tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post4804474074218977073..comments2023-10-30T09:03:39.358-07:00Comments on Che and Fidel: call outJodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09754100790023579994noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-27963651077242065572011-12-20T15:36:32.563-08:002011-12-20T15:36:32.563-08:00I email my daugther! Yep, she has had a gmail acco...I email my daugther! Yep, she has had a gmail account since infancy. It works. I also take tons of photos, blog, facebook funny little moments in our days and I've installed this Iphone app called Momento, which allows journaling by iphone and also culminates postings from FB, Twitter, Flickr onto this one sight. <br><br>Oh, on my blog I also keep a little page called Did She REally? where I sometimes write cute little things she does.Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03421060691360562404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-9475454044533695682011-12-20T06:16:28.068-08:002011-12-20T06:16:28.068-08:00I write monthly letters to my son about his milest...I write monthly letters to my son about his milestones, our adventures, and other sentiments--and I post them on my blog as well if you want to see them. :) I plan to make them into a Blurb book when he turns a year old next month. I take a lot of photographs and videos of just the small day-to-day. At first, I tried taking a photo a day, but that became overwhelming as I found myself, so I took the pressure off of myself and ended up taking more (and better) photos throughout the week. When I was pregnant, I kept a journal that I used to write letters to him almost every day.<br><br>p.s. I love your blog and your photos! Your babes are just beautiful!Katie Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11423761224299969290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-28551237356889074912011-12-18T19:03:47.257-08:002011-12-18T19:03:47.257-08:00This is a lovely idea. I hope you will share your ...This is a lovely idea. I hope you will share your finished peice with us?<br><br>We had the typical baby book to begin with. I also have a box with ultrasound photos and dvd, hospital bands, newspaper from his birth day, his tiny beanie, and first jumpsuit.<br><br>Now a days, I tend to record everything on the blog, I can put my photos there and my thoughts, plus I write birthday letters and updates here. I have heard that you can get a book made of your blog, so maybe one day in years to come will look into that.<br>Rhi xxRhiannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09308986578608100696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-54566164786925053612011-12-18T14:17:02.680-08:002011-12-18T14:17:02.680-08:00I've got a book for each with their birth stor...I've got a book for each with their birth story in it. each birthday I will add to it, and write of what's happened in their year. Also any quotes that they have said go in there as they happen. If we have gone away I send a postcard to them which also gets popped in the book. <br>Sometimes it's an effort, but already I love looking back on it.cityhippyfarmgirl.comhttp://cityhippyfarmgirl.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-12638236979243340522011-12-17T16:55:00.404-08:002011-12-17T16:55:00.404-08:00I have a family blog that I have been using since ...I have a family blog that I have been using since my eldest was about 1. I take photos of all their art work so I have a digital copy & then recycle the pieces we won't be keeping! My relatives all live in the UK so every Sunday one of my Aunties shows my Nana our blog....keeps me on my toes as I don't want her to be disappointed there is nothing new to see. Enjoy your book writing! xxFaith Hope and a whole lotta Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848583630502238467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-82371313092868195292011-12-16T04:08:05.266-08:002011-12-16T04:08:05.266-08:00Despite blogging and a healthy amount of photograp...Despite blogging and a healthy amount of photographs and videos, I'm really trying to remind myself that the best memories are formed by experiencing moments purely and simply - in the moment, with the naked senses. Not through a lens or a viewfinder. Memories aren't made by jotting notes in a diary... it certainly helps... but the best way of ensuring everything is recorded - is to just be present, attentive, and lost in the moment. <br><br>...as for recording for our children's sake - I honestly believe in the power of storytelling above all else. My fondest memories of my childhood are the stories that my parents painted so beautifully and vividly about my experiences growing up. A lot of these events I have no photographic evidence of, but I don't feel like it's missing... I love that I can let my imagination fill in the blanks.<br><br>...much easier said than done, though. The camera is certainly tempting...