@nigel thanks! I've been making these albums every year... starting in 2011. I have a gap from 2012-2014 but I picked up the habit again in 2015.
It's amazing to be able to show my child what my life was like before she was born... when I met daddy, etc.
I've been devotedly curating her photos since she was born (21000+ pics the first year!) and she loves to see what she was like as a baby and her very first years.
82 pages this year (an average of 40 photos per month), sometimes it's super hard to make selections! 😅
I also used the best photos to make 2026 calendars for my in-laws, my parents, my husband (each their own personalized version), as well as fridge magnets...