A productive weekend here and a relaxing one. I finished Nathaniel’s book and caught up on almost all the tags. Still have some catalysts to do but making progress.
I hope this week is just as productive.
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Now that I’ve begun Nathaniel’s book, I wanted to share a little about my process. Months ago, I bought the baby kit from Lisa Bearnson’s KOTM, designed by Becky Higgins, thinking I would use it for Nathaniel.  I started with some of Becky’s cards and holders where I wrote his birth story, our tags from the hospital, the paper my sister-in-law Leila gave with the candles at my baby shower, etc. This is all the stories up to and day of Nathaniel’s birth. Then comes one of the pregnancy tests I had taken. The only one that still shows the “pregnant” line. (Maybe it’s gross but I save these things.) and on the back is the paper where I kept track of Nathaniel’s pees and poops for the first few days.  Then comes the first piece of clothing they ever put him in. I also have his first hat and will put it in the back. And then one of Becky’s monthly cards to indicate the beginning of the first month. And then the first layout welcoming Nathaniel to the world and finally a layout with one of the photos taken in his first week.  Next to the layouts is a page that has 4×6 photos from the other days on the first week. So I take photos of Nathaniel every day which means I have 7 photos a week. I scrap one and put the other six on a page that holds six 4×6’s. This way the spread shows the entire week.  So these are the first four weeks of his life. All the photos and all four (plus the one welcoming him) layouts. I do this for each month.  And finally, each month ends with this long journaling paper that came with the kit where I write about that month. Oh, and, each time we go to the doctor and he’s weighed, I use one of the stamps the kit came with and note his height/weight on the photo of the day when we went to the doctor. that’s it!
my words: It may sound counter-intuitive but I have found that the best advice I ever got was someone telling me that I couldn’t do something. When I was in high school, I visited Israel and this gentleman told me that if I wanted to study computers (which I did since I was seven) I should attend Carnegie Mellon University. I had never heard of the school so I ran back to my room and wrote it down in my diary. When I went back home (to Turkey), I told my teacher that I wanted to go to Carnegie Mellon. She told me that there was no way I could get in. I didn’t have what it takes, she said. I was so mad that I made it my mission to get in to the school. Not only did I get in but I graduated with both an undergraduate and a graduate degree in four years and I graduated with honors. I have since then learned that nothing motivates me as much as someone telling me I can’t do something.
 And Nathaniel’s still chewing on his fist.  We spent the rest of the day relaxing and watching Tour de France. I did two more Nathaniel layouts. I have only one left to do to catch up. I leave you with more photos of him.  and here’s a finny face. 
 And then both the boys fell asleep while I worked on Nathaniel’s baby-book layouts.  Oh, and I came home to a surprise from Linda at Sakura of America. They are wonderful sponsors for creative therapy and I told her how much I loved this week’s prize and here’s what I got in the mail:  Isn’t she awesome? This is a fantastic company and I LOVE these pens. Here’s to a good weekend! |
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