Baby showers for the second (third, fourth...) child?

This will be my second baby (38 weeks along today!), and I have pretty much everything I need to welcome home a child. I think most parents probably keep things like bassinets, swings, car seats and Xanax if they think there's a chance they're going to have more children -- and we kept almost everything. What we needed (a double stroller, a second baby monitor), my husband and I bought. I still have my son's baby clothes folded neatly into drawers labeled by size (woo-hoo! One area of my life where I'm actually organized!). If this baby turns out to be a girl, well ... girls like trucks and puppy dogs too, right?

Because we're already well-stocked, the idea of having a shower to get stuff doesn't seem right. We just don't need stuff. Friends did have a fun shower for a group of us moms who are expecting or recently gave birth, but it wasn't really a stuff shower. It was for fun.

Another friend plans to get together a group of friends for a fun girly time on the beach next week. That shower-of-sorts won't be about stuff, either.

It's a perfect idea for parents who don't need to get things but still want to celebrate a new life coming into the world.

Still, there are a few people who have asked what we need or would like.

Truth be told -- sadly -- what I really want is something along these lines:

How about some Marc Jacobs sandals:



A maternatini:



Decadent truffles:



And maybe a flat-screen TV.

You know -- standard pregnancy issue items.

Selfish, I know ... but when you consider the months of selflessness ahead of me, is it really so bad?!

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