Just like we live in a world where Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis will soon have a baby, we’re also expecting the same from the Jersey Shore cast. It’s not all bad though. Snooki seemed to shape up after becoming a mom. Pauly D also has a new love child floating around out there, and Jenni “J-Woww” Farley has just announced that she and grumpy Roger are expecting their own bundle of (orange?) joy.
I haven’t watched the Snooki and J-Woww spinoff in a long time and didn’t even know it was still playing on MTV. That show irritated me because there were no funny guys to balance the girls’ leopard print antics. It took all I had to hang on until Jenni and Roger got engaged with that tacky ass pink ring. Now J-Woww reveals she has a little bump in the oven with a “sonogram” Christmas card. She’s so vain, I don’t know how she’s going to handle pregnancy:
Merry Christmas from within! Roger and I couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas gift this year! We wanted to share this exciting news with you all first because you have been a part of our lives these past few years and seen the love between Roger and me develop and blossom. We are so excited to share this new chapter of our lives with you as we become parents and create more memories with a new addition to our family! Thank you for all your love and support and for being there for us throughout the years! We are extremely happy and cannot wait for our bundle of joy to arrive!
Happy holidays from our growing family to yours!
Love,
Jenni, Roger and Baby Mathews
[From JenniFarley.com]
Is this gross? Lots of women get worked up over their sonogram photos, and I was one of them. I remember waving it at everyone, and my mom was like, “Honey, no one wants to see the inside of your uterus. Put it away.” Then the guys at my work were all, “I don’t know what that is. I can’t see anything.” Sigh. At least I didn’t put it on a freaking Christmas card. That’s kind of gross.
Photos courtesy of Jenni “J-Woww” Farley & WENN
Is tacky… Frankly as a culture we are moving into this realm where moms to be in all their specialness of specially creating this special snowflake life want to cordially invite us to the moment iof conception if they could somehow arrange that, never mind the deluge of crap like gross gender reveal parties and pics of every possible facet of their very special center of the universe!
Im kinda lucky that my sis and sister in law dont harrass us with kid everything and that my few gfs having kids are pretty chill on that too
I’m currently pregnant and agree with every word you said. My mom was so confused when a relative had a gender reveal party last year. “So is this a . . . thing that people do now?”
Ok?! What? are they gonna release doves if is a girl and what? Mourn if is a boy?! Who gives a f—! Is a baby coming? Full term? Healthy? Into a union that wants him or her?! Then yahtzee! I think i’d cut off a gf if they ask for us to throw one of those or multiple baby showers or whatever nonsense
I just found out yesterday that my sister in law and her husband are expecting and that they will be finding out the sex and having a gender reveal party. Now my husband, my daughter and I will have to go to this party to watch them cut a cake! I really could not see myself doing that (the trend started well after my daughter was born). I understand that people are excited and want to share all this with everyone, but perhaps people should keep certain things for themselves during their pregnancy and not sharing every single detail.
congratulations Red32
When we found out the sex of our baby we had some family over that night for dinner and I said in the email inviting them that we’d have either a pink or blue dessert. I was so surprised when everyone thought we were revealing the gender through the dessert! I said “uh, no, I’m going to call you and tell you!” The color-themed dessert was just a fun way to celebrate, I thought. I later learned of this reveal-party trend and was like “ohhh that’s what everyone thought I was doing!!” Ugh.
Yeah I have a 9 month old and joined a group of women all due at the same time back when I first found out I was pregnant. I was so confused throughout the pregnancy as I saw gender reveal parties and professional photo shoots. Then women have 3 baby showers.
I was raised to have one baby shower ever. For your first kid.
It’s nuts now.
But I think this is a cute way to announce honestly. Just don’t bombard us now.
That’s stupid! With my first kid the doctors told me I was having a boy. Monthly ultrasounds and even a 3D ultrasound. We were shocked when she was born a girl! LOL
I feel you. I’m due in 3 weeks and haven’t done anything like this at all. No gender reveals, no tacky photo shoots, I’m not even doing a maternity photo shoot. Hell, I’ve barely taken photos of my stomach. It’s great to have a place like FB to document some stuff, not going to lie, I’ve put up U/S photos, but I’m not going crazy. There is so much “one upping” of people that it’s beyond tacky.
