For those of you who have been pregnant or have lived with someone pregnant, you’re likely aware of the “nesting instinct” that sets in just before baby arrives. This instinct causes many women to make cleaning, shopping and organizing top priorities. At 39 weeks pregnant, I had cleaned everything, bought all that I could, and organized and reorganized every nook and cranny in the house. When there was nothing left to do, I came up with something … getting a jump-start on baby’s first photo book.

Baby photo books made at Inkubook are printed on 100 lb. archival-quality
silk paper, which means they will stand up to years of enjoyment.

When my first daughter was born two years ago, I made a baby photo book  outlