Precious Scrapbook Page

This is my baby picture!  My mom named it precious, because it was the picture she took to the hospital when I was 11 months old.  She went there to have my sister, Andie, and had to bring my picture because she didn't want to leave her baby girl at home!

 I was the seventh child of nine and Mom stopped doing baby books with the fifth child.  This may be the reason I started scrapbooking, because I wanted my kids to have their own baby books with my memories in them.  Then I decided I should have a baby book too!

Book of Me again

Another installment of Book of Me.  This was for a VC Rocks Tags & Toppers swap.  I know it sounds kind of conceited, but I was thinking that my kids have often seen me down on myself & so I thought it would be great to show them (or maybe their kids) that there are things I enjoyed in my life.  I did tape down the "me" with removable adhesive, in case someone wanted to use it for their loved one.

And here it is all on a finished page.  I will have to remember that when in a hospital, sitting for hours on end, it's easy to do journaling.  Why didn't I think of that before?  Better late than never, right?  :)

Starting on My Book of Me

Actually, this is my page from Mom's & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary Album.  And now it's my first page in My Book of Me!  Look how cute I was!  Even then I was a little big - old time baby carrier.  That's me playing the accordian, sitting in the rocker with my sister, Andie.  Sisters, Ellen and Paula are on the floor.  I can't believe they actually let me have a turn with the accordian.  In the bottom family photo, this is as big as my hair could get in the 90's.  (Oh, I miss my little ones!)  I am the 7th child of 9, the 5th daughter of 6, the mother of only 3.