<br><br>xxone claire dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16763753472532837764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-15557522072626931052011-12-15T21:07:01.863-08:002011-12-15T21:07:01.863-08:00This is such a tough question - we keep plenty of ...This is such a tough question - we keep plenty of photos all stored in photo albums and kept on hard drive (yes duplicating everything)! We also get a photo book every year with all the photo highlights in it. The kids LOVE these books. We also have a baby book for each of our kids which is very out of date. For our youngest I take a photo every month in the same position. I plan to hang these photos up on a measuring tape for her 1st birthday. I find however that record keeping takes up so much time and while I'm doing it I miss out on precious time with my children. Hence I'm sooooo far behind.<br>Kympotts.familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504015501540248194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-26647703463741321052011-12-15T13:15:22.388-08:002011-12-15T13:15:22.388-08:00I do keep a very small memory box of things; but w...I do keep a very small memory box of things; but we really keep our memories alive through story telling. I have told the story of our life over and over again. My daughter has now become the oral historian of her own life and I rather like that. All memories are vivid and etched in colour for her. They truly are living things. Precious.small cataloguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04967883601419963708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-24492920534690281052011-12-14T17:09:52.257-08:002011-12-14T17:09:52.257-08:00I take at least a few photos/videso a day, I blog,...I take at least a few photos/videso a day, I blog, I take a monthly photo in the same location/position, I scan the artwork....at the end of the year, I make a photo book of each month's best and most meaningful memories as well as a small poster with a montage of the artwork.bloom right herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08449205065411845231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-43161944666409594642011-12-14T17:01:49.236-08:002011-12-14T17:01:49.236-08:00before starting my blog I didn't keep a record...before starting my blog I didn't keep a record at all, with the exception of photo's that have since been lost in the crashing of various computers, ipods and external hard drives. <br><br>I now have the blog that contains photo's and stories but we don't keep a little 'baby book' or anything like that... <br><br>xo::The Beetle Shack::http://www.blogger.com/profile/09703082768846184281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-83588925208327723972011-12-14T12:06:11.184-08:002011-12-14T12:06:11.184-08:00Wow. I'm pregnant with my first and I'm g...Wow. I'm pregnant with my first and I'm getting worried that I won't be able to keep up with all this documentation of my child's life!!<br><br>My mum only kept a few things of mine - an artwork here and there, certainly no quotes or funny sayings. Sure, she can't remember the details of life with me as a toddler, but I don't think I've missed out on anything by not having my funny sayings and artwork close to hand.<br><br>I wonder if we spend too much time documenting our lives these days rather than living them??Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639770210854267000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-41200726317845310632011-12-14T05:49:19.171-08:002011-12-14T05:49:19.171-08:00I plan to print off my blog into a book but as I d...I plan to print off my blog into a book but as I don't share things that are too personal on here, I keep a lot of things on my hardrive (text, photos and videos). I also use the notes app in my iPhone (21st century mum tool, right!) to write down funny quotes from my son. I bought a diary called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Line-Day-Five-Year-Memory/dp/0811870197/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323870126&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"> "One Line a Day" </a> but I don't always have it at hand so the iPhone option works better for me. And I have a box at home in which I store little keepsakes.The Franglaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00596402165309229771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-52346918480848871152011-12-14T05:49:12.920-08:002011-12-14T05:49:12.920-08:00Well, I blog of course :) I also keep a journal fo...Well, I blog of course :) I also keep a journal for her. I started it on the very day, in fact the very hour that I found out I was pregnant. I write in it all of the small day to day things and what it feels like to be her mother. I plan on giving it to her when she becomes pregnant with her own child.<br>Love to read your words and your beautiful approach to motherhood.Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01335031480889468436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-76995536461731364922011-12-14T03:03:06.340-08:002011-12-14T03:03:06.340-08:00I take many, many photos, write about the things t...I take many, many photos, write about the things they say and do in my blog and in an attempt to keep a record of all their creative pursuits I'm photographing their artwork too.Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551660836260625515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-55714226503960793092011-12-14T02:55:35.115-08:002011-12-14T02:55:35.115-08:00Like Dee I have a five-year-journal which I starte...Like Dee I have a five-year-journal which I started when a couple of weeks pregnant. Although I cheat sometimes and write down a sentence for more than one day, it has not one blank day so far. Secondly, my partner and I both started a book only for her throughout the pregnancy with approximately one entry per moth by either him or me. Scans and birth-plan are in there as well as the notebook pages of her first week when we punctiliously noted every feed, nap and diaper (which are a great mix of endearing, informative and unnecessary). Another documentation (with a completely different tone since the journal is primary for me as a logbook of our life as a little growing family, although I might show her some pages once she's older) of E growing up are the bi-monthly (or so) emails with one photo in the centre which I send to her grandparents and aunt in Canada.Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09742462123870647805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-4518512505281749062011-12-14T02:35:57.681-08:002011-12-14T02:35:57.681-08:00I have a notebook for each of my children where I ...I have a notebook for each of my children where I write them letters - sometimes I do this regularly - sometimes not. I also take thousands of photo's, home-videos and ofcourse, blog!<br><br>I have this thought that one day when we no longer walk this earth, I will be able to recall all those amazing moments and hold them in my heart like they are real and still current and there. Does that make sense? xx RachSquiggly Rainbowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00895634986946238458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-25149662500185643292011-12-13T22:55:17.248-08:002011-12-13T22:55:17.248-08:00Mostly my blog which I print off too for when they...Mostly my blog which I print off too for when they.'re older (I'm terrible at noting things down and the blog with photos works ). I also hang around the house most of their artwork. Sam is the one who wries me little notes and drawi gs when he goes to school :)Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08058904733795259793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-22785665353260252011-12-13T22:02:39.562-08:002011-12-13T22:02:39.562-08:00One of the purposes of my blog is for it to be a r...One of the purposes of my blog is for it to be a record of my life with my children. I hope that it will give them a sense of their childhood and also give them an understanding of what their mama was like at the time. And lots of photos!Olahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07553241854872265955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-60080355499949939222011-12-13T20:53:30.336-08:002011-12-13T20:53:30.336-08:00Photos, photos, photos. We take video too, and I w...Photos, photos, photos. <br><br>We take video too, and I write little letters to her here and there on my blog. We're hoping it will serve as a keepsake to look back on...Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351347084059985465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-36020588303359978492011-12-13T20:28:42.185-08:002011-12-13T20:28:42.185-08:001. a digital PL album to document first 1-2yrs of ...1. a digital PL album to document first 1-2yrs of life.<br>2. a digital PL album to document our everyday family life<br>(both beckyhiggins.com)<br>3. a storage box - clothes I loved/have special meaning, first shoes, etc<br>4. a storage envelope, pregnancy yellow card, hospital tags, ultrasound photos, etc<br>5. i keep some artwork, photograph some (from PL albums), and use the rest for cards and wrapping paper.<br><br>would love to organise/display it alittle better.Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792153542298315408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-72344301566849293702011-12-13T20:21:02.167-08:002011-12-13T20:21:02.167-08:00Apart from lots of photographs and blogging, I doc...Apart from lots of photographs and blogging, I document Cohen's big and small special moments in a journal just for him. I record new words he has learnt, ways that he is growing up, his firsts and his birthday letters that I write each year. <br><br>We also buy visual diaries for him to draw in, so that there are less loose pieces of paper laying around and so we have his drawings as a record. And we have a special box to keep his little keepsakes in, like first shoes, birthday cards, first haircut etc.<br><br>:)Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18370046598325657449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7422372995850609269.post-62962106996584768842011-12-13T20:15:31.087-08:002011-12-13T20:15:31.087-08:00i've ordered this book for me and my two siste...i've ordered this book for me and my two sisters for Christmas:<br><br>http://www.amazon.com/One-Line-Day-Five-Year-Memory/dp/0811870197<br><br>I'm excited about the possibilities<br><br>DDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17608287186632367868noreply@blogger.com