Keeping Up With the Scrapbook

This post is a direct rip-off from a conversation with my dear friend R the other day.  She told me that would really like to finish the scrapbook of her daughter’s first year of life soon; her daughter is currently 4 1/2.  I asked her how far into it she is.  She said she is moving into starting the second month…See, I just give her credit for even trying.  I long ago realized that I didn’t have the patience for scrapbooking  and stocked up on a bunch of those cheap magnetic picture albums.  I shove all our family photos in there, most with no accompanying date or description.  If I tried to be any more elaborate, it would never get done.  So my poor children will be the only ones without a fancy scrapbook to show off at their b-day parties…OH WELL!

However simplified my approach may be, I recently told my husband that even this was too much a of time suck and we had to figure out something different.  I suggested making up one of those photo books online, as this would surely save time without having to order prints, go pick them up, etc.  He looked at me like I had three heads.  It is possible that his reaction is due to my recent attempt to make a photo wall calendar online for a Christmas gift.  It is adorable. I love it.  IT TOOK ME ALL DAY TO MAKE IT–literally…ugh, ugh, the lengths that we will go to to capture photos of our sweet little ones.  I think it is now evident that I need a personal live-in Photo Manager…wonder if my husband will go for that one???

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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