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By: My Brother Got A Photo Book

My Brother Got A Photo Book — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:02:01 +0000

[...] brother didn’t know what he looked like as a baby, you can read why in Baby Pics & Self. He was expecting his first child and I knew he would be sad not knowing whether she was like [...]

By: Linette

Linette — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:44:32 +0000

I love looking through old photos and reliving great memories of the past. When I look at photos of my husband or myself as a child I can see a part of each of us in our son. It still so amazes me, and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside that he is a part of us.

By: Richelle F

Richelle F — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:43:26 +0000

That would be so sad! I keep wanting to scan all my old photos, and that would be a good reason to. Thanks for the contest!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:46:04 +0000

I can’t imagine not having any baby pictures. My brother and I each have a lovely baby book (not a scrapbook – I’m not young enough for that to have been popular – but a book with photos and a few stories about what we did when we were little), but even if we lost those I know we’d be able to replace many of the pictures with photos from various relatives. I love looking through my baby book, although it’s starting to scare me seeing how much my parents have aged.

By: Drumroll Please . . .

Drumroll Please . . . — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:00:55 +0000

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By: Caryn

Caryn — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:09:48 +0000

I love looking at my baby pictures (and those of my husbands) and then looking at my baby boy to compare similarities (whose eyes he has, whose nose he has etc. etc.). My dad was a photographer so he took tons and tons of pictures of me and it’s so special to go back and look at them and see the love he has for me.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:26:19 +0000

Tracee,
Thank you for your article about pictures. I definitely have similar guilt feelings as expressed by other moms. I have 3 children and in my case, since I bought a digital camera after the 3rd was born, I actually have more pictures of her than of my middle child. I never get enough photos out to family members and I don’t have adequate documentation in baby books for my kids (but I have a LOT of photos in boxes!). I sometimes feel like life is on hold until I can get everything organized, but after 8 years with children, I have finally realized that “this” is life! So, now I take digital photos, upload them to Kodak and share them with people, still not as often as I should, but more than I have in the past. It frees you from the guilt and it is so much better to share them than to store them. To me pictures are memories and they are better shared than stored. I have always loved taking photos and never more than now with children. They chronicle our life and give us a point of reference as to who they are at any given point. They love looking at them and so do I. I am so grateful for your article (sad for your brother) because it makes me realize how important this type of documentation is. Start a yahoogroup with your family members and share photos!

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:32:29 +0000

We have so few and our kids have so many. I want to memorialize every first: first haircut, first tooth, first t-ball game, first day of school. I may not look at most of this stuff more than once a year, but I get a warm feeling just knowing it’s there.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:13:17 +0000

I have absolutely no idea what I looked like as a small baby. My sister and brother are ten and nine years older than me and by the time I showed up, I think my mom was exausted. The only photo I’ve seen of me (before school pictures) I was about 10 months old, sitting on the shag carpet holding a squeeky toy. I would love to know what I looked like at one month old or 4 months or 6 months. Maybe that’s why I’m fanatical now about documenting things with my camera.

By: Lindley Alston

Lindley Alston — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:07:05 +0000

I am a big scrapbooker because I love displaying my son’s pictures along wit things that are important to my baby memories. Preserving his pictures in a special way will surely remind him how much he is loved, no matter where he goes in life. Time definitely flies by before you know it!