Month-By-Month Baby Pictures {Craft/Project}

Today, I’m taking a quick break from recipe-posting to share a fun little project that I did with Fearless Baby over her first 18 months: Month-by-month pictures! This was super easy, relatively quick, free, and helped me capture memories from those early months that I will treasure forever. I’m not sure where I first saw the idea a few years ago (maybe on Facebook or Pinterest?), but I remember making a mental note that I SO wanted to do that when I had a child. And I did! =)

The premise is simple: I photographed Baby in the same chair, with the same stuffed bunny, every month from 1-18. I didn’t buy any special outfits for the photos – I just chose something that I had loved seeing her wear in that given month (and in the last two pictures, she helped me select her outfit, which was fun). And I wasn’t super fussy about the actual date of the picture – some months, I took it a bit early. Some months, a bit late. Whatever worked with our schedule/mood that month.

I initially thought I’d stop with the pictures after 12 months, but I was enjoying taking them so much (+ Baby truly *loves* having her picture taken), so I decided to keep it up for a few months longer, until we reached 18 months, which felt like a good stopping point. I am hoping to still take a yearly birthday picture in that same chair each June – we’ll see if we’re able to complete that goal!