I have been getting lots of fun things in the mail lately.
Of course mostly things I have bought for myself - crib sheet, fabric, party supplies, etc.
But I was most excited about this little treasure.
Of course mostly things I have bought for myself - crib sheet, fabric, party supplies, etc.
But I was most excited about this little treasure.
One of the things on my "to-do before the baby" list was to finish our 2008 blog book. Yeah, I know 2008 was a long time ago. I worked hard on it last December at our craft retreat - but then never came home and finished up just the few things that needed completed. It's one of those things that is rarely on my mind. But I finally got it done and it showed up on our porch this past week!
It is so fun looking back through our year...almost 4 years ago.
whoah, we have a yard!!!
Some memories were hard to look back at, like this one.
Cora, Mason and Braden were around 7 months old I think.
But yet, I'm so glad that sweet Cora is a part of our book, and our memories.
There are definitely a few mistakes in the book. Mostly my fault. I was so ready to just be done with it and get it ordered, that I left a handful of pictures that still had the little symbol warning me about picture quality. I knew these pictures were on my old camera - not that greatest of pictures anyway. And it was going to take me so much longer to back through and fix them, so I just decided to leave them, knowing they wouldn't be the best resolution.
I also missed a few pages where my text was too close to the page's edge - so a few of the last letters of my text are cut off. Still readable - so oh well.
The point of the book is for us to have something to look back at as a family, something for my kids to thumb through and remember these years. And this book gives me such a purpose in taking pictures of my kiddos and all the little and big things we do.
So low resolution pictures and some cut-off text isn't going to change that.
Each book I do gets better - so I'll just be a little more careful on the next one.
With the energy and motivation I've had lately to get things done - maybe I can knock out 2009!
4 comments:
did you make your book online? I really want to do one but I have no clue where to start!
Yay!! I LOVE the cover!! I may have to try a full picture cover for my 2011 book!
That is so special! I really need to do one of those. What fun memories!
I've wanted to do it but haven't the know how either. Seems complicated so I just put it off. Hey, we missed you this morning! Hope you were having a good relaxing morning and not ill or something.
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