Sticking Together Crew

[AmaryllisRed]

Thinking I need to do something with all my pictures... I have so many that I've taken of Thomas in the last four years, and now with Samuel... and most of them on my phone... and then I delete them... so they only exist on my netbook's hard drive... which I've had for a few years, so it's bound to crash... and then no more pics...

Ideas?

At least with Thomas, I used a disposable camera sometimes and so still had actual photos...
I'm thinking I'm going to get a flash drive for starters (or maybe more than one) and copy EVERYTHING.
But I'd like to do like an album or a scrapbook or at least do prints, like at walmart or something...
What do you all suggest? Scrapbooks are nice, but so much work!

 

[sspencer99]

Morning all

Jen buy a hard drive and put all your pics on that they tend to be pretty reliable and you can plug them in to any pc xx
Xx

 

[sept10]

Jen - look at website photobox.co.uk i'm sure there is an american equivalent....put your photos in a photobook...i did one for my wedding and its great. you could do Thomas 0-4years etc.....or a family album!! its really easy just upload photos then select what album you want and which photos you want were...you can add in writing as well!

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Stacey-- thanks-- I was talking to DH and he said he has a hard drive I can put them on. So happy I don't have to buy anything.

Sarah-- thanks. I think we have several similar companies in the US but I'm not really sure... So you just upload the photos that you want and create the book and then they mail it to you? I know this is a weird question but do you have photos of your photobook?
It sounds a lot easier than actually spending the time to make a scrapbook... and I'm going to be spending money either way... I'll look into it.

 

[sept10]

i'll take some photos of my book to show you x

 

[sept10]

not allowing me to upload pictures at the moment.....will try again later x

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Awww, well thanks anyway! Whenever you get a chance to try again.

Gorgeous weather here today. 70's and sunny... supposed to be highs in the 70s all week. Yay for lots of outdoor time, I hope.

Those of you who use bottles, what kind do you have? I need to get some bigger ones for when Samuel is taking more than 5 oz (will be awhile yet but trying to be prepared) and I don't love the gerber ones that we have... So I'm thinking of getting some more expensive ones in the larger size... not super expensive, but a little nicer than what we have. Suggestions?

Also, I want to get him a playmat of some sort so he can play on the floor... the jungle one is everywhere...
And I need to get him a very manly looking hat since all his outfits are neutral. I don't want people being confused!!

 

[lilrojo]

Jen i use the cheap ones from walmart.. not sure the brand munchkin maybe.. and i have some evenflow from kmart that i bought after mckenna was born and left them in the pkg. Bryce likes the cheap ones from walmart though.. will take a pic and show you tomorrow with my phone.. lol they have like animals and sealife prints on them.. they are only 297 for 3 or 97 cents for one..

You could use shutterfly and make a photo book or album i believe.. thats what i use all the time.. although im getting a hard drive too in case my pc crashes ever.. i print my pics off at walgreens though..

 

[sept10]

hmmm still can't upload pictures....says there is a security token missing and to contact administrator....don't know how to do that....anyone else unable to upload pics?

tried to give darragh a bottle of expressed yesterday and it was a complete trauma....he screamed and chocked on the bottle....ended up breast feeding him then later when he settled managed to get 1 fl oz from the bottle into him bt as soon as i got DH to hold the bottle and darragh caught sight of him he screamed and refused the bottle again!!!!!!!1HELP!!!! i really want him to take it so i can get a life of some kind!!!

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Sarah-- so he took an ounce from the bottle when you were holding it? Can you let DH hold it and just stand really close? Sort of trick him? Sorry, I have no good advice but I hope it gets better for you.

Logan-- thanks... I found shutterfly and snapfish last night... and actually walgreens does photo books, too... will have to go through all my pics and organize them and then decide how big of a book I need and then hopefully I can get a deal.

I also need to schedule some professional pics. I know it can get super expensive, but maybe we can get away with just the minimum. We never did newborn pics with Thomas and it's something I miss. Of course, we did his first Christmas and he was only three months. Samuel's first Christmas he'll be a lot older, so we can't wait that long.

 

[lilrojo]

Jen the bottles are parents chice from walmart not muchkin lol

my sister did bryces newborn pics i love them i did his 1 month and she edited them

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Logan, I love all the pics you've posted on fb... that's part of what made me think I need to take Samuel. You never get these days back!!

 

[lilrojo]

thanks jen, i have been taking lots of pics and no you cant they grow and change sooo quickly...

i didnt do the same sort with mckenna but i have plenty of baby pics of her haha

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Happy mother's day to all you UK ladies!! (How exciting to finally say that to ALL of us?!)

 

[sspencer99]

Happy mothers day been a busy one for me
Had dinner with mum n then went to see my nan and the rest of the family xxx

Hope everyone is having a good day xxx

 

[sspencer99]

Happy mothers day been a busy one for me
Had dinner with mum n then went to see my nan and the rest of the family xxx

Hope everyone is having a good day xxx

 

[AmaryllisRed]

So quiet in here!! My goodness!! Come on, ladies!! Where is everyone?
My dad stopped by today. Blah blah blah.
DH is still sleeping.

 

[lilrojo]

Jen were tired lol.. were either busy mommies or busy preggos

 

[AmaryllisRed]

I'm tired, too. Someday Samuel will sleep and I will not have a million bazillion things to do besides sleep myself.

Created my parenting journal but there's nothing there yet.

 

[lilrojo]

ha well im stalking ur empty journal