Keep Your Memories Organized

Today I’m sharing 5 easy things you can do to keep your memories organized. Also, some cute pics of my baby bear, Nolan.

Nolan is ONE

Our handsome man Nolan turned one at the beginning of January! I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do for his 12 month pictures and decided to do what I did with Gwen. What kid doesn’t love a bath in the kitchen sink?! But first some smash cake pics!

Kitchen Sink Bath

He loved the bubbles, splashing me and Gwen, and making a mess haha! I can’t believe he’s already one! His birthday was a weird January day – it was warm like Spring and we took a walk outside because I couldn’t resist. The day he was born was the complete opposite of that. It was a bad ice storm and school was closed.

Blooming Personalities

Nolan has the warmest eyes both big and brown. The softest eye lashes that I love so much and an adorable smile with about 5 or so teeth. He is for sure a mama’s boy and is definitely more introverted than his sister. Gwen and Nolan are almost at a good stage as far as playing together. There are blurts of moments where there is peace in the house and everyone is pleasantly playing together. But most of the time someone is screaming, pulling, biting the other. We’re a work in progress over here.

5 things to keep track of for memory’s sake:

1. Weekly pictures – print them at the end of the year at Artifact Uprising or Parabo Press
2. Quarterly themed photoshoots (Here’s my favorite of Gwen’s)
3. Buy a cheap calendar and write down milestones and memories
4. Create a shared album on Google Photos to share with family members who don’t see your kiddos often
5. Designate a storage container for each kid – keep your absolute favorite crafts/drawings etc.

These are just a few things I thought of that I did for both kids. After having Nolan, it is much harder to remember to write things down or keep a system organized. I tried to keep things simple and I’m not the type of person to keep everything. I certainly don’t photograph everything and genuinely do enjoy just being in the moment. A lot of times people think photographers are always documenting their children. It’s not an entirely true statement. I just choose to use my big camera for specific things or just a few pictures and then put it away to enjoy the rest of the day.

Hopefully you’ll be able to implement your own systems when it comes to recording memories and writing down those milestones. I don’t know if it’s because I’m tired all the time or if it just happens when you’re a mom but I forget everything. So I know I want to remember this chapter of my life when my babies are babies and I know a simplified system is the best method for me. What are ways that you record memories?