Recently, we at Lena’s Notebook (with much help) completed a project which was truly wonderful and exciting! We put together a “baby shower in a box” for a few military families. The mothers in these families have recently had babies while the fathers are deployed in Iraq for a year. The fathers have not yet been able to hold the babies and the mothers and babies are certainly missing their husbands and fathers. We can only imagine how hard this must be!
We decided to do something to let the families know that we appreciate the sacrifices they are making while our country is at war and that we care and believe their babies are blessings to be celebrated. And, celebrate we did! With the help of many friends and four wonderful companies (sofiabean.com; tinysprouts.com; karinalexis.com and citysprouts.com), we sent a custom “baby shower-in-a-box” (see example, lined in pink and yellow tissue paper, above right) to four deserving mothers and their new baby girls. We hope they love the surprise!
We thought we would share with you some of the terrific items included in the boxes. Perhaps this will give you some ideas for your next baby shower gifts (in or out of a box).
Herer are the wonderful items donated by four of our favorite companies — with our special thanks :
Click here to see some equally wonderful items donated by some very generous and kind persons:
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 The Lollipop Tree - American Songs for Little Children sung by Carol Kaplan-Lyss
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Our next goal is to partner with Clever Parents to host a unit-wide baby shower in North Carolina. We would love to hear from you if you are interested in helping us celebrate these women and families!
By Lena on 03/15/07 in Gear, Parents, Featured, Columns, Stylish Children, Stylish Women, Maternity Style, Editor Picks
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July 3rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
A great idea! However, my daughter is a wife of a Navy soldier and is expecting. She is living with me while she is continuing her college degree and having a baby. We are currently trying to get her an apartment, she has no household items, they were married at a civil ceremony hoping to have a wedding but he has not been able to come home yet. Therefore she has no baby items except the baby bed I purchased for her. She is having a boy. If anyone can help her with items please let me know.
Thanks
Linda