After taking a week off last week, Tara from Sticky Fingers has come back this week with a corker of a theme : Memory.
So much happens to us when we are babies and yet we have no recollection of that time when we look back in later years, as our earliest memories tend to start when we are 4 or 5. All we have instead to tell us what we were like, are the memories that our family have, together with photographs and/or home videos or any other memorabilia from that time.
So as I am sure many of you are also doing, I am saving my own 'memories' to show Burton when he is older so he can get a glimpse into his baby and toddler years. However, I am not just doing it for him but for me also so that I don't forget this special time that we are sharing, and have done since I first held him in my arms.
So I have a box which I call my Burton 1st year memory box. It was actually a gift that one of Burton's grandma's gave me for my baby when I reached my 3 month milestone as it contained a Teddy bear. Inside I have kept all the things I feel are memories of his life to date and here they are
It contains his baby firsts record book, my baby scan photos, his hospital tags, all the congratulation cards we received when he was born (64 cards which is an unbelievable amount!), his first Christmas cards, his first easter cards,his first birthday cards, a hand and foot cast I had done when he was about 8 weeks old and his birth certificate.
So far my memories of our time to date are very happy ones. I know sometimes it is tiring and hard work and he can be whiney and grisly, but the majority of the memories I have of him so far are like this
Just a cheeky, funny, happy and good natured little boy, memories that make me smile :) oh and cry lol!
That first box of memories is full now so I need to get another one to keep the next chapter of Burton 'firsts' in, of which I know there will be plenty more.
Burton is beautiful. I have many memory boxes too. They are a lovely thing to go through years later.
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That smile should be bottled & sent around the world! We'd have very few problems then!
ReplyDeleteAh lovely! I have memory folder for red ted, but, erm, not for pip squeak.. ooops. Best get it sorted! Weren't they just the tiniest things once?!?!
ReplyDeleteLove the photo of B too. Lovely!
A memory box is a great idea. I've saved C's things but still need to find a nice box to keep them in.
ReplyDeleteLove the picture of Burton!
Ow... I see another canvas print coming up:-) Gorgeous photo that is!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post and to capture memories in a box is a great idea. It's on my list of 'to do when becoming a mum' LOL
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That's such a beautiful photo of him :) I keep meaning to get together a memory box for Zara but all of her bits and pieces are all packed away in various locations around the house
ReplyDeleteI have a memory box for the boys too, although it is getting rather full. I hope the blog will also be part of their memories growing up too
ReplyDeleteI have never been organised enough to make the memory boxes, well done you! I have all the stuff, it's just in carrier bags and over stuffed cardboard boxes...I'll get round to it one day!
ReplyDeleteThat smile is incredible!
I really need to get organised and get a memory box you have inspired me to get cracking with it! I have everything saved but it various folders i must be the most disorganised person in the world!
ReplyDeleteB is just gorgeous x
Thanks for all your lovely comments. Believe it or not I am one of the most unorganized people I know but I guess these memories are important enough to have made me get organised!
ReplyDeleteAh I have loads of memory boxes, for myself and Baba and they are so precious wonderful ideas.
ReplyDeleteahhh lovely, I am clearing my memory box at the moment - too much clutter! Mich x
ReplyDeleteYou're very organised. I have kept all of the boys things, but an actual memory box is something I've been meaning to do but haven't. I'm sooo lazy. Did a plaster cast of his (huge) feet too, it's still not finished. He's 3. There's no hope for me.........
ReplyDeleteLove that boy by the way *big squish*
I made a scrapbook filled with all these kinds of things from my daughter's first year--and it has been looked through again and again and again and again!! She loves looking through and imagining what life was like for her then. If I had known how much she would love this I might have taken a bit more care with it, but as it was, I think I did ok. Excellent idea!! x
ReplyDeleteI've got memory boxes for my two (aged 5 and 4) and they're bursting at the seams!!
ReplyDeleteLovely pic of your boy tho. He's so cute!
my memory box has turned into a memory cupboard, I can't bear to part with my favourite little outfits and shoes..
ReplyDeleteHe really is a cute cheeky man :-D
Such a lovely idea. I'm sure you'll both have great fun looking back at this in many years to come - and probably with your grandchildren too!! x
ReplyDeleteOh wow, look at that grin :D I have a memory box for Piglet too. It's already full to bursting and I love looking through it. I hope she does as well when she's older.
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