Gender reveal party. What. The. HELL?!? Seriously? Who cares? Is your offspring the potential heir to some patriarchal throne? Probably not. So, why? How special do you consider yourself that people should take time out of their day to all gather around and guess the contents of your sex organs?
LAWD!!!!
From what I heard, everyone had to wear pink or blue depending on their guess, then the parents cut into a cake with pink or blue filling. *shrug* After we find out from the doctor, I’m just going to call my mom and grandma because they really want to know.
That’s so weird. When we found out baby was a girl, we just called our parents and siblings. A few weeks later after everyone was asking if we knew on FB, I posted a photos of a dress saying, “can you guess what we’re having?” I know some people on FB that are mental about these kinds of things and it makes me want to gag.
I agree totally! I have a 6 mo old, and only my best friends and mom saw my sonograms. I also have never posted a picture of him on fb. I did photos by special request only, then I emailed them. Not only so I would clog news feeds but also as a filter process so I could decide who I wanted to see him.
Once again, I learn so much from Celebitchy. I have never heard of a “gender reveal” party. WTF? I’m always curious as to where some of you live, to see where these things take place. I live in a large city on the west coast of the US; I also have two young children and yet this is a new thing to me. I never even found out the sex of my children. I was happy to have the mystery revealed on the day I gave birth.
Imagine if people took all the money and time spent on such silly things as a “gender reveal” party and actually put it towards something useful, that benefitted their communities. The world would be a better, less self-absorbed place.
I agree. I had to unfriend someone because every other day they’d post 5 or 6 photos/updates of their kid, who is 3 now. Nobody does anything exciting at 3.
It’s fine to be excited, it’s fine to be proud, but I don’t need to know every single detail of the kids life from conception. I want to hear about the big milestones, but I miss hearing about my friend.
Excuse the all caps but: THANK YOU! So sick of the overshare and the mompetion.
Mompetition, good one! Lol.
Finally, there’s a word for it!
I think that you might be my sister from another mister, because I’m so with you on this, on xmas decorations, etc.
Ehhh in the current realm of overshare that we live in, it doesn’t seem that bad to me. They are excited first-timers. They probably would have sent out some other announcement, and just decided to throw it in for Christmas. Let’s take the alternative. A pic of Jenny, Roger, and their dog. Now I’m sold on the sonogram.
Really? I’d take the dog over a blurry sonogram any day.
I agree, given that tacky is her schtick this really isn’t that bad. At least it’s not a selfie of her holding the sonogram (or worse! A photo of her dogs in ‘Big Sister’ tshirts, holding the f*cking sonogram in their mouths). I don’t find sonograms that offensive. No one really knows what they’re looking at but y’know, good for you! It’s the first photo of your healthy baby!
Other than Brad Pitt, today is a cornucopia of news on f-listers, or at least in my private universe. :0
I think Jwow (stupid name btw..) ranks as a zlister
Eh. With all the tackiness that they could and have shown, a sonogram isn’t bad. Putting it on a Christmas card is odd, though.
I’m surprised they didn’t wait til the usual end of first trimester mark.
I’m due in July too. I’m toward the end of the month but for th
geez, I’m having technical difficulties today. For those due at the beginning of the month, they have hit the second trimester.
My bad. I didn’t put too much thought into the math. When I was pregnant this time last year (due in July), my 2nd didn’t start until January.
Congrats on your impending mommyhood.
We got a sonogram Christmas card last year from one of our friends and we felt really weird about it. It was sort of a feeling of tacky + TMI. I just know I wouldn’t do it. To each their own I guess.
Next year, I’m putting up a sonogram of my empty uterus and saying “I’m not pregnant; send booze” on my Christmas card.
You send me one I’ll send you liquor and 2 8x10s of my dogs in matching outfits
Ohh…..you win the internet today, too!
