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Holiday card ? - Currently expecting #2 and want a pic of whole family (DS, DH, me w/belly) or DS and belly only. Is this tacky? Is it weird to put the baby's name in the sig line as well with & "name" expected x/2010? I am thinking some of the recipients may not know and it would be cute. Is it annoying? Bad karma?
23 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]If it were me I'd opt for keeping it simple. Family photo: the blank family, the three of your names and maybe a cute reference like (john, mary, tommy and...). Wouldn't put real name - superstitious.
[ Reply | Options ]I think it's too cutesy and not my style to put a belly pic. I think the baby expected is okay if you aren't superstitious, but not a pic of your stomach alone.
[ Reply | Options ]That would bother me...personally, I wouldn't do it, but you called it, I'm superstitious. I never told anyone the name we picked out. I didn't buy anything for the house ahead of time. I didn't tell people i was pregnant until 20 weeks. So I'd have a hard time putting a photo and signing a card before it was a real human outside of my body.
[ Reply | Options ]either one of the whole family or just ds. NOT DS AND BELLY. totally ridiculous imo.
[ Reply | Options ]OP: I knew there would be two camps on this. The name is public knowledge already among friends and family, as it was with DS. Will probably leave it off based on this feedback. Maybe whole family, but with DS leaning on or touching belly...it is so cute how much he already interacts with her. We'll take tons of pics and just see what works out. My gut feeling that it was weird to some, though not to me, seems to have been correct. Thanks!
[ Reply | Options ]I find that odd. We have 2 dcs and I'm expecting a third. Wouldn't even occur to me to reference #3 in this year's card, and we're just going with a pic of dcs 1 and 2. You can't wait until 2010?
[ Reply | Options ]OP: I don't know, we usually send family photo, and with me looking a lot rounder than usually it seemed odd not to mention it. I guess I could just do the normal family pic and sign "DH, me and soon-to-be big brother DS" I hope nobody here is on my list because you will know it was me then! LOL.
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I would do a picture of the whole family and sign it with 'the whatever family' - I hate to say this, but what if something ever happened and then you would have that card of your belly and ds to look at? Go for the full, happy, growing family. You could maybe say something like 'Happy holidays from our growing family' if you really want to include your pregnancy.
[ Reply | Options ]I think the opposite. My SIL lost a baby during labor (full term, medical mistakes) and she loves any memento of that time. I also have a lot of pictures of her pregnancy and that baby at the hospital as well. I figure, if the baby ends up having a short or no life outside the womb, celebrate the life he/she did have and the happiness that came with it while expecting.
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Last year SIL had her pregnancy picture as her christmas card. There was no way I was putting her big swollen naked belly up on my fridge, it went straight into the trash. I think its fine if you do a family one where you can see your belly as well, but please wear clothes.
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Are you expecting something special from your dh for Valentine's Day?
- Yes, and he's in big trouble if he forgets.
- Yes, but it's not something I care about.
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