One of the many good intentions that falls to the wayside as a first time mommy is the the formal documentation of your infant's first year, which is conventionally done via a scrapbook. You purchase the scrapbook, breeze through a few scrapbook magazines and even get around to printing out the 10,000 pictures of your infant (99,959 of which are not in focus because your husband's hands seems to be mysteriously perpetually trembling when taking photos of your child at the most memorable moments). But then the scrapbook gets pushed to a lonely corner of the room or is sent to the bottom of a growing pile of unread catalogs. Either way, it collects dust and is increasingly resented as every glimpse of it reminds you that you are woefully inadequate as a mommy since you can't even put together a mere scrapbook for your first born. And so the distress mounts. Until....
Enter My Publisher. I am indebted to a good friend, CH, for her having passed on this web-based photo publisher. There may be other options out there, but thanks to My Publisher, I finally put together a book that accounts of K's first year - in great quality pictures. It is the modern scrapbook, and truly suitable for those who share my lack of talent and patience in cutting, glueing and sticking.
Admittedly it still took me 10 months to finish the book online since I seem to act upon nothing unless there is a sense of urgency or impending doom. But since K's 2nd birthday is coming up, I thought it would be too shameful to dwaddle any longer. But we all know sometimes procrastination pays off big time because Costco.com is currently offering a dicsount at My Pulisher!
http://www.costco.com/PhotoCenter/PhotoCenter.aspx?cat=2781&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Right_Nav2-_-Top_photo&lang=en-US
You can find K's album here if you want to know what took me so long:
http://www.mypublisher.com/bookstore/book_viewer.py?book_id=2123502&sp=x
(I hope this link above works but if not, let me know and I'll forward you another link)
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3 comments:
great job! uh-oh - i don't have one yet either. after making a movie for 8 weeks, i was exhausted. but yes, the 2nd birthday is coming up...is it acceptable to just stick years 1 and 2 in the same book? i'd like to get it done in one shot.
btw, is it hardcover or soft?
mine was hardcover - not sure if soft is an option. of course you can stick yrs. 1 and 2 in the same book, but you still have to sort through the same number of photos!! that's the part which made me procrastinate 10 months.
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