Deal.
QQ I love you!
Give me a booze baby!!!
That’s the best ploy for booze I’ve heard in a long time.
My mum does tend to skim over the writing though so she’d have a heart attack if I tried it.
And you win the internet today.
Could I see a card like this for the future grandparents as a surprise announcement- sure but for everyone else no. I feel like its getting to the point where people want to announce their daily bowel movements. I miss the days before Facebook etc. nothing is a mystery anymore.
I honestly thought that first photo of J-Woww was Snooki.
Who cares? If they want to share their news then power to them. Why would this even annoy someone? They’re not sending out a picture of YOUR uterus
This comment made me laugh. 🙂
I also don’t get it, I think a sonogram is pretty ungraphic. Strange when someone is offended by this.
I agree. Just because it is a uterus doesn’t mean it is vulgar or graphic.
I tend to feel like this kind of thing is best for family and people you know closely (not the general public), but I guess if they want to share then more power to them.
Agreed. I really don’t understand the hate. Live and let live.
I agree. It’s not like they put a pic of her vadge on the card. I don’t begrudge anyone the right to be excited enough about their pregnancy to put a pic of their sonogram on a Christmas card. Especially if it’s their first baby. It seems kind of silly to be offended by it.
I agree, they are excited about their baby, let them be.
I thought she was still doing to on off again with Ronnie
*Tap on shoulder and asked if I watched Jersey Shore*
Whaaaaat…..
Wrong person. Sammie was with Ronnie
Thanks Erinn. I have a bit of difficulty telling them apart. Those spray tans really did the girls no favors :).
Meh, it’s not that big of a deal to me. I have a friend who sent a regular Christmas card on the front with a sonogram picture on the back to announce her pregnancy. I thought it was cute.
And I have seen gender reveal parties. The cake has blue or pink icing or a box opens up with blue or pink balloons. I think they’re nice.
Isn’t it just a little early to blast that out? Or do celebrity fetuses defy statistics?
It really depends on the parents, I suppose. If you see/hear a heartbeat, no matter what age in the first trimester, the chance of a miscarriage goes down significantly. She said she’s due in July and those who are due in early July are already in the second trimester.
Blah, its my own baggage, was due late June and lost the pregnancy. Naturally I am nervous for her.
I’m just surprised they actually had sex. I hope Roger stops dressing himself like a mutant 9-year-old at some point. He looks passable in the tux but the hair still needs some de-beaching.
And the eyebrows some un-waxing.
Ugh! I think a sonogram Xmas card is tacky with a capital TACK. Gross…
In the Pinterest day and age, there are too many ideas for cute pictures they could have done of themselves to announce it. I certainly don’t find the sono pic offensive by any means, the message could have still be conveyed otherwise.
That said, my nephew sent a baby announcement in his Christmas card this year. It really, really bothered me because he didn’t bother to tell his grandmother that her second great-grand baby was on the way either in person or over the phone, first. She got to find out the same way and same time I did, and I haven’t spoken to the kid in 5 years or something. I just think it’s tacky to have family find out the same way as the guy who cuts your hair…
I announced on FB when we had the gender/anatomy scan. I lost twins a week after we announced (and we waited a long time to announce them, too) and wanted to share our good news with everyone who mourned with & prayed for us. Stuff like this doesn’t bother me at all
I’m sorry for your loss Bodhi.
I think this card seems a more intimate family card than the ones people send to hairdressers etc but I play everything very close to my chest.
Nothing to add other than sorry for your loss, Bodhi. Happened to a friend of mine too, not with twins, but shortly after she announced her pregnancy she lost the baby and had to deal with all the well-wishers who still thought she was pregnant on top of her grief. Horrible situation.
Eh, I’m no Jersey Shore fan, but I think the card is cute. I sure wouldn’t do it, but it doesn’t offend me.
I think it is kind of cute! I had my sonogram on the fridge so all our visitors could take a look, and a lot of people asked to see it!
I expect we’ll soon be seeing a video of the actual moment of conception
Did no one see Mila post on Facebook saying she was pregnant? Is that her real fb?
