taking time for memories

we've been working on cleaning out drawers, closets, etc. in preparation for baby girl. i've stumbled upon quite a few treasures along the way, one of which is e's baby book.


"hm" i think to myself. "i wonder what all i wrote. i don't remember writing much."


there's a page where i filled in the family tree..


and that's about it. oh lord, i am in trouble.


so tonight i spent a couple hours filling in some blanks here and there. i did have his baby hospital bracelet tucked in there and i'm 90% sure i know where the little footprints and handprints are. just need to order a few photos from 2006 off of walgreens.com and we should be up to speed!


it's truly amazing how time gets away from us. maybe i live in the moment a little too much sometimes and forget to jot down the memories from just yesterday. then yesterday turns into last year. and i start to forget the little stuff.


i made a promise to myself tonight (over a jar of dill pickles) to do some better record-keeping from here on out. more photos. more videos. more note-taking.


life happens in a flash.






started to pull a baby pic from 2006... but landed on this one instead. even more of an example of why we need to capture and savor the little moments.