Do you have any that are Osbournes-themed?

I don't know why, but it's impossible to find a decent birth announcement anymore.

Let me explain my idea of "decent." When D was born, we managed to find something stylish but funny: a "movie magazine" type thing describing D's birth as though it were a major motion picture release, slipping in all the important info in the copy and closing with quotes (raves, of course) from critics. Given our (okay, my) obsession with films, it made good sense. Plus, it wasn't sentimental or maudlin--just fun.

Well, naturally, we went looking for the same style thing for E. First of all, 90% of the cards out there are gender-specific (including, perversely, faux-Sports Illustrated covers where the boys play sports and the girls wear swimsuits and never the twain shall meet), and we didn't know what we were having ahead of time. Second, and more important, "fun" is out, and "sentimental and maudlin" is in. No jokes, just "a little angel," too many damn ribbons, and maybe some cartoons if you're lucky. Oh, and a special mention to the "Born in the USA" cards that not only play on your heartstrings but foment jingoism, too.

We wound up getting a decent cartoon with a movie theme, again ("Our Feature Presentation"), but we were really hoping to make people laugh, dammit, as well as say "Awww!"

Maybe next time NEVER.