frowned upon for moms to throw a bridal shower, but even that is going away. It was different when people would get married much younger and go from their parents house to their house with their husband. I'm 33 years old, and have been independent from my parents for over a decade. The only people who should not throw a baby shower is the mom or dad to be.
So........ is everyone getting the hostess a gift? Are flowers and a thank you card okay?
I had one a few weeks ago and we gave the hostesses gift boxes from bath and body works. We gave the hostesses for the one today bottles of wine and movie gift cards. I think flowers are nice!
Literally the cutest shower of all time, my SIL made everything herself and it was amazing. And this kid basically got himself an entire library of books today, so awesome!!!!
Our shower was yesterday and I am still blown away at people's generosity, excitement, and just how much we and the baby are loved. My best friend and mom hosted and it was perfect!
I'm a foodie, so naturally I have to share the menu! There was a taco bar. Roasted sweet potato and black bean, shrimp with pineapple, and Moho pork with pickled red onions. And all the fixings for topping them. There were flavored popcorns, fruit salsa with cinnamon pita, and a beautiful mixed green salad with apples and blueberries. The cupcakes! Chubby hubby and margarita. The bar was also setup with sangria, prosecco, mimosa mixers and an assortment of local craft beers.
The weather was crap but the day was fantastic. Here are a few pictures. Our host and I, my sweet husband, and in one of the small pictures, his mom facetimed in from Floridia.
We had our baby shower yesterday and it was beautiful! Our mothers and sisters hosted. My sister did all of the decorations. The theme was "A Baby in Bloom". We were so taken back by the generosity and how much Baby J is loved already. I don't have a picture of the food but we had grilled cheese and tomato soup shooters (my favorite food and what I've craved all pregnancy).
My baby shower was yesterday as well and I'm totally overwhelmed by the love and generosity from my family and friends. It was organized by my MIL and 2 SIL. My family refused to be there but I was not about to let that ruin my mood. I'm so happy with the way everything turned out and I feel extremely blessed to have such amazing in-laws! Here are a few pictures from the shower.
I'm not much of a baby shower person...dont really get into the games and such of it all. We are doing a Baby-Q. All cook out foods, out door games for the kids and beer for the guys. Lol We are doing it May 28th so out of town family can come due to the long weekend. Plus, we usually do a big family cook out that weekend anyway. We have a bon fire and smore planned as well. Probably around 50 people coming...hoping it doesnt rain.
My bosses and co-workers surprised me yesterday with a farewell lunch/baby shower! They even secretly invited my husband who managed to keep the secret! Almost makes me feel bad about counting down the days until I'm off work! We got some more awesome gifts for baby - not pictured is the Ergo and Bumbleride stroller....we'll now be returning our Britax travel system.
My best friend Sarita, my mother in law and my mom threw me a beautiful shower today. So many cute details. I loved the favors and my favorite activity was when all my guests drew pictures for every letter of the alphabet. They're laminating it and binding all the pages together and making a book. I had such a great time and I'm incredibly grateful for them!
My mom, sister and mother in law threw me a surprise baby shower today. I had no idea. They tricked me very well!! Here is the picture of our awesome cake done by one of my closest friends and the shocking amount of gifts we received to spoil our little one with
I had a beautiful shower today thanks to my SIL, MIL and my friend Tiffany who made the center pieces and other decor...DH's Aunt Marie made the cake and it was SO yummy! My cousins even came out from Brooklyn and made me so happy to come that I welled up with tears since I don't get to see them often! They are the closest of family besides DH side. Beautiful day and perfect company!
So a group of women at the gym I workout at threw me a surprise diaper shower. It was so sweet! Everyone brought a package of diapers and a couple also gave books and a little toy or two. One woman took the lead in throwing it together.
My question is how do I thank them? Obviously there was many verbal thank yous and hugs but I'm not sure about thank you cards. I know there were some women who didn't bring anything but were there just by chance, showing up at that specific class time...And there was also no names attached to the packages of diapers so I'm not positive who actually brought something. I would feel like a total ass writing a thank you card to someone who didn't bring anything. Like I'm trying to be a jerk about it or something.
any ideas? I thought maybe wrap up some cookies and hand out individual bags of them. I'm hesitant to do personalized thank yous because I'm not 100% on who gifted us diapers. But I could write out thanks yous for the host and the other women who got us other things in addition to the diapers.
My co-workers threw me a surprise baby shower today at work. I was quite taken back as I had mentioned in a prior post that two of them never RSVP'D to my SIL from my baby shower 2 Saturdays ago. I was upset they never replied to her & now I kind of feel like a dick but honestly, how was I supposed to know. Regardless, they were extremely sweet for putting this all together! I was told this was supposed to be planned two other times. The first was when most of the office was out weeks ago (vacation, pto, etc.) and the second time was yesterday when I went home early because I was under the weather. I was definitely surprised and felt extremely loved...
@MamaBish I was curious if you ended up having your baby shower? I decided to cancel mine because I couldn't have driven 4 hours away from Henry at the time my shower was supposed to be. My question for everyone is do you think it would be okay to have a party once we get back home when Henry gets out of the hospital? My thoughts were to have a sip and see party where everyone gets to meet Henry and drink and just hang out. It would be similar to a diapers and kegs party. But since we have already bought most of what we need would it be weird to ask people to just bring diapers or no gifts? Ideas? Thoughts? I'm just confused as to what is appropriate in this situation!
