Happy Project Life Tuesday everyone!
Today I am going to start sharing the pages from Jack’s baby album! Yay! SO happy to have it all finished up – just in time for baby number three who will be here very soon! :-D
So sit back, check out these pages and let me know if you have any questions! I’m happy to answer them! You’ll see just how fast and easy a baby album can come together. Seriously!
Here’s the first page of my son Jack’s, baby album. I used all Baby Boy Kit for this album and Design A page protectors. I did use a 5×7 page protector a couple of times as well. LOVE those. :)
Close up shot of ultrasound picture.
On this page spread I talked about being pregnant, included a few pregnant snapshots and a little letter I wrote to my son. There’s also the “cravings” journaling card included on this page.
Close up look. :)
This page talks about how/when we found out he was a boy, how we told family and talks about his room.
Close up. :)
Another close up. :)
This spread was all about labor & delivery. The prompt cards help you out SO much! I also included his little hospital bracelet on one of the cards. Super easy and it’s not going anywhere. :)
Close up shot of the hospital bracelet.
Another close up shot
For his little hospital hat, I did just like I did for Caylin’s album. I just cut a piece of cardstock to 5×7 and used some glue dots and stuck it right onto the cardstock and then slipped it into a 5×7 page protector that Becky has. PERFECT.
On the backside of that hat I just slipped in his ultrasound photographs.
There are more super new photographs and of course the great “stats” card that is included in the kit!
I still need to redo the “labor and delivery” timeline and include that as well – working on that still! :-D I’m sure I’ll be adding little elements and goodies to his album here and there.
This page is just full of photos that you just have to have like the first “yawn” SO happy I caught it on camera, LOL, and then one of him and his Sissy.
Close up.
I didn’t have nearly as many scrapbook layouts to include in his album, but I did have this one and the one below so I of course included them. Just slipped them into an 8.5 x 11 page protector and that was that. :)
Here are the month-to-month pages. :) As you can see I had pictures taken of Jack every month and then used the monthly stat journaling cards to write down his stats along with little milestones that he did every month. :)
I totally messed up on one of the journaling stat cards so I didn’t have one for the last month, but no biggie. LOL. I wish there were a couple of extras in the kit just in case you mess up, but I just went with it. Ha! ;) The last photo is from a little one-year-old photo shoot I did with him in our backyard. ;)
Close up. :)
Well, that’s it for today! I’ll be sharing more of the album next week on Project Life Tuesday! I hope you got some inspiration from this and please let me know if you have any questions about anything I did or any supplies that I used!
Have a blessed day!
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SherriS.
July 30, 2013 at 6:58 amI started following your blog right around the time Jack was born! I remember all of the adorable pics you posted back then. I’m loving how his book looks and wish I had all of the info from back when my twin boys were born 23 years ago {sigh – it goes by so fast!}
Kristina
July 30, 2013 at 11:30 amThank you, Sherri! You’re too sweet! It all DOES go by way too fast! Baby #3 is due any day now! Eeeek! ;) Hugs!!
L.B.
July 30, 2013 at 7:07 amGreat. Sort f makes me want to go back 7 years and redo some of my daughter’s stuff/ So so cute.
Kristina
July 30, 2013 at 11:30 amAw, thanks L.B for stopping by and the sweet comment! :)
Kim
July 30, 2013 at 7:36 amIt looks great! I really do love how you have two months per page, it really allows you to see his growth so easily from picture to picture. I am wondering what kind of album you put this in? It doesn’t seem like it would require/fill a whole 12 x 12 album, so I’m just wondering if it’s part of his whole childhood album?
Also, you may have addressed this at some point and I missed it, but I’m very curious about how you handle the aspect of having 2 (almost 3! :-)) kids and creating your PL albums. Do you just have one album for yourself to keep? Do you ever feel like you should create an album for each child for the year? Which would be a lot of work, ha! But, I guess I wonder who will get my PL albums some day way down the road. Will my kids maybe both take some? Maybe neither will want them, who knows, ha! I don’t know, it’s just something that I’ve been wondering about lately. I am just having my first, so perhaps I am over thinking it. :-)
Always love your pages, and thanks for letting me ask silly questions haha!
