first birthday announcements - not party invites - wording?

[Anonymous]

Just do a cutesy Halloween card with DD dressed up and something like
..."Guess who is enjoying her 1st Halloween as a 1 year old" or something like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could just mail out pictures with a note written on the back of the photo to each person...a bit more work, but you can just have a generic line.

I agree with this. It's more work but I'd also include a handwritten card. It's easier to do an "announcement" type thing but personally I think that's strange and looks like a gift grab. If your point is just to reach out to people and share news and a beautiful pic, an "announcement" type thing is bizarre, IMO. For wording on a card or the back of a picture, how about something like "Greetings from {child's name} on her first birthday! We can't believe it's been a year already. Just wanted to get in touch and say {we love you/we hope to see you this year/hope you're having a great summer}."

I like this wording. Everyone is turned off by the announcement idea, but maybe the OP just used the wrong term.

OP you could use the announcement services to get Dds picture on it and use the verbiage in th pp post. Something like "greetings from DD on her first birthday. We can't believe it's been a year already" would sound totally appropriate on an announcement and not sound like gift grabbing at all. IMHO seems the same as sending a picture but a little more formal.

I am sorry for your tough year.

[Anonymous]

FYI, everyone, this post is from summer of 2010. The OP's 1yo is now 2, and whatever she decided to do has already been done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just do a cutesy Halloween card with DD dressed up and something like
..."Guess who is enjoying her 1st Halloween as a 1 year old" or something like that.

i have gotten one of these. it was a postcard of the toddler dressed in halloween costume.

i would avoid sending an announcement. my first thought was that you wanted gifts without inviting people to the party. sorry. that's what people are going to think. OP clearly resists the fact that this is how people will react, but it just is.

[Anonymous]

I like the idea of sending out a picture of your child rather than an announcement...I've never heard of a first birthday announcement and it sounds a bit like a gift request, even if that's not your intention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to send out announcements, not birthday party invitations, and not sure what wording to use.
Can anyone make a suggestion?

BettySue is turning 1!

BettySue will be 1 this October.

Ugh, I'm not inspired.

Wow! There are such "haters" responding to the original post. The OP asked for suggestions with wording for the 1st birthday announcement, not for your opinion of if she should send them out.

I'm going to be sending out a professional photo announcement with my little one's 1st birthday picture to our family members because we do not live close to our family. I don't care who blasts me for this, I believe it's a great way to keep in contact with our family. I don't expect any gifts, but I refuse to print something so tacky as "No gifts please" on the photo announcement.

Now, to answer the OP question, here are some suggestions for a 1st Birthday Announcement.

1. Guess who just turned 1? Our little baby is getting older.
2. Sugar, space and everything nice. Those are the ingredients to make the perfect little girl. We couldn't be more proud!
3. We can hardly believe a year has passed, our sweet little monkey has grown so fast!
4. One little candle on the cake, one little 1st birthday wish to make!
5. Laughing, crawling, growing up fast... Since she arrived a year has passed.
6. It's my 1st ever birthday!
7. Time flies when you're having fun. Can you believe it? She's turning one!
8. We can't believe it's been a year, [NAME]'s first birthday is already here!
9. A little cake, a lot of fun, [NAME] is turning one!
10. After 12 months of being the baby around here, it's time to celebrate my fabulous first year!
11. Cake and icing in the hair... I am ONE Year Old so I don't care! Picture, balloons, presents for me, I'd rather have the box, if you please!
12. I learned to laugh and squal, then sit and stand, and I can walk now if you hold my hand. But the fun has just begun, look out world, I'm turning one!
13. One year ago on [DATE OF BIRTH] at [TIME OF BIRTH] a little angel blessed our lives. We named her [NAME]. In the past year she has learned so much, how to smile, laugh, crawl, feed herself, get into things she is not supposed to, and most of all she learned how to love!!!

P.S. Yes, I know that the OP's baby's birthday has passed, but this is for other parents who may Google & find this thread.

[Anonymous]

Yeah thanks PP. I think the OP's baby probably turned 1 in the last six months sometime - around when the post was actually posted - so its a bit late for your advice.

