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Originally Posted by sarajean

My husband's brother and his wife were expecting their first child together (not an adoption, but the idea still works) and they lived several states away from the rest of the family. We had all traveled to their home for their wedding within a year before the baby was born so we couldn't fly down for a shower.

I had taken an Amish culture class in college and learned about their tradition of "showering" friends and relatives who lived far away by sending gifts and well wishes through the mail - the Amish use this tradition for weddings, births, sicknesses, etc. We decided to use the same idea for my sister-in-law. We sent her a handmade note that she was having a shower through the mail, and then we all sent our gifts on the same day, and they arrived on her doorstep within a day or two of each other. Her husband took pictures on a digital camera of her opening her gifts so we could all see her reaction, and we were saved the expense of travel (we all wanted to travel after the baby was born so we could meet him).

Love this idea!!!!!!!