Combining A Baptism With 1st Birthday

Help! I have such a large immediate family that I decided to combine my son`s first birthday with his (long overdue) baptism celebration. The problem is, I don`t want my relatives to feel obligated to bring 2 gifts-1 for baptism and 1 for bday, how do I express that on an invitation (not to mention what type of invitation should I mail out??!) without sounding rude? and also, is it wrong to invite them for an open house serving cake and coffee in the middle of the afternoon? We`re trying to save on food needing to invite 90 people. Thanks
Posted by elizabeth; updated 06/14/05

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Posted by hello!; updated 06/14/05

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I did the same exact thing for my son, I had him baptized then following his first birthday party at a hall , which worked out perfect-- people who came brought him a gift or card with money in it, close family an friends did buy him two seperate gifts- one for each occasion- but they didnt feel obligated to get both. I did get two cakes though. It was wonderful!!!
Posted by Miranda; updated 06/27/05