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, this is your very own special book! It was selected for you even before you were born. It is filled with all the important things in your life. It is about YOU, your family, your home, and your world. Do you remember when you were a tiny little baby? Do you remember when you first crawled and what your favorite first food was? What made you laugh when you were little and what made you really, really mad? What were your favorite games, songs, and books? the big book of will remind you. Youll love your special book when you are two, and youll love it when you are all grown-up. Help to fill it in and record everything from your first five years. We want this book to show you what a special person you are and how very much loved you are.
me
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my baby book
Welcome Books
New York
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b o g i o b k
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San Francisco
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table of contents
In Anticipation . . . . . . . . 6 My Familys History. . . . . . 8 Mommy & Daddy. . . . . . . . . . 10 My Grandparents . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 My Shower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 I Arrive! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 My Baby Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Predictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Little Bits of Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 My World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Record of Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 My First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sweet Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Favorite Things. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Thats Funny!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Im Mad! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Bathtime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 I Love Food! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Musical Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 My Artworks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
38 . . . . . . .Record of Cute Sayings & Sensible Remarks 40 . . . . . . . .Mommy and Me 42 . . . . . . . . Daddy and Me 44 . . . . My Family and Me 46 . . . . . . . . . . .Best Friends 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Am What I Am! 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Its Spring 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summertime Fun 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Its Fall 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wintertime Fun 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Outings 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .Travels 60 . . . . . . . . . . Holidays & Special Events 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Me, Month by Month 70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My First Birthday 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Im Two! 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Im Three! 74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Im Four! 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Im Five! 76 . . . . . . . . . . So Much to Remember
In Anticipation
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My Familys History
If you become a bird and fly away from me, said his mother,
I will be a tree that you come home to.
T H E R U N AWAY B U N N Y , M A R G A R E T W I S E B R O W N
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family tree
Me Sibling(s) Sibling(s)
Mother
Father
Maternal Grandparents
Paternal Grandparents
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My daddys name is He was born on He was born in and raised in He spends his time
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My Grandparents
My dads moms name is Her birthdate is She was born in Her interests and hobbies:
My dads dads name is His birthdate is He was born in His interests and hobbies:
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My moms dads name is His birthdate is He was born in His interests and hobbies:
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My Shower
It was the first party to which Roo
had ever been, and he was very excited.
W I N N I E - T H E -P O O H , A . A . M I L N E
My shower was on It was given by at Guests Gifts
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I Arrive!
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eyes
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My Baby Announcement
The first cry of a newborn baby in Chicago or Zamboango,
in Amsterdam or Rangoon, has the same pitch and key, each saying, I am! I have come through! I belong! I am a member of the Family!
CARL SANDBURG
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Predictions
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
OH,
THE
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Little Bits of Me
I started teething on I got my first tooth on I got my second tooth on
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me with teeth
a lock of my hair
Everybody says my hair is just like
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left hand
right hand
left foot
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right foot
My World
When I was born important world events were The president was The music Mommy and Daddy were listening to was Their favorite movies and television shows were
The price of things: postage stamp milk newspaper Other signs of the times were
Home
The third little pig worked from morning til night
and built himself a beautiful house of bricks.
T H E T H R E E L I T T L E P I G S
My address is I live with The favorite things in my room are
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Record of Growth
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells, And pretty maids all in a row.
MOTHER
GOOSE
age
1 week
weight
height
2 weeks
1 year
9 months
7 months
5 months
3 months
2 months
1 month
18 months
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little me
medium me
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big me!
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My First Time
Smiling Holding head up Rolling over Laughing Sitting up Eating solid food Crawling Standing up Other great achievements Playing peekaboo Waving bye-bye Stepping Talking Walking Climbing up stairs Running Humming and singing
I smiled for the first time at I laughed out loud for the first time when My first solid food was I took my first steps toward My first words and sentences were
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Sweet Dreams
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a little angel
I finally slept through the night on My favorite things for bedtime are
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Some of my mommy and daddys thoughts and dreams when I was little:
Favorite Things
The world is so full of a number of things,
Im sure we should all be as happy as kings.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
My favorite toys:
My favorite games:
My favorite books:
My favorite rhymes:
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Thats Funny!
Hey, diddle diddle!
4" The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
MOTHER GOOSE
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Im Mad!
But I don't want to go among mad people, said Alice.
Oh, you can't help that, said the cat. We're all mad here.
ALICES ADVENTURES
Things that make me sad: Things that make me mad: When I am mad I I always feel better when
IN
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Bathtime
Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub,
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.
MOTHER GOOSE
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I Love Food!
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Say! I like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!
GREEN EGGS
AND
HAM, DR . SEUSS
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Musical Me
My favorite songs are
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My Artworks
And he set off on his walk,
taking his big purple crayon with him.
H A R O L D A N D T H E P U R P L E C R AY O N , CROCKETT JOHNSON
My first attempts at art: My moms praises:
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Mommy and Me
The favorite things I like to do with Mommy are
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Daddy and Me
HOP POP
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POP, DR . SEUSS
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My Family and Me
A family is
everybody all together.
A BABY SISTER FOR FRANCES, RUSSEL HOBAN
The special members of my family are
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Best Friends
name age things we do name age things we do
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I Am What I Am!
When I was a year old, I had these character traits:
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Its Spring
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Summertime Fun
The fun things I do during the summer:
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Its Fall
The special things I do in the fall:
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Wintertime Fun
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Outings
I went to the animal fair;
the birds and the beasts were there. The big baboon by the light of the moon, was combing his auburn hair. The monkey, he got drunk; he sat on the elephants trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell to his knees and that was the end of the monk!
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Travels
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Travels
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BABAR, JEAN
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Notes
THE
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Date
Notes
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My First Birthday
I celebrated my first birthday on The party was at My guests included
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Its my birthday.
The happiest day of the year.
E E Y O R E , W I N N I E - T H E -P O O H , A . A . M I L N E
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Im Two!
We celebrated my second birthday I am two years old now! The amazing things I can do are
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Im Three!
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Im Four!
We celebrated my fourth birthday I am four years old now! The amazing things I can do are
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Im Five!
All children, except one, grow up.
P E T E R P A N , J. M . B A R R I E
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So Much to Remember
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So Much to Remember
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Published in 2009 by Welcome Books An imprint of Welcome Enterprises, Inc. 6 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 989-3200; Fax (212) 989-3205 www.welcomebooks.com Text by Alice Wong Designed by Naomi Irie Illustrations Credits Back cover: Hilda Austin; page 4: Edna Cooke; page 20: P. Ebner; pages 23, 26, 41, 52, 56, 69: Rosie Oneil; page 25: C. M. Burd; page 34: Pete Fraser; page 35: E. Curtis; page 46: Charlotte Becker; page 54: Margaret Evans Price; page 60: H. Q. C. Marsh; page 67: G. G. Drayton; page 73: C. Twelvetrees; page 77: Torre Bevans. Copyright 2009 by Welcome Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on file. ISBN: 978-1-59962-070-1 Printed in China Second Edition 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2