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October 30, 2007

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A happy customer

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Annabel and I love receiving emails from customers saying how much they love our books. Actually love is an understatement, but I can’t think of a bigger word! It can really make our day!!

Madeline emailed us a while ago, looking for extra pages for her A Book About Me. Then she emailed again for more, then again last week. This was a record, I was curious. So I asked Madeline if she would share some photos of her book (and her gorgeous son Zedekiah). Madeline was very generous in obliging, and I thought it might give some people some inspiration and ideas.

Zedekiah is going to LOVE looking at this book even in just a couple of years time. Even I get teary looking at it, and I’ve never met this family!!
Madeline’s big tip was is “to get your photos printed 7.5 x 7.5cm so they fit nicely in the allotted spaces & you can fit two side by side then too.”
When I get back from a couple of weeks holiday, I promise to include some photos of Monica’s baby book, so you can see something from the ‘less effort’ end of the spectrum. I love seeing people’s work with more talent, just sad that I am not one of them!
If you have any photos or ideas that you would like to share please email me fiona@milestonepress.com.au

October 22, 2007

Not a diary keeper……

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I really have to apologise. Fiona and I are taking turns to do the blog and I am not a diary writer or keeper, so you will notice when it is my turn it will probably be a little late, or not happen at all…… Which is why I love our baby books. I can honestly say that Emily’s and Georgia’s books are filled. I love the prompts. This means that I write in the spaces provided and I don’t have to think myself. On the back of the pages I stick photos. The books look bright, colourful and filled in!!

In the girls books we do have a few blank pages. My pets is one. I would like to get the girls a puppy at some stage, but as much as they would love it, the timing at the moment is not right. Apparently a good stage to think about getting a dog would be when everyone is toilet trained. I think that sounds like a great idea.

Speaking of dogs……my grandparents (91 and 86) just got a maltese x poodle called Harry. I hear that he is very cute.

My niece turned 4 today. This means that my parents have grandchildren the following ages, 6, 2 x 4, 3, 2, 2 x 1. I better go as we are having cake and presents there shortly

October 12, 2007

Another Family Milestone

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My eldest son Ben turned 6 on Wednesday. I think that nothing illustrates the passing of time better than your own children’s birthdays and milestones.

It is the first birthday that I haven’t been able to ‘officially’ update his progress in his copy of A Book About Me. Being the co-owner of the business does have its privileges, and I have appropriated a spare packet of blank sheets, and just made some notes and pasted some photos. At this rate, Ben’s baby book should continue until sometime after he has his own child! Milestone Press do have sell extra sheets of blank paper, that just has the stripes across the top. It is $6 for a packet of 10 including postage in Australia. Just email us at sales@milestonepress.com.au and we can help you out.

Ben’s baby book started as a Winnie the Pooh version that Annabel gave him when he was born. I think I managed to write when he got his first tooth but I kind of got side tracked after that….I would be at mother’s group and be asked if Ben had his two year old molars yet. No idea. After much wiggling, Ben lost his first tooth a few weeks back - I did manage to jot that down, but I think losing teeth will lose some excitement from a parental perspective. When Annabel and I designed the layout for A Book About Me, I ensured that Teeth could be an ‘optional’ page for slackers like me, or standard for those parents more aware of their children’s dental progress.

Better go, and get a start on Ben’s 6 shaped cake that he agonisingly selected from the Women’s Weekly cookbook…. another special family tradition! Fiona

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