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![[ features gifted items ] :: finally getting round to finishing Emilia’s memory box! I purchased a personalised box just before Emilia’s First Birthday (as a birthday box to pop a few extra special little gifts in each year) and so I knew this engraved memory box very kindly gifted by @fredandrobin (who create the most beautifully whimsical pieces) would be perfect for the job of keeping all Emilia’s very first mementoes safe. We were also gifted one of these darling little robin clothes hanger, personalised with Emilia’s name – which is currently being used to display one of Emilia’s first summer rompers 🧡
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Up until this point I had kept all of these special items in a cardboard box; the first knitted hat she wore moments after birth, hospital bands, her first sleepsuit, going home outfit, hand/footprints, first rattle, shoes (the list goes on ☺️) – even a teeny tiny nappy! Oh and yes, I even boxed up the stump of her umbilical cord.
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I’ve always been hugely sentimental and have a small collection of mementoes from almost every phase of my life growing up. Sadly, my mum didn’t keep many items from my baby years other than photos, so I think this is why I love saving these little treasures, for myself but especially for Emilia. Whenever I look at these items, they always bring back such special feelings and memories that I wonder would they have been forgotten without these keepsakes to link them...
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I’ll also be popping in some copies of ultrasound scans, her monthly milestone photos and ‘one second everyday’ video from her first year and I would love to somehow save the sound of her heartbeat from one of our midwife appointments onto a little tape ❤️
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What special keepsakes do you have from your baby years and did this affect how you chose to document this fleeting time for yourself and your children? ✨](http://scontent-frt3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440a/s640x640/72719219_1793659484101653_8059061830587765509_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=109&oh=3aef23d68ed70d4b7208688c5bd84b55&oe=5E757106 "[ features gifted items ] :: finally getting round to finishing Emilia’s memory box! I purchased a personalised box just before Emilia’s First Birthday (as a birthday box to pop a few extra special little gifts in each year) and so I knew this engraved memory box very kindly gifted by @fredandrobin (who create the most beautifully whimsical pieces) would be perfect for the job of keeping all Emilia’s very first mementoes safe. We were also gifted one of these darling little robin clothes hanger, personalised with Emilia’s name – which is currently being used to display one of Emilia’s first summer rompers 🧡
.
Up until this point I had kept all of these special items in a cardboard box; the first knitted hat she wore moments after birth, hospital bands, her first sleepsuit, going home outfit, hand/footprints, first rattle, shoes (the list goes on ☺️) – even a teeny tiny nappy! Oh and yes, I even boxed up the stump of her umbilical cord.
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I’ve always been hugely sentimental and have a small collection of mementoes from almost every phase of my life growing up. Sadly, my mum didn’t keep many items from my baby years other than photos, so I think this is why I love saving these little treasures, for myself but especially for Emilia. Whenever I look at these items, they always bring back such special feelings and memories that I wonder would they have been forgotten without these keepsakes to link them...
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I’ll also be popping in some copies of ultrasound scans, her monthly milestone photos and ‘one second everyday’ video from her first year and I would love to somehow save the sound of her heartbeat from one of our midwife appointments onto a little tape ❤️
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What special keepsakes do you have from your baby years and did this affect how you chose to document this fleeting time for yourself and your children? ✨")
