Candace Cameron Bure marked daughter Natasha’s baby shower last week with a hand-stitched infant top that has clothed four generations of her family, a nod to legacy as the FULLER HOUSE star prepares to become a grandmother twice over.
“My mom gave me the most special gift, I’m still freaking out over it,” Natasha said in an Instagram video from the celebration, which she called “the baby shower of my dreams.”
For Movieguide® readers who’ve followed the Bure family’s very public walk of faith, the moment fits a pattern. Movieguide® previously reported on how Bure’s son, Lev, once delivered his parents a 45-minute, Scripture-grounded appeal to reconcile during a rocky stretch in their marriage:
“s there one more act of kindness in you that you could give to try to reconcile?
Bure called that conversation a turning point, later crediting her family’s “generational blessing of long lasting Christ-centered marriages.” The baby garment carries that same thread of inheritance, just stitched instead of spoken.
Natasha explained the heirloom’s history herself in her caption: “My Great Grandma handmade this sweet little top, which she put on my Grandma Barbara as a baby. My Grandma saved it and put it on my mom when she was little too… now my mom gave me the same top to put Baby P in.”
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That “Grandma Barbara” is Barbara Cameron, Bure’s own mother, who was on hand for the garden-themed shower Bure hosted on Aug. 16 outside Los Angeles, according to Women.com. That means four generations of women in one family, spanning a seamstress great-grandmother none of them ever met, were represented under one roof for an afternoon of pastel décor and cake.
Bure shared her own photos from the party, writing that she was “celebrating my beautiful girl and the sweetest new chapter ahead.”
Natasha, 28, announced her pregnancy with husband, actor Bradley Steven Perry, back in May. Within weeks, her younger brother Lev and his wife, Elliott Dunham Bure, revealed they were expecting too, meaning Bure will welcome two grandbabies in fairly close succession this year.
It’s a full-circle season for the actress, who spent nine seasons playing D.J. Tanner, one of television’s most recognizable big sisters, across FULL HOUSE and its Netflix sequel. These days, Bure is better known to Christian audiences for her work at Great American Family, where she’s said her faith shapes both the roles she takes and how she carries herself on set.
That reputation is part of why a hand-me-down onesie is drawing more attention than the average celebrity baby shower. It’s a small, tangible picture of the generational faithfulness Bure has talked about for years, stitched by a woman none of today’s Bures ever knew.
Neither Natasha nor Lev has shared a due date, but with two babies on the way, the Bure-Perry clan is about to get noticeably bigger. Given how openly this family documents its milestones, expect more updates, and probably more heirlooms, before the year is out.
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