14 April 2009

Bouncing Baby Coconut

When last we saw the coconut, it had arrived at my husband's office, via the United States Postal Service, bedecked in a fetching red hat, just in time for the Christmas holiday.

I asked for suggestions as to the coconut's next incarnation, and to my great delight, the lovely and talented Very Mary* volunteered: "Do you trust me enough to send the coconut here and allow me to have a crack at it? I'd be honored to decorate it and then send it on for you..." I tell you, I swooned when she left that comment.

We emailed back and forth, I mailed the coconut off to her, and she discovered the inner infant in the well-traveled nut.

Last week, Very Mary gently wrapped the new baby and mailed it off to my new nephew, confounding his parents and thrilling his aunts.


A big welcome to the little baby, and a huge round of applause for Very Mary!





* She has a blog and not one, but two etsy shops!

19 comments:

  1. Okay. That is a good one! I am liking Very Mary!

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  2. oooh, great coconut!

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  3. Happy to be of assistance in the confounding and thrilling departments. Honestly, I kinda miss the little fella!

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  4. There's that darned coconut again! AHHH! Cute one.

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  5. "Have a crack at it."

    HAR!

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  6. That is stinkin' cute. Especially the theme-coordinated pacifier!

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  7. Very adorable!!! That sounds like such a fun and hilarious tradition that you have there.

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  8. this whole idea is so freakin cute

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  9. THIS is what makes our bloggie world so delicious.
    Mary, I'm off to check out your blog. I just KNOW I won't be disappointed.

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  10. A traveling newborn coconut. Cuter than cute. I should get lots of produce and let my kids dress them up...better than baby dolls!

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  11. Awesome. Perhaps the best part? Coconuts sleep through the night at birth.

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  12. I love the travels of the coconut, this one was no disappointment! How adorable.

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  13. Anonymous2:44 PM

    i love the coconut

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  14. Brilliant!

    I'll have to go check out Mary's blog, too.

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  15. That is just so cool!!!

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