@abpl2014 Sip and see party sounds fun. I would tell people not to bring gifts if I was throwing it myself. That would seem like the most appropriate thing to do. And those who really want to bring a gift regardless will ignore you and bring one
@abpl2014 Had a coworker who had her baby 6 weeks early due to high blood pressure. Since we weren't able to have her shower we did a "Meet & Greet" party once he was healthy enough to be around so many people. It seemed to work pretty well. We said that gifts were optional and a lot of people brought cute baby outfits and diapers. Hopefully that helps! You wouldn't be the first to throw a party once baby is here
@apbl2014 I agree with previous posters. A meet and greet (or whatever cute name you use) is a great idea. I'd say "no gifts" to be polite but many will probably bring something anyways esp if you never had a shower.
this week my husband's work had two baby showers for us. The first one was held by his staff before an event that they were all working and the second was a joint shower management threw for him and two other front office staff. Management got us an Owlet and I almost cried of happiness. I'm incredibly thankful for all the love and support my husband's work has shown for this baby. They've been great. I didn't get very good pictures unfortunately. I was overwhelmed by the amount of people and effort everyone put into it both showers
Had a work baby shower. My family is all over the place so it was hard to schedule one with them so I'm appreciative that people at work were willing to throw me one. My DH smoked some ribs and we had people over from both our workplaces. Only thing now is to have the baby! Countdown begins to July 1st!
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I had my shower last week. It was great and I'm so thankful for everything that we got! Obviously the best part was getting to take half of a cake and a dozen cake pops home afterwards though
Had my cat baby shower on Saturday. Total dream come true. You really get to see how excited everyone is for you. I couldnt have been more grateful to my best friend for putting it all together.
Cat THEMED baby shower. Sorry I was typing a bit too fast. But I was able to have my cats there and raise money for a local cat rescue like I had hoped.
I found out today that my work colleagues are throwing me a baby shower next Friday. To say I'm shocked is an understatement, there has never been any plan during the pregnancy to throw a baby shower but now I can't wait to see what happens. Especially after seeing everyone else's posts about their own baby showers! It's being organised by a woman who I honestly can't say has done so much for me during the pregnancy, I'm going to have to find a really good gift for her to say thank you!
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1) Congratulations to @MamaBish on baby Savannah. I had been following your story back in the TTGP board. I'm so very happy for you, and hope everything is going well. Absolutely have the shower.
2) I think the moms throwing a baby shower is not a big deal anymore, and I'm very strict about etiquette. Many people I know (I'm in the northeast) have the moms host the baby shower. My shower is today, and my mom is the hostess. I think it's more frowned upon for moms to throw a bridal shower, but even that is going away. It was different when people would get married much younger and go from their parents house to their house with their husband. I'm 33 years old, and have been independent from my parents for over a decade. The only people who should not throw a baby shower is the mom or dad to be.
Literally the cutest shower of all time, my SIL made everything herself and it was amazing. And this kid basically got himself an entire library of books today, so awesome!!!!
I'm a foodie, so naturally I have to share the menu! There was a taco bar. Roasted sweet potato and black bean, shrimp with pineapple, and Moho pork with pickled red onions. And all the fixings for topping them. There were flavored popcorns, fruit salsa with cinnamon pita, and a beautiful mixed green salad with apples and blueberries. The cupcakes! Chubby hubby and margarita. The bar was also setup with sangria, prosecco, mimosa mixers and an assortment of local craft beers.
The weather was crap but the day was fantastic. Here are a few pictures. Our host and I, my sweet husband, and in one of the small pictures, his mom facetimed in from Floridia.
A few photos from our shower yesterday. With a candy bar that had all of my baby things displayed. It was amazing.
We are doing it May 28th so out of town family can come due to the long weekend. Plus, we usually do a big family cook out that weekend anyway.
We have a bon fire and smore planned as well. Probably around 50 people coming...hoping it doesnt rain.
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My cousins even came out from Brooklyn and made me so happy to come that I welled up with tears since I don't get to see them often! They are the closest of family besides DH side. Beautiful day and perfect company!
My question is how do I thank them? Obviously there was many verbal thank yous and hugs but I'm not sure about thank you cards. I know there were some women who didn't bring anything but were there just by chance, showing up at that specific class time...And there was also no names attached to the packages of diapers so I'm not positive who actually brought something. I would feel like a total ass writing a thank you card to someone who didn't bring anything. Like I'm trying to be a jerk about it or something.
any ideas? I thought maybe wrap up some cookies and hand out individual bags of them. I'm hesitant to do personalized thank yous because I'm not 100% on who gifted us diapers. But I could write out thanks yous for the host and the other women who got us other things in addition to the diapers.
I was told this was supposed to be planned two other times. The first was when most of the office was out weeks ago (vacation, pto, etc.) and the second time was yesterday when I went home early because I was under the weather. I was definitely surprised and felt extremely loved...
I decided to cancel mine because I couldn't have driven 4 hours away from Henry at the time my shower was supposed to be. My question for everyone is do you think it would be okay to have a party once we get back home when Henry gets out of the hospital? My thoughts were to have a sip and see party where everyone gets to meet Henry and drink and just hang out. It would be similar to a diapers and kegs party. But since we have already bought most of what we need would it be weird to ask people to just bring diapers or no gifts? Ideas? Thoughts? I'm just confused as to what is appropriate in this situation!
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Started TTC in June 2014
Started seeing RE in June 2015
HSG in July 2015 = normal, started Clomid/Ovidrel/IUI cycle in August 2015
Cycle #3 in October afforded 1st month of mature follicles - underwent IUI
BFP on 10/27/15 - EDD 7/8/16
DD#1 born on 7/1/16
TTC #2 in September 2018
BFP on 12/2/18 - EDD 8/16/19
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