I have become documentation-obsessed. While my mother is quite loving, as a second chlld, I was severly neglected in the baby-book-childhood-documentation category. Very few pictures were taken + not a single locket of hair was saved. I love my mom + do not hold it against her but as a result have commited myself to documenting every last bit of my pregnancies + details of my children. There, I've admitted it!
And it's fun. While I have a son + another son on the way, who will perhaps never care to read the ushy-gushy lovey bits I have lovingly written about them, I still enjoy taking the time to slow down, relax + write about my children, my family + my time spent as Mom in the early years.
The First 1,000 Days (shown above) is a simple way to document your child's first thousand days of life. Each page has a beautiful paper-cut illustration by artist + author Nikki McClure, with inspiring suggestions of what to write -- "your first day, first visitors, first yawn" and "all the new things you learn everyday, new words, new skills, new friends" in addition to 2 pages dedicated to each month of the first year, celebrating the first birthday, songs, games and books you read together. All tied up in one compact book with nearly 130 pages of goodness.
So, as a salute to my documentation obsession, all next week will be devoted to Memory-Keeping in various formats. Fun!