Two-year-olds are a wealth of fantastically funny quips and quirky bits of knowledge and so naturally we parents like to jot down these little jewels when we get a chance. These baby journals are really the same screw-post albums that I’ve been making over the past year or so. They’re filled with upcycled ledger sheets (no one needs these anymore at Jeff’s work and so they come home in quantity for me) and old grading books (no one is using these anymore either and mom is a recently retired school teacher) and plenty of pretty papers to boot. I imagine that along with lists of funny expressions, little photos could be adhered to the decorative papers and little drawings done on the blank pages. At the end of it all (and there are so many many pages before the end of these albums) lies a darling little keepsake full of all the cute and sweet that begs to be remembered. These were made for other babes, but with 5 months already logged, Soren is going to require his own album before too long. I’ll need to capture every drip of adorable and every drop funny of that springs from the mouth of my own little babe….
from the mouths of babes…
February 8, 2011 by deepbluesea
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Heather Azano-Brown
I'm a letter writer and card designer. I'm a dancer and dreamer and putterer of all things crafty. I'm a mama of three and a grower of certain things. I especially like berries.
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We love our life with Lucy book! It lives in our kitchen (because most of the gems come out when we’re sitting around the dinner table) and we have gotten accustomed to saying “get the book!” as soon as Lucy lets out one of her pearls of wisdom. It is already a treasure and will surely be for years to come.
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Hearing that is like a big, warm hug on the inside. It makes me so happy to know that Lucy’s book is being used and loved! I’m so glad that your life is so full of sweet little Lucy quips, Marybeth! xoxo