Jordan's book is the smallest. Most of the pages are filled with blurry (non digital) pictures and my own less-than-perfect hand writing. My scrapbooking skills were not great, and I didn't have much money to buy cute embellishments. I remember spending weeks searching for the perfect book to put the pages in. My sister (Lisa) even reminded me that I had sent her a package using the box from Jordan's baby book and I asked her to save it for me (and about 8 years later she still has it...saved for me). And Jordan's book was completely finished before her sister was born.
Kya's book was done at the height of my scrapbooking frenzy. This is probably one of the reasons Kya's book is the longest and most intricate. Another reason Kya's book is so big is that I got my first digital camera shortly after she was born, and who could resist making pages of multiple pictures in the same outfit:)! Another great thing about Kya's book is it has pictures of her with her big sister. When I bought the book to put Kya's pages in, I didn't anticipate it's enormous size! After trying to shove all the pages it, her book busted at the seam!! I scrambled to finish Kya's book before her little brother was born:)
Tyson's book is in between Kya and Jordan's in length. The pages are embellished with a lot of stickers and cutouts that are quick and easy. A lot of the spaces left for writing are empty because I can't quite remember what Tyson was like at 4 months or 6 months (I dropped the ball there, but some I wrote long ago). I think it is a little more fancy than Jordan's, but not as "busy" as Kya's (a perfect balance, in my opinion). Tyson's book was bought for about $5 and has been weathered by the sun (as I finish up his book, I'm a little worried it's not all going to fit).
Regardless of the differences between each book (hopefully the kids won't compare), they war each priceless. I am glad I made them...even though Tyson's has took me until his 6th birthday. I LOVE pictures. They are one of my favorite things, but mostly I just love my babies and the amazing people they are becoming!!!
(I typed the names on the books and saved it before I enlarged the font, so if you can't read it: Jordan's is top left, Kya's is top right, and Tyson's is on the bottom)
2 comments:
How funny! I just finished Kenyons also! And then I had to do Kamdens so that I could start on Monicas! But I just don't have time....
By the way, we are gonna be down there on October 15th, can we come see you?
Oh man, you're makin me feel really guilty here! Kaitlyn has three scrapbooks filled before age one (huge ones, too... it was at the height of my scrapbook addiction). Gavin, I've only got up until about four months old. Sophia, I don't even have a single page done. I'm the third child and I always resented that my baby book was practically empty, but now I'm doing the same thing to Sophia! Argh!
P.S. Kaitlyn's first scrapbook is the exact one as Jordan's! LOVE that cover!!
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