A Handful of Memories

When Emma's 6-month-birthday rolled around last February

I wanted to do something special in honor of her big day,

but I also wanted it to be something I could do for each birthday.

"A Handful of Memories" is what I came up with.

The pictures below are of the first three pages of this ongoing project.

Each page contains a set of handprints and a picture taken on that exact day.

I typed up a short summary of each day and attached it to the back of the corresponding page.

Eventually they will all be laminated and put together to form a book.

I plan to do this on her birthday every year until she makes me stop.

I love how the first few pages turned out.

I think it will be a great keepsake for our beautiful baby girl

and I can't wait to share it with her when she is older.

Who knows, maybe this will be something she decides to do

with her own kids one day.  

I think that would be really special.

The Cover

 Picture taken when she was three days old.

Picture taken immediately after she rolled over for the first time (2/17/2012).

Picture taken on a slide at Mihama Kids Park (8/17/2012).

I plan on doing this same project for the new baby who will be here in December.

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