I’m pretty sure Mila Kunis doesn’t have a FB page.
Aw a lot of you are being harsh! It’s no biggie. They’re excited! I’m happy for them and they didn’t send this card to everyone in the world so.
Oops ok it was sent to the world. Oh well. Still, people do it on fb and it isn’t a big deal. Ps I like jenny and snooki. They seem pretty real compared to lots of reality people.
She’s got a weird face…that is all.
I think posting sonograms and pictures of the pregnancy tests is stupid. If someone tells me they’re pregnant I’ll believe them. I don’t need proof. Save that stuff for close family and friends.
Agreed. I have never understood why people share such a private picture with the masses.
My sister did this one year & eventually lost the baby, so I dont associate it with good things. But i guess I am just more cautious wifg timing (after the first trimester).
Seeing as it’s customary to wait at least 12 weeks to officially announce a pregnancy and that sonogram is 8-10 weeks at best, it makes me a little nervous for her.
But aside from that, unless it’s a VERY close friend, I’m 100% of the “I don’t need to see the contents of your uterus” school of thought. TOO PERSONAL. (And is there anything worse than when someone thinks it’s a great idea to use an ultrasound as their Facebook profile pic??? Eek.)
Once you see/hear a heartbeat, the chance of miscarriage goes down significantly. She could be in the second trimester if she’s due at the beginning of July. Personally, I waited until we had our genetic screening done to announce my pregnant, at 15 weeks, but everyone is different.
As a single person without children (loving it and happy) I have lots of friends with kids. I have gone to hundreds of baby showers and kid parties.. I have finally reached a point in my life where I say NO MORE. I do baby showers but no more kid parties. I guess you can share the way you want. I for one don’t want a sonogram picture. I think close very close family may, but I won’t be displaying that on my holiday card table.
I do think people over share. It is the result of FB/social media. nothing is private. No moment is too precious to share. Why is that happening? I love that my boyfriend and I have moments or events that nobody knows about but us. It is sad in a way. but I think deep down so many people want to be noticed by the world.
I know people that play out their whole lives on social media.
I put up jokes, good moments, and stupid but funny things I’ve done but it in no way reflects things going on in my personal life or how I’m feeling. It’s things I want to share with my friends and family who live far away.
If you want to know what’s going on in my personal life, it has to be face to face and there has to be a chocolate bribe 🙂
Unsurprisingly tacky.
I hate sonogram photos. Hate them. If I wanted to see the inside of people, I would have become a surgeon. I don’t care how excited you are, keep your damn organs to yourself.
I wouldn’t share such a thing in such a way, I find it very private.
I think it’s cute when you don’t know what your going to have and they put it in an envelope. Then at the baby shower have everyone there and open it. That way all your family could be in one room with you instead of making a bizillion phone calls.
What’s so gross about a sonogram? It’s just a picture, and who cares if you can’t tell what it is. It’s the message–that she’s expecting–that’s most important. Bunch of judgmental Judys in here!
Can anyone take these two seriously? They both look so trashy and low class at all times.
I dont think its weird. I dont think its even that tacky. Perhaps she wanted to announce it in a fun creative way. *shrugs*.
Did anyone else think it was weird that the birth announcement had the incorrect spelling of the baby’s last name? Either that or the media is spelling it wrong all over the place. Is it Matthews or Mathews?
What did she do to her lips? That’s all I want to know.
Pic taken with a d–do-cam (most likely a transvaginal ultrasound judging by the shape of the baby)?
Tacky doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Happy for them and all but damn. Do they really even need to publicly announce the pregnancy?
I rather see sonogram pictures than people taking selfies so they can get validation from others: omg you’re soooo beautiful!! To me those are more annoying and tacky than someone wanting to celebrate new life.
I mean is showing off pictures of your sonogram any different than showing off pictures of your dogs/cats, duck faces, partying with friends, or children’s milestones? Does it not all come down to sharing the same purpose for posting these such as happiness and a sense of pride?