It is a joyous occasion when you learn that you are going to be a new parent. In a short time there is going to be a new baby and you will have responsibility to take care of that child and meet his or her every need.
Those first few weeks, the human baby is very helpless and will depend on you for food, protection, warm clothing, diaper changes and every other need of life. However, in only a few short months, you will find that you are shopping for toddler baby bedding.
Months turn into years and soon you find that that baby is beginning school. Then they are getting driver’s licenses and graduating from college. Each step along the way, you use your camera to capture pictures. Some may have been with older film cameras, but others will be with your digital camera. Each of those photos will have special meaning.
Now with all the free time that you have on your hands as you enter the empty nest portion of life, what are you going to do? Why not purchase a scrapbook album and relive all of those great memories.
While it is impossible to display all of those photographs of your child in a frame, you will be able to use many of them in a scrapbook. The album will be a place where you can display coming home from the hospital as well as college graduation. There may be photos with grandparents or special teachers that have great meaning to your offspring. Every special day and trip can have its own page in the album.
Once you complete the scrapbook you may want to display it in your own home or give it as a gift to the star attraction. A well organized scrapbook is a meaningful birthday or anniversary present to your family member. It allows them to enjoy many of the special events. You work will make a special presentation for your loved one.
It is important to choose acid free papers and other embellishments for the scrapbook. This helps to preserve photographs as well as your hard work for many years to come. Even glues that are used in scrapbooks should be acid free for the longest life of the materials.
If you are still at the expectant parent stage, you may want to begin collecting things now that will eventually go into a scrapbook. While you are going to be very busy the next few years, find a special spot to keep those memories so that you can present a complete scrapbook to your adult child.