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| PAGES 12-13: Avery's Birth Day |
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| PAGES 12-13: The little insert in the center holds the info. cards for both of the midwives we saw throughout my pregnancy. (Although Anne was the only one present for Avery's birth) |
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| PAGE 12: Lots of photos of our first hours with Avery (Lots of 'firsts' pictures) |
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| PAGE 12: Our first family photo and a timeline of the days events, starting at 3 am when I first started having contractions. |
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| PAGE 12: Avery meeting his Aunt Janessa, just a couple of hours after he was born (she almost made it!) and a picture of Avery peering out of his bassinet in the hospital |
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| PAGE 13: Avery's Apgar scores, our hospital bracelets and our first 'posed' family picture :) |
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| PAGE 13: Avery's bassinet card from the hospital, a picture of him in the cute pointy hospital hat and Anne's card insert |
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| PAGE 13: One of my favorite photos of the proud new daddy and Avery's first bath (yikes!) |
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| PAGES 14-15: More details about Avery's delivery, size, features, and his birth announcement newspaper clipping |
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| PAGE 14: Although it's not very cute, I wanted to make sure to include a photo of the nasty newborn rash Avery had while we were in the hospital. It only lasted a couple days and was gone by the time we went home. |
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| PAGE 14: Some things we wanted to remember from the day, and Avery meeting Grandma & Grandpa Stewart on the night he was born |
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| PAGE 15: Another 12x12 scrapbook page with a poem and some Instagram photos of Avery's first days |
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| PAGE 15: Although we didn't choose Avery's name for it's meaning (ha!), I wanted to document what it was - ironically enough, my paternal grandfather's name is Alfred. :) |
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| PAGES 16-17: Both 12x12 layouts - and a small insert with Avery's first footprints from the hospital |
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| PAGE 16: LOVE the date stamper... |
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| PAGE 16: I used some scrapbook embellishments as a bottom border on these pictures (he looks so tiny in his carseat!) |
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| PAGE 17: I had every intention of doing this much earlier... but naturally it didn't get done until month 5. They're still cute! :) |
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| PAGE 17: The back of the insert - a flyer we got in the mail documenting some current events |
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| PAGES 18-19: A fun overview of the first year+ of Avery's life - already halfway filled in! |
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| PAGES 20-21: Month 1 - I'm going to use the same 4x6 'month 1' card and 'this month' info. card for each month, just change the color and the info. |
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| PAGE 20: Avery's weight, height and milestones this month (milestones = unique things we want to remember) |
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| PAGE 20-21: The insert is a 8x10 page protector with a newspaper insert for Fathers Day |
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| (I submitted a picture of Justin and Avery) |
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| PAGE 21: Some of the visitors that came to see Avery in his first month! (continued on the other side of this sheet) |
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| PAGES 22-23: More visitors, important happenings and random facts that we want to remember (like how Avery was a bit cross-eyed during his first few weeks - just like his mommy! :) |
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| PAGE 22: A special photo of Avery, Justin and Grandpa Jim and snuggling with a proud Grandma Connie |
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| PAGE 22: Some momma lovin' on Avery's 1 week birthday (which also happened to be my 27th birthday) |
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| Page 23: We spent part of our July 4th at the studio that I worked at taking Avery's one-month photos. I love that my sister snapped the photo on the left at the same time I was snapping the photo of Avery on the right! |
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| PAGE 23: Our first family walk and one of the most memorable (and stressful!) parts of Avery's first month, his incurable diaper rash... (The 'diaper duty' is a scrapbook embellishment sticker) |
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| PAGES 24-25: A few of our favorite 1-month photos and some more fun facts |
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| PAGES 24-25: I sewed this insert onto page 25 to hold his cute 'yawning' photos on one side and his first reaction to his high chair on the other :) |
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| PAGE 24: Notes of things that calmed Avery, which is what we spent most of Month 1 doing, feeding and calming, feeding and calming.... |
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| PAGE 24: A note on HOW we went about taking the photo (a fun memory :) and a note on the special song that Grandma Jodi picked out for Avery |
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| PAGE 25: Justin doing his thing... he was the only one that could calm Avery by curling him up and walking with him :) |
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| PAGE 25: Avery chillin' in his baby bath! (The little duckie is a scrapbook embellishment sticker) |
Has anyone else jumped on the Project Life bandwagon?? Have you run into any challenges or come up with any fun new ideas?
I think you've struck the perfect balance of embellishments and photos. I love all of your pictures and it is so cool that you have access to a photo studio and that you and your sis are both amazing photographers! Maybe someday you can add other details...like artwork or favorite toys or first girlfriend. ;)
ReplyDeleteGuess what? My paternal grandfather's name was Alfred too! I don't blame you for not naming Avery after him...it's sort of a funny name isn't it?
Ha! What a coincidence! It is a funny name, and we really didnt intend to name Avery after anyone, but it was neat to find out that his name actually did come from one of his grandpas - in a roundabout way!
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