I realized when I looked at the calendar this week that it was exactly one year ago TODAY when I took a pregnancy test and and found out the happy news that we were having a baby! (And ironically, a year ago today is also when we found out that our offer we put on our house had been accepted) You can read more about all that here, but I can still vividly remember how I felt on this day last year. It was such a mixture of excitement, joy, and pure shock! Even though getting pregnant was something Cam and I wanted to happen, finding out the news that I actually was pregnant was such a crazy feeling. The next nine months of pregnancy were such a cool experience, and motherhood is even more incredible than I could have imagined. It’s amazing what a difference a year can make!
And that’s why today seemed fitting so share with you the baby book that I’m putting together for Henry! Even though I’ve been pretty good about documenting his monthly updates on his blog so far, I knew I wanted to put together some sort of keepsake for him to look back on. I wasn’t crazy about some of the baby book options that I saw in the stores, and so I turned to Etsy to find something a little more unique. I came across this adorable online shop and really liked the album options!
{And there’s a discount code at the end of this post, so keep reading!}
I got one of the standard size albums for Henry and I’m so happy I have a place to record all the special details I don’t want to forget. I had the best of intentions of getting his album filled out right away and staying on top of it…but I’ve been a little behind. That whole actually having the baby thing kind of takes up more time than I thought, ha! I do have all the information written here on this blog or saved in my phone and so I’ve promised myself that I am going to get it filled out ASAP 🙂 But I wanted to give you an idea of what the pages look like because I think they’re super cute…
One year ago today 🙂
There’s a page to write down details about my Michigan baby shower, and I was able to get an additional baby shower page so I can include the invitation/info for my Portland shower as well.
He had giant feet when he was born, and I love that I can put all these mementos from the hospital in here. There’s even an envelope that’s perfect for storing things like hospital bracelets, etc.
His birth announcement is going in there too of course!
There are also some page design options that are a little more modern as well.
