Illustrated Journal Faves

I mentioned that I keep an old school journal with watercolor illustrations. I'm embarrassed to admit that I never put together the all-important baby book of Kumi's first year. To make up for that, I thought I would record her second year with this handwritten/drawn chronicle of her development. The first book is from August 2007 to the end of November 2007. I'm now on book two, and I'm noticing a definite slowing of pace. I was full of enthusiasm throughout the first book and you can really see the difference in the illustrations.

Admittedly, the writing is very underwhelming in both books...by the time I can scramble a few minutes to jot something down, I can barely keep my eyes open and I can't remember the seven million adorable/annoying things that Kumi did. So each entry tends to be a laundry list of things we did in a very dry, uninteresting way. But the pictures are kind of pretty! Here are some of my favorites from the early part of Book One. I will post some more pages a little later. It's getting close to midnight and I still need to fold laundry...