Baby Books

This year for Christmas I finally gave our kids their own baby books. I started a baby book for them when they were born and I actually recorded a bunch of information about their growth and experiences in each book. Then the years went by and pictures were taken out of the books for various reasons and they kind of fell in to disrepair. The pictures were scattered and disorganized. I spent some time this fall working on this project and it has taken me hours and hours to get it done. I reassembled each book with the new little glue dots that are now available and found most of the pictures that had been taken out. My friend, who makes her own paper and books from scratch, did some repair work on the bindings and got them back into great shape. I then took the books to Kinkos and made a color-copied book for Rick and me to keep. Then I gave our children their books for a Christmas gift, along with a separate photo book of about 100 or so of the other loose pictures I had of them. Now they finally have pictures of themselves in their childhood and youth to keep in their own homes, and we have a copy as well. Joy!
I also spent some time getting our family history book caught up from the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. Everyone cooperated and submitted their own family or personal written history along with some pictures and I got those books complied and bound as well. Everyone got a copy, so hopefully everyone will enjoy that slice of their own personal history as well.
It's been a great project to work on and I've enjoyed going through all the pictures and remembering so many wonderful days gone by. I love my family!