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Had my Shower!!

Original post by NIHA

Well, after all that worrying when my shower was going to be I had it yesterday!!! My sisters did a fabulous job, and I had a really wonderful time! I had an idea, so wasn't totally suprised, but this did make it MUCH easier for me to relax and enjoy myself. Peter helped me open the gifts so that helped too. As you all know it's hard work being in the hot seat!

It was co-ed and a few kids were there (mostly our immediate family) for a total of about 40 ppl. I don't think the co-ed thing was bad at all, I think it went by quick and people enjoyed themselves. It was in Pinang, a Malaysian restaurant on Queens Blvd, and I thought it was great that my sister chose an unique place.

I actually ended up going shopping at BRU on Saturday, b/c I just HAD to buy some essentials (onesies, sleepers, burp clothes, socks, cap and booties, washclothes). Well, the great thing is that I hardly got any of the stuff that I bought!! We got a lot of blankets and bath stuff. We didn't get as many clothes as I expected, and the few that we did were larger sizes, so it worked our perfectly. Some of the larger gifts we got were the crib and dresser, glider, Graco car seat and Maclaren stroller. Instead of a wishing well, my sister asked everyone to bring one book to get started on our baby's library.

Everthing is stored at my sister's for now, but we will hopefully be able to start on the nursery in the next couple of weeks.
NIHA Posted:

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Kathi, we got stuff that wasn't on our registry, but it was mostly baskets of toilertries, bibs, towels, washclothes, blankets and some outfits. All useful and practical stuff anyway. We got a lot of the bigger items from the registry.

christine1221 Posted:

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How wonderful! I love the book/ library idea. At my gf's shower, they asked us to bring books also & she got soooo many good ones! What a great way to start off
bearsbabe_113 Posted:

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Oh Niha, that's wonderful!!!! I'm so glad you had a good time and got everything you wanted!!!! It must be so exciting getting all that stuff because now it becomes more of a reality!!!!


Kathi and Camille (NuBride) -- how come you know when your showers are going to be???

I went to BRU to register on Sat and had the worst experience -- needless to say, there's nothing on my registry right now but my name and DD!!
NuBride Posted:

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Hey Deb, I had to know when it was because I needed to clear it with my doctor, with the cerlage being in and all and the bedrest....

Kathi Posted:

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I don't *know* when my shower is... I'm playing detective.

6 weekends 'til my EDD and I have a Baptism, a friend's baby shower, my brother's E-party and a wedding!!! Oh, and my shower, too!!

It's all about doin' the math!!

I'm sneaky like that!


bearsbabe_113 Posted:

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Camille, I totally forgot about that!! Sorry!! Do you know where it is also? At least you can pick out a good outfit, huh? So, when is it?

Kathi, you are just like my sister!!! She had to figure every thing out before both her showers and kept checking her registries and it pi**ed me off big time!! I'm the total opposite, I don't want to know a blessed thing, but it seems the big mouths in my family (my mother and his mother) INSIST on babbling away to me about certain things and then my mother has the nerve to get pi**ed off at me when I tell her to be quiet!!! My MIL keeps telling me 'I'll buy this, Nanny will buy that, etc' -- WHAT PART OF I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING DON'T THESE PEOPLE GET??????? Like I know his grandmother is crochetting stuff, and she knows I don't want to know and she won't show me, but she still tells me what she's making. I know they're all excited, it's their first grandchild (not my mother's), but it really bothers me and they don't get it. They had loose lips for my bridal shower and that bugged me also because I am the EASIEST person to surprise since I'm so clueless, but they can't shut up.

I should tell them that if they insist on telling me everything, then they should just let me plan my own shower!!!

LisaW Posted:

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Sounds like a wonderful time

melissa27 Posted:

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Niha, that's awesome!! Glad you had a wonderful time!!

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