Packing Upward Emma's Keepsakes

As we've been making the transition from Emma's plant nursery to her Big Girl room, I've been packing upward things she's outgrown, fine art projects from schoolhouse in addition to lilliputian keepsakes.  I become through this routine every pair of months or then in addition to convey been doing it since she was born.
 

I tin laissez passer on notice yell upward going through her cupboard when she was only a pair of months former in addition to putting away her newborn outfits that no longer fit.  It is ever a fun lilliputian trip downward retentiveness lane.   I packed upward really particular things inwards plastic bags similar her infirmary gown & receiving blanket.



I started alongside a lilliputian box I kept inwards her cupboard where I had stored cards in addition to notes from my infant showers in addition to added things similar her infirmary bracelets, foremost photos in addition to lilliputian booties.   This is the mass Mike gave me every bit our 1st anniversary gift, when I was 8 months pregnant.  We hadn't officially decided on a name, but my vote was Emma.  This was the confirmation of his supporting vote : )  It was the perfect gift - traditionally, newspaper is the 1st anniversary gift... I gave him an ipad- modern paper!
 

The collection kept outgrowing the box every bit I added favorite foremost outfits, blankies, lovies in addition to to a greater extent than shoes, of course.



With this transition to the big daughter room, I decided to officially pack upward the box, labeled "Baby Emma" in addition to start out a novel one, "Toddler Emma." 



I added about photos of her inwards those outfits that I'm replacing alongside novel photos inwards her room, in addition to included a photograph mass I made of her foremost year.

Over Christmas intermission this twelvemonth I finally finished her Baby Book.  I made ii copies, 1 titled "Emma Elizabeth Hobick 2011-2012" in addition to 1 "The Hobick Family 2011-2012."  I position her re-create inwards her Baby box in addition to I'll hold the other re-create for our ain library... then I tin laissez passer on notice await at it all of the time.  I had them made at Mpix, in addition to actually dear the agency they turned out.  The printing character is great, in addition to I dear the hardcover, jump inwards a night grayness linen.  They terms virtually $50 each, but await similar $200.  I innovation to produce 1 for our marriage ceremony (a lilliputian late?), in addition to ever twelvemonth from hither on out... including in conclusion year, that I'm already behind on.

The procedure of selecting the photos, writing the captions in addition to details was the best run of all - reliving every sense in addition to trying to capture the spirit of the minute for her when she reads it inwards the future.    




The within coverpage - my favorite from her foremost year.  She was ix months former inwards a linen clothes at the Boston Public Garden.



It starts at the really commencement - fifty-fifty earlier this page, I included pregnancy photos in addition to sonograms.



Photos of our foremost Vermont adventure, of course.



And what she wore : )



Our foremost Mother's Day at the beach.



Packing upward for the deed dorsum home, in addition to photos of her novel room.  I dear documenting living spaces inwards the mass - I uncovering it then interesting to await dorsum at photos of my former rooms.  There are such big memories inwards spaces.



Her foremost Halloween.





And her homemade costume.



  Her foremost Christmas.



And her Christmas PJs. 

Mike in addition to I both wrote a missive of the alphabet to her on the in conclusion page, alongside particular photos of us each.  H5N1 tradition I promise to give-up the ghost on inwards each edition of our books.

One of my goals for the adjacent twelvemonth is to organize, form in addition to pack all of our keepsakes from our years past.  Right now, I intend everything is form of stuffed inwards bins, unlabeled in addition to unorganized.   What particular ways produce you lot hold your keepsakes? 

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