Adoption Announcements and Upcoming Move

Congratulations! Send out the announcement and celebrate that baby as soon as you can!

I would add an "insert" to the envelope as a PS..."New Baby - New House - A Whole New World" so that A.) people wanting to send gifts (and who won't want to give a gift to the newest family member?) will know to wait and to use the new address (or to send it asap) and B.) people might take that as a good hint to delay a visit until the chaos of all these changes has settled down a bit.

Congratulations. Definitely send the announcements right away. Everyone should know everything about the baby just as she was just born, including her new address. If people want to send gifts, it is from their heart and I can tell by your post you have not solicited the gifts by any means. It is fine. Maybe you can write something like, "Laura Ashley will join us at our Minneapolis home, but we all look forward to our new home at 999 W Great Lake Circle in Hometown MN, we plan to move June 1. Or perhaps you can write a bio type thing like get from some friends for the Holidays. They kind of write a script of the families accomplishments through the year.

Best Whishes!

Send the adoption announcemnets with an asterisk on the bottom with a by-the-way, as of such-n-such a date, our new address will be ...

Congratulations!!! What an exciting time in your life.

Just a thought....

Rather than the traditional announcement, you could send out a family letter (very similar to the ones some families send out at Christmas time). You could start by saying, We have lots of exciting news that we would like to share with our family and friends.... announce both and include a picture of your bundle of joy.

Congratulations!
If you want to send the baby announcements, you could do it now and include a little separate enclosure advising that as of __________, you will have a new address: 123 Main Street, .........
I don't think that implies at all that you are requesting gifts, merely letting people know that you will be moving so they can update their address books.
If I were to receive an announcement and was inclined to send a gift, I would likely do it after you have moved to your new home. That way, it's not just more things to move. But, that's just me.
I know when I receive announcements for births, weddings, graduations, I at least send a card, so including your new address and when you'll be there would be appreciated by me.

Best wishes!

CONGRATS on the adoption!!!!! I would say wait untill you move and than if you can send one announcement. You could have your new blessing introuduce themeselves and mention the new address, also don't worry about how people will perceive the announcement.

You already got a lot of advice, but I didn't see if your question about UPS and FedEx were answered...they don't, as a rule, forward any packages. It would be returned to the sender. However, if you have the tracking number, you can call them in most cases and re-direct the package before it has been delivered.

If you plan on sending separate announcements, I would send the adoption announcements now and moving announcements after you move. If they send gifts for the adoption you will get them before you move and if they send gifts for the move, which tend to be more household and decor related, you would have them sent directly to your new home. Congratulations on both!!