Thinking about babies...

I know a few people who are expecting babies from December through April right now. I also received a box of unexpected products from a company called Tinkering Ink a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to put some of their stuff to good use. So I got to thinking about back to my own pregnancies and what I wish I had from them, and this is what I came up with...a fun, inspiration journal.
I covered a basic composition notebook with papers and stickers and cut-outs and titled it, "A Journey 2{to} You". My thoughts are that the expecting mother {or ideally, both parents!} could journal daily thoughts or make little notes about what was happening at life at that time as it pertains to the pregnancy...like food cravings, emotional highs and lows {cause goodness knows I had those!!}, fun quotes or nursery rhymes and all sorts of things that go through a mom's mind as she gets closer to the due date each day.
In addition to journaling, I thought it would be a great place to glue down pictures or cards or tear things out of magazines and catalogs and add bits of memorabilia- even stapling fabric samples or clothing tags and receipts inside as well. Whatever is meaningful throughout the 9 months would be something worth keeping in this little book.
I have more of this album- the covers and embellished pages- in my SIS gallery if you click here. I have to say it is always fun for me to work on little projects like this, but I don't think I am up for having to go through another pregnancy at this point in my life. Just last night Chip and I got to bed by 9:30 and didn't get up til 6:45am. It felt good to get a long, uninterrupted night of sleep. I could use more of those...but normally it's my own fault for staying up too late. Still, I was thinking how nice it's been to not have those newborn baby nights in our lives for awhile now- I remember them all too well. I find I function much better on a full night sleep vs. the 2 hour stretches if-you're-lucky nights. =)
But I am wishing all our expecting friends (and bloggers if you're one of them!) all the best as you approach those sleepless nights. I have no doubt you are in for a special blessing in your life. =)