I finally got some spare time to make a few scrapbook Layouts for Zachary's Baby Album. We printed quite a few copies of his referral pictures and I seem to be scrap booking several different Layouts of the same pictures! LOL, guess I am just excited (surprise, surprise)!
You may recognize these pictures. They are from his referral paperwork. And, our pediatrician estimates he is 9-10 months old.


And, this picture was taken the same day we sent in our acceptance letter of his referral. Therefore, he is 17 months old. And, this is the only picture with his mouth closed. He looks focused on something/someone. Such a handsome son we have!

Of course I have a few more layouts in the works! And, a lot of ideas for pages that help express how excited our friends and family are for his arrival into our family! We greatly appreciate everyone's messages of congratulations! We are compiling them all and will be including them in his baby album.

Also, we finally chose the baby album for his first scrapbook. There were not a lot of options on the market. Because the albums for young children are for infants/newborns. We wanted an album cover that fit his age. We are very pleased with the one we ended up purchasing! It is a top loading page style- which I have learned I prefer to use- that just makes it easier to add the layouts into the album.The front of the cover is fabric and leather. Very elegant and we hope it will hold up to a lot of use and the passing of time.

For quite sometime we have been on the look out for a "Baby Book" for adopted children. And, we found one online that can be customized for China. The Baby Book is different from the album in that it helps answer questions about where, what, how. Adoption Families lovingly call this a "Life Book". We are excited to document every detail!