I had my shower back home in Texas on Feb 28th (25/26 weeks). We lumped it in with our usual February/March visit. Our Boston couples shower/ bbq will be on May 2nd at almost 35 weeks. I'm learning that people really like to buy baby girl clothes.
I think you just confirmed my worst fear! haha We have already received SO MANY clothes.
We returned about half the clothes we received and ended up with like $300 in credit! No one, especially a newborn, has a need for the number of clothes we received...plus a bunch were NB size for the wrong season (?).
Jewish Superstition that you aren't supposed to have it before the baby. But as I have explained to everyone in my family, I find it EXTREMELY rude to have the baby, have a baby shower and then 3 weeks later have a baby naming (which people typically bring gifts to). I think its tacky and just rude. After I explained this to my mom she looked at me and was like do you think that's why a lot of people did not come to M(sisters) Sprinkle... It was exactly 1 week AFTER her sons Bris. And i looked at her and said yes. It makes people look gift greedy. We will be having a baby naming about a month after the baby is born (it is where my Daughter will get her Hebrew name and we will tell who she is named after) And I plan on putting on the invitation NO GIFTS. Now some people wont listen to this but I don't want a second shower which some people might turn that into. It is the same reason why I told my sister and my In-Laws (MIL and FIL) are divorced that I will only be having 1 shower and they are all welcome to come but the first person to start something will be asked to leave.
Is there a reason the shower and baby naming are different if the shower has to be after the baby is born? (I hope this isn't a rude question, I'm just curious about the two different events).
Where I'm from showers are always after baby is born, but wear I live now showers are before or after.
Jewish Superstition that you aren't supposed to have it before the baby. But as I have explained to everyone in my family, I find it EXTREMELY rude to have the baby, have a baby shower and then 3 weeks later have a baby naming (which people typically bring gifts to). I think its tacky and just rude. After I explained this to my mom she looked at me and was like do you think that's why a lot of people did not come to M(sisters) Sprinkle... It was exactly 1 week AFTER her sons Bris. And i looked at her and said yes. It makes people look gift greedy. We will be having a baby naming about a month after the baby is born (it is where my Daughter will get her Hebrew name and we will tell who she is named after) And I plan on putting on the invitation NO GIFTS. Now some people wont listen to this but I don't want a second shower which some people might turn that into. It is the same reason why I told my sister and my In-Laws (MIL and FIL) are divorced that I will only be having 1 shower and they are all welcome to come but the first person to start something will be asked to leave.
Is there a reason the shower and baby naming are different if the shower has to be after the baby is born? (I hope this isn't a rude question, I'm just curious about the two different events).
Where I'm from showers are always after baby is born, but wear I live now showers are before or after.
Not Rude at all, the baby naming is a religious even. Similar to a christening or a baptism. It is where she will officially receive her Hebrew name, and be blessed by the Rabbi. A shower is a fun lighthearted event.
Thought I would bring this thread back to life. My office just hosted a baby shower for my DH and I. It was so cute and they were so generous. They got us the video monitor and the pack and play we were registered for. And my boss slipped me a $100 check from him and his family. Awwww…
Thought I would bring this thread back to life. My office just hosted a baby shower for my DH and I. It was so cute and they were so generous. They got us the video monitor and the pack and play we were registered for. And my boss slipped me a $100 check from him and his family. Awwww…
I officially have a date! May 16th. These invitations went out today. Now to find a cute plus size maternity maxi dress to wear. Pretty sure those don't exist after my recent research.
My shower is scheduled for May 3rd. I am excited because my step mom is doing a bumble new theme. A classic look with yellows whites and blacks with bees wax candles for prizes. I saw all the pictures of her ideas and I love it!!!! We are doing babies room in a bumble bee theme and I think it looks so beautiful!!!
So I had my shower almost 2 weeks ago but I found this so hilarious I had to share....
As favors my mom made these fantastic roasted almonds coated with brown sugar that were delicious. She packaged them in green and purple tinted jars with little thank you notes attached with ribbon. This is what they looked like in the green jars:
APPARENTLY myself and my naive family didn't realize until DH (a police officer) saw the jars later that day and said that we're lucky no one got pulled over leaving the shower because the almonds looked like "weed nuggets." This pic is from Google lol:
Post by mrsholley1344 on Apr 10, 2015 13:32:30 GMT -5
Our shower is tomorrow and I am half dreading it half really excited. I am complete prepared to cone home angry sad and desperately in need of a glass of wine that everyone says I can have but I feel to guilty if I take more then a sip of...
Our shower is tomorrow and I am half dreading it half really excited. I am complete prepared to cone home angry sad and desperately in need of a glass of wine that everyone says I can have but I feel to guilty if I take more then a sip of...
Sounds like there is some major back story on this one. What's up?
Mine is May 24 (also my birthday). I'll be 35 weeks. I want to hold off on buying things until then but that's so late. We've been gifted a lot of hand me down clothes already so I know I won't have to worry about him being naked. My sister said she'll come over the day after to help me organize my new stuff...so I guess I'll have enough help. Can't wait to see everyone's pictures!! I don't even know the theme of mine and am excited for the surprise.
My birthday is also May 24th. Memorial Day weekend is a great day for a shower -hope yours is fab.
So I had my shower almost 2 weeks ago but I found this so hilarious I had to share....
As favors my mom made these fantastic roasted almonds coated with brown sugar that were delicious. She packaged them in green and purple tinted jars with little thank you notes attached with ribbon. This is what they looked like in the green jars:
APPARENTLY myself and my naive family didn't realize until DH (a police officer) saw the jars later that day and said that we're lucky no one got pulled over leaving the shower because the almonds looked like "weed nuggets." This pic is from Google lol:
Bahahaha this is so funny!
Also, wormgerm, I feel like I've seen some plus sized maxi dresses at Destination Maternity before. I'm sure you'll find something and look gorgeous!
ETA: mathistm, you look great! Hope your shower was wonderful! @ktpatter and carolyngrace, your showers looked beautiful!
My family/friends shower back home was on 3/28. It's been pretty busy for me lately, so I haven't had a chance to post any pictures. Here are a few shots from the day, it was pretty great. My parents, grandparents and I:
The shower my sister, mom, and friends threw me this Saturday was amazing! I really wish I had better pictures of the whole set up--black and white striped canopy draping over the tables and chairs outside was sooo cute and my mom made little hot air balloons with storks and babies inside of them.
And I loooved the food table! Cake was ordered from our wedding cake baker and then my mom made Croquembouche, Macarons, Crepes, and the most delicious brownies. It would have been hell if I had GD!
There was an adorable Fruit/Juice/Champagne bar set up and they dipped all of the wine glass bottoms in chalkboard paint and wrote each guests name on them in chalk marker to take home as a favor (Between the ppl who didn't take theirs and those who didn't show up, I ended up with a set of like 12 so I'm excited to use them in the future!)
There was a headband making station! They even had the measurements out for the different month sizes. LO is all set in the headband department now!
Here are the ladies of my family and me. SILs on the outside, sister, mom and niece on the inside, and of course I'm the lady with the giant belly.
And then here's a pic with one of my BFFs and her SIL who did a bunch of stuff for the shower too, we reinacted a pic from BFFs baby shower :-)
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