C's First Yearbook

After C was born, I took a moment to look through my own baby book and noticed that my baby pictures were few and far between, and I also didn't have a whole lot documented from my first year.  It would have been awesome to read back on my life as a baby, especially being a new mom myself.  So I decided to create a yearbook for C's first year, and I plan to do the same for Baby #2, and also a family yearbook for each year after the babies turn One.

With all of the awesome technology that is available for photo storage and editing, it's become super easy to manage and store the millions of photos that I took of C in her early days.  I used the Shutterfly webite to create her yearbook.  It was so easy and turned out even better than I thought it would.

This is the 12x12 glossy version.

I told her story from the very beginning with the monthly belly photos that we took.

We documented her nursery, which is nice because we've already changed it so much to transition her to a big girl room that I'm sure we'll forget how special this space was to us.

...and all of her first holidays.

I did a page dedicated to her First Birthday Party and added in a letter that I wrote to her on that day.

These are just a few of the pages out of the 30 page book. 

Since I documented each month of her first year on the blog, it was easy to copy in a message about her milestones, our everyday routines, and her likes and dislikes.  

I just know that I would think it's hilarious to read all about what I was like as a baby, and I'm sure one day C will appreciate having this book.

C's First Birthday and Final Blog Post (for now...)

The day is finally here...

Looking back, I can't even believe we survived...

Let the party begin!

Incredibly delicious pink ombre cake and cupcakes courtesy of C's favourtie Auntie.

Smash cake time!!

Not exactly the excitement level I anticipated here...

sharing...

I am giving you permission to destroy that cake...

...and she eats it neatly.

I still can't believe I wasn't a sobbing hot mess the entire day.

I guess I have wine/beer/kraken to thank for dulling my emotions.

She had a blast the entire day and got completely and utterly spoiled by all her peeps.

On a side note...

Next month, I will be making the leap from part to full-time at a job that I have grown to love, and C will be starting pre-school.  I'm going to assume that since I don't already, I probably won't have enough time to wash my hair let alone write blogs.  That makes this here, my last post until the time comes to post updates about Baby R number 2, whenever that may be.

  

It has been a pretty awesome year and 9 months.  I hope that one day C can read back on my posts and get a kick out of them, and I hope even more that she doesn't disown me after.

Cheers!