Baby's 1st Year Book... some questions

[wvasweetness]

I have scrapped so many pages for Wesley's 1st year (Newborn - 12 months old) book that I'm not sure there's anything left to scrap, which is great b/c I'm super excited to get everything printed!! :thumbup:

But, I have a few questions...

Compilation...
a. Put all of Wesley's pages in one big "Baby's 1st Year" book, which would be more detailed than a traditional Baby Book. (But if do this, would I add just duplicate pages to our family scrapbook?
b. Put only select pages (like the "major milestones") into a Baby Book - just like a traditional Baby Book. And then put all of the other pages into the family scrapbook.


Printing...
a. Print the pages and put them into plastic sleeves and add to a post-bound 12x12 scrapbook. (I already have the scrapbook and the plastic page sleeves). The one good thing about doing this is that I can add pages, if I wanted to, in the future.
b. Get the pages printed in a bound photo-book. (Which would look really nice and "polished," but I wouldn't' be able to add pages without having the whole book re-printed.

If you've done something similar, what did you do? (And do you have pics?)

Any other ideas? Any input would be appreciated!

[ColleenSwerb]

I don't have a baby, so I'm useless.

But I would just do one big old book. Years down the road I would want to see more than just the milestones. I'd want to see the everyday moments that we shared that special first year.

[stayawake]

I'm working on my daughters baby album right now, to have it printed. I chose that option so I could design in 8x8 and design every page to match. It is all made using the same papers and elements so everything matches well, and my normal pages NEVER match. I love how it's turning out... but it's taking me forever!
Have fun with this. :)

[ajf9597]

Hmm...I would say a bound Baby's 1st year book, with at least they major milestones and I would probably put everything you have scrapped in there. Then if you add any later, add those to the family scrapbook and I would probably print some duplicate pages to put in the family scrapbook even though they were in the baby's first year book. Good luck :)

[wvasweetness]

So minus you two girls, noone else has scrapped a Baby Book???

[Tracyfish]

Well since I started L.J.'s in paper for his first year, no I haven't printed any of the digi first year LOs I've done. But...I started his second year with all digi and when I printed them I made sure there were no other pics that I might want to have in there.

Once I was positive I did 2 separate Shutterfly books. One June 06-Dec 06 and another Jan 07-Jun 07 (his birthday is in June). I separated them because of the number of pages in each one.

And I included every LO from that year of his life, not just milestones.

[BrattyMeg]

I don't scrap chronogically and I have Cam's First year paper scrapped...poor Ryleigh and Teaghan don't have much. I do print my Los though..I think I'd prefer them all in there, not just milestones. I too like looking at a page and remembering that exact moment, not just the milestones..all moments are of equal importance lol