Category: documenting

Weeks 40 and 41 are from September 30 to October 13. I did an insert for our visit to the pumpkin patch, but above you can see the spread without it, and below with it.

During this time was really when fall began around these parts, so I went with the color scheme. I usually stick to more neutral colors but this was just perfect for right now.

I’ve been working hard on my niece’s stocking and I wanted to show the progress, but the bright Christmas colors would have really been out of place. Solution: turn it black and white!

Another adorable video had to be included! Also note that a bunch of these journaling and filler cards are from the Midnight edition. I can vouch for the fact that it goes perfectly with the Seafoam cards and I’m so happy I get to use it.

Nothing super exciting going on here, just mostly photos and labels.

Now here’s a closer look at the insert:

  

And that’s it!

Weeks 38 and 39 are from September 16 to 29th.

As I talked about yesterday, a magical thing happened over the weekend where Meredith was in an incredibly good mood the entire time and I was even able to do some crafting and work around the house while she was awake. Usually she is a demander of 100% of my attention but for some reason she happily entertained herself for awhile. She also took good naps and spent some time with David, so all this to say, I spent more time on this spread than usual and it was so much fun.

Most of this is just normal, everyday stuff.

A rare family photo!

We found out that we are having a boy during this time so I decided to devote an entire insert to that. I haven’t been focusing too much on the pregnancy (in life or with documentation) so I figured this was worth a little extra.

It was fun just to play around with papers. The front of the insert:

I blurred all the ultrasound photos because it just seemed weird not to.

The back of the insert:

On to the right side of the page. Mostly back to normal stuff.

 

The hospital visit wasn’t exactly normal though!

 

I have high hopes to complete another spread this coming weekend and then I’ll be caught up. Such a great project.

This is from September 1 – 15. When I started working on it I wasn’t really in the mood but it ended up coming together really easily and it’s actually one of my favorite spreads.

These were normal weeks. All pictures are just daily life with a couple of pregnancy bump shots. There was kind of a pink and green color scheme in the photos that I tried to stick with, and of course neutrals.

On the above journaling card I wrote about a small moment I observed and it’s something I’d never remember if I hadn’t written it down.

I surreptitiously grabbed a photo of Meredith at daycare through the window just after I dropped her off. It was so cute because she is much happier when one of her little friends is already there and this day they both sat down at the table to eat their morning snacks together. I love watching her friendships being born.

I hit 20 weeks during this time. I didn’t write anything about it but I still wanted to include the milestone.

And then a few other tidbits that didn’t fit anywhere else. I end up doing one of these cards almost every time; it just works well for me.

Still so happy with this!

I’m caught up again, and back on schedule for every two weeks! Feels so good.

This spread is approximately the last half of August. They were just regular weeks so this is normal everyday life stuff. Again, it was great to have a bunch of horizontal photos to fill the space and I’m definitely going to keep making an effort to do this.

I got a short video of Meredith taking a “running jump” into a kiddie pool at her cousin’s house and it was super adorable.

I decided to write about one of our Saturdays and detail what exactly we did that day since it was a fun one. It also goes along with the photos at the bottom which are from the birthday party at The Little Gym. I noticed later that the stamped date is wrong, but I just left it since it’s close enough.

On the right there are mostly just photos of Meredith around the house – playing in her room before bed, jumping up and down on the couch watching “Jessie,” playing outside, going through all her clothes, and then one of me outside watching her play.

And I still like having a place to write down all the other random stuff that happened.

It’s great to have one creative part of my life back in action! Next up is working on my niece’s stocking since we just got the kit in the mail. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law are going to be working on it too so we can finish on time. Wish us luck!