This wasn't for a baby shower...just a gift.
One of the hardest cards to find. I think Frank had rearranged the WHOLE card isle at Target before I found one. Sheesh. I had an easier time finding a card for a teenager in re-hab, than I did this one.
Some of my stumbling blocks with my card search:
1. Baby isn't born yet so it couldn't be a "Congratulations on your baby boy/girl" card.
2. They don't know the sex of the baby (good for them...someday I will get my wish with that!) No pink, no blue.
3. It wasn't for a baby shower gift. Too bad too because there were a lot of cute baby shower cards.
4. What is a mom-to-be? To me that is a very odd term. You are a mom (or a dad) at the moment of conception. So, I guess a mom-to-be would be one that isn't pregnant yet. Well....who in the world would send a card like that?? Even adoptive parents that have been matched with a child (in my opinion) aren't parents-to-be, they are already moms and dads. And there were A LOT of mom-to-be cards. I guess I just don't get the terminology. Are you not a mom until you have a child in your arms? Seems a little insulting to not call a pregnant woman a mother. Like you can't feel the love for your baby until he/she is born.
5. A "congrats your pregnant" card didn't seem right either as she has known for the last 36 weeks that she's pregnant.
Oh and just for fun....a recent pic of my oldest who made me a mom some where around June of 2003.
I had a TERRIBLE time finding a Bat Mitzvah card once. There was an entire SECTION at Hallmark on "Weight Loss Encouragement" and only ONE Bat Mitzvah card! It said something about being done with studying and it was for a former student so that was hardly appropriate!! I couldn't believe that there weren't cards for an event that required a congratulatory card/gift but there was a whole section on "hey fatty, keep it up!"
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