Bound Sketch Book
US $15.79
Did you finish your baby book?
Every mom I talk to has a half-finished baby book hanging guiltily over their heads. They glance at it like a dirtly little secret and when a milestone hits they think: well it been so long, I can't really add something now, can I?
So I'd like to share my tip (from a lazy journaler)
When my son was born I bought a heard colver spiral bound sketch book from Barnes & Noble. I use it as sort of a stream of conscious scrap book. All sorts of thing are just sort of glues in there (like the hang tags off his first clothes) or jotted down 4/12 He giggled! They are not in neat little lines, NO! somethings are scratched in sideways. If I am out and think of some thing I note it on the calendar and go back and add it in later. To me it makes a much more interesting read than a fill-in-the-blank journals.
Do you scrap book/ journal your little one? Any tricks?
I decided to use technology to help me make and complete the fabled "baby book." We have a Mac and I use the iCal feature to jot down milestones to remind me! I also use iPhoto to assemble books --- yes plural! There are set templates to make books. You drag and drop your pics in, you can change the layout and number of pictures per page to your liking and add text and then you send it to Apple to have it printed and bound in a hardcover book. They really are nice and easy enough! I have made 4 already (0-3 months, 3-6, 6-9 and 9-12). The other great thing is, you can then get multiple copies made. Grandma has already put in a request to have copies of them at her house and I think I will print two for our home, one for us to keep and one set for my daughter to take with her when she is grown up.
I treated the text like a story about the baby, so it will be fun to read them with her. She loves looking at pictures of herself, so I think these will be wonderful keepsakes, but also something we interact with on a regular basis. I just need to wait until Saturday when she turns one so I can complete the 9-12 month book!
http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/printproducts.html
We are also doing shadow boxes for her first baby shoes and things like that. I found some nice plain white ones at IKEA that worked perfect for her 0-6 months Robeez 
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