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You see articles about baby showers written by women all of the time. But why not written by a man? Don?t we need to know a thing or two about baby showers too?
My wife recently hosted a baby shower for a friend, and I was clueless on how to help her. Fortunately, I was kicked out of the house before the actual baby shower began, but I was involved with helping her set it up. Baby showers begin with selecting a location and baby shower invitations. But the actual event involves a lot more planning.
Did you know that baby showers include a cake made out of diapers? Yeah, I thought that was strange too. But apparently diaper cakes are one of the important centerpieces at baby showers these days. This isn?t an edible cake?but there are plenty of deserts to be eaten. From non-diaper cakes to appetizers to baby block-looking petit fours Cheap Ramon Sessions Jersey , it seems like there?s more than enough food to go around at a baby shower.
Of course there are usually baby shower games. These games can be kind of silly, but they?re a big hit. The women talk about funny baby experiences they?ve had and bring up embarrassing things from the mother?s past. There are hundreds of web sites devoted to various baby shower games. Do a search for ?baby shower games? an you?ll be amazed and some of the games people have invented.
Gifts are a big part of baby showers. And I mean BIG! It?s amazing how many gifts are showered upon the mother-to-be. Although the mom usually registers for important baby gifts like sheets and strollers, it seems that most women want to buy cute things for the baby that aren?t on the registry. Apparently buying cute clothes and stuffed animals is more interesting than buying sheets for the crib. It makes sense, but I hear that moms-to-be hate this since what they really need are the basic supplies. The mom ends up buying all of these herself.
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The challenge is, if you blink, you might miss them.
There was just such a moment during the dramatic rematch of last summer's hit show, Dancing with the Stars.
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This was determined by which team received the lowest number of votes from three experienced judges whose votes counted 50%, and millions of call-in viewers whose votes counted for the other 50%.
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But in the breath-taking final show of the competition, after receiving three perfect 10s from the judges for her final sizzling performance with partner and dance professional Alec Mazo, Kelly Monaco snatched the certain victory away from O'Hurley .
That show in itself was extraordinary. Monaco had almost been eliminated in the first two shows of the summer series, her dancing then described by one of the judges as "a disaster.
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At the start of the rematch, O'Hurley expressed his great disappointment in losing the finale and his extreme desire to win back that which he felt had been stolen from him.
Monaco, always spunky, expressed in no uncertain terms her desire to retain her trophy.
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Though both couples danced admirably considering that just a few months earlier they were total novices to ballroom dancing, neither couple in my opinion danced with the soul and the fire that made the original competition so electric.
But then, preceding the second round of dance, something so extraordinary occurred, something so ethereal, I find myself a very long time after the show's airing finally sitting down and attempting to capture the unforgettable moment on paper.
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And thus the moment begins.
It starts with the haunting notes of live singer Brian McKnight singing "Fields of Gold.
"And then, two dancers seem to simply materialize from off stage.
There is something immediately captivating.
loo of the tremendously publicized television show.