[Anonymous]

actually, the original post was from almost 2 years ago. did you go fishing in the archives?

[Anonymous]

Can everyone petition Jeff to lock old threads please?

[Anonymous]

My son is about to turn 1 and I googled "1st bday announcements" and of course second guessed my idea due to the number of people that mentioned it was tacky. It's July 2012 and regardless of this feed being 2 years old, I found it useful. So thanks!

Also, there are certain situations when people may choose to do something special to keep everyone "in the loop"....do people really "fish for presents?" I actually don't know anyone that is like that, so definitely pointing back to several comments that "it just depends on your social circle." Anyway, my son was born in NY and we are living in TX now. I wanted our NY connections to receive a cute bday picture of my son and to announce this milestone in his life. Yes, they all know what month / year he was born, but people move on with their lives and it's difficult to keep up with birthdays....and most of my friends are single with no kids, so I think they would love to receive an announcement. It's also a message that I still care and think of them often. They were a huge part of my pregnancy and my son was the first baby in our circle. Keeping people involved / updated doesn't mean an attempt at gifts. However, I factored in all the feedback and decided to do one AFTER he turns one. And keep it a simple message with "Joseph turned 1!" How would 3 words warrant an attempt at gifts? Silly.

People send emails all the time. It's nice to have a pic to put up on your refrigderator for a week or two. I get silly Christmas announcements with pics from them every year. I don't send them a gift.

[Anonymous]

PP, this is exactly what Facebook is best for, keeping people in the loop about your child's accomplishing his 1st birthday.

Are you on Facebook? Post a picture "Wow, can't believe little Joshua is 1 today!" I see this all the time.

[Anonymous]

Gift-grubbing.

[Anonymous]

Once or twice,I have gotten things like this (from the same person, a close friend from college) and I have thought, "Ugh, weird. Why has she wasted time and $$ on this? I don't care if her DC is turning one/grew some teeth/lost a tooth/is standing/etc. ____ is too wrapped up in her kids. She needs to get her head out of MommyLand and get a life." Sorry, OP and PPs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is about to turn 1 and I googled "1st bday announcements" and of course second guessed my idea due to the number of people that mentioned it was tacky. It's July 2012 and regardless of this feed being 2 years old, I found it useful. So thanks!

Also, there are certain situations when people may choose to do something special to keep everyone "in the loop"....do people really "fish for presents?" I actually don't know anyone that is like that, so definitely pointing back to several comments that "it just depends on your social circle." Anyway, my son was born in NY and we are living in TX now. I wanted our NY connections to receive a cute bday picture of my son and to announce this milestone in his life. Yes, they all know what month / year he was born, but people move on with their lives and it's difficult to keep up with birthdays....and most of my friends are single with no kids, so I think they would love to receive an announcement. It's also a message that I still care and think of them often. They were a huge part of my pregnancy and [b]my son was the first baby in our circle[u]. Keeping people involved / updated doesn't mean an attempt at gifts. However, I factored in all the feedback and decided to do one AFTER he turns one. And keep it a simple message with "Joseph turned 1!" How would 3 words warrant an attempt at gifts? Silly.

People send emails all the time. It's nice to have a pic to put up on your refrigderator for a week or two. I get silly Christmas announcements with pics from them every year. I don't send them a gift.

OH my, PP. The things I have bolded and underlined above make me think the friends will/would be even less inclined to enjoy getting something like this. When I was single and had 1-2 friends "ahead" of me who were already married and in kiddieland? I thought things like this were absolutely bonkers. Sorry. I would have appeared really supportive and thrilled but then said to my sisters and other friends, "What in the WORLD is this? Who does this?" Sorry. I even thought it was wackadoo to be invited to a friend's child's bday party back in the day when I was still single and she was the one who had married and had kids. I was like, "Why in the world would I want to go to a KID's bday party????" I seriously did not get it and would have thought this type of thing (and therefore, the sender, my friend) was WACKADOO.

[Anonymous]

I think announcements are a great idea for out of town family. It is a nice way to send photos and keep them included in your child's life.