Eli and I are eight weeks into his weekly photo project and having a grand ol' time documenting his changing little being.
I did something very similar with Sam and also suggest this project as a way of documenting your little one's babyhood in my ebook "Document Baby 365."
To make it happen, I simply change Eli into a white onesie, place him on the blanket in whichever room has the best light and snap away. I generally take between five and fifteen photos just so I have a variety of facial expressions to choose from. The whole process takes less than five minutes - including changing his outfit.
Not every photo works out. His flailing arms and legs are often blurred. He cries. And, sometimes I crop his upper half right out of the photo.
Instead of including weekly photos in each week's Project Life page, I will just add them on occasion and add in a collage type print (like the top photo) every few months. One photo from each week will be added to Eli's baby book, but I haven't got started on that project yet, so I'm not sure how that will look.
Since this is my second go-around with this kind of project, I can already tell you the very best part of doing this: memory making. The photos are wonderful and will be treasured forever, but the memory of the routine is what sticks. Doing this week-in and week-out for 52 weeks adds up to a lot of little moments of me with my babe (while he is still actually a babe). Good, quiet, content, at-home, us-together type moments. I love that.
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