Pink Ronnie
July 30, 2013 at 8:23 amOh Kristina, this is absolutely wonderful! Too gorgeous for words. And you’ve reminded me that I need to write down some of Edward’s monthly stat cards!
Ronnie xo
Kristina
July 30, 2013 at 11:30 amThank you so much, Ronnie! I am such a huge fan of YOUR work! It’s beautiful! Thanks for leaving a sweet note! ;)
Cerise
July 30, 2013 at 11:11 amSo absolutely precious. I love all the little stories you included and the precious detail pictures.
The little hat is perfect. You make me want to stop everything and get all the stuff I hoarded from my boy’s birthday and work on an album!
Kristina
July 30, 2013 at 11:29 amThank you! Project Life is so much fun! You DO need to stop everything and go and make an album! :-D
Alison
July 30, 2013 at 11:16 amLove these pages. Can’t wait to see more of Jack’s album. You mentioned you messed up a card. This is a fear of mine :) I write everything on post-its first but still things can happen. I have two ideas — you could scan in some cards that you don’t have extras of and reprint on cardstock if need be or invest in the digital version and print out extras of whatever you might need!! Again, love your PL layouts!
Kristina
July 30, 2013 at 11:28 amHi Alison! Thank you so much! You know – you are so right! I could totally just print one from the digital kit! Ha! I’m such a dork! ;) Definitely scanning in the cards you already have would be great too because then it would save money and you couldn’t have to invest in the digital version. Thank you so much for stopping by and for leaving a sweet comment! Hugs!
Emily S
July 30, 2013 at 11:23 amAwesome, K! Love this, as usual. I wish that there were some doubles of some prompt cards b/c I have messed up a couple, haha!
Kristina
July 30, 2013 at 11:29 amThank you, Emily!! I wish there were some doubles too! Someone who commented had a great idea though about scanning the cards just in case and then if you did mess up – you could just print another one out OR you could use a card from the digital kit. :) I love seeing your baby album come together, too! Isn’t it fun? :)
Kelli W
July 30, 2013 at 12:19 pmThat looks awesome! I *almost* want to go back and redo my girls’ baby albums :)
Sharon
July 30, 2013 at 1:18 pmAbsolutely beautiful! You are so inspirational. Thank you for sharing. I love the idea of doing one baby book for each child, and then documenting their lives in your family Project Life album. I agree with you that having an album for each child every year is too redundant when one is doing a family Project Life album. However, when they get older and leave home…how will you divvy up the family albums among your three children?
LOVE Jack’s album. Lots of great ideas. I have so many pictures to choose from that it makes it so difficult to select a few to represent a month for my son’s album. Trying to keep it simple though!
LOVE your blog!!
Tracie Claiborne
July 30, 2013 at 3:26 pmSo did you tear layouts apart for this album too? Or had you not done that many layouts for him yet? Love this!!!!!!!!!!
Kristina
July 30, 2013 at 3:36 pmLOL! Nope – didn’t have any scrapbook layouts for Jack except those two I included in his album. I was doing some digital for his book, but didn’t get far so thankfully nothing to tear apart for his! ;)
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Marianne
January 13, 2015 at 1:52 pmHera a follower from The Netherlands! I really, really like your baby book :) Did you design the little cards yourself or can you buy it somewhere, and where? I like to make such a book my self when our little girl is born in about 9 weeks :)
I’m sorry for my bad English :)
Kristina
January 23, 2015 at 8:21 pmHi Marianne! Thank you for stopping by my blog and for the sweet words about Jack’s baby book! I didn’t design the cards myself – they are from the Baby Boy Project Life edition. I don’t think they make it in the bigger edition anymore, but there is a boy and girl version of a mini kit here – http://www.shopbeckyhiggins.com/products/baby-edition-for-him-mini-kit-physical-mini-kits-shop-by-designer and here http://www.shopbeckyhiggins.com/products/baby-edition-for-her-mini-kit-physical-shop-by-designer. I hope that helps! Congrats on your new little one coming soon! XOXO! Oh, and your English was just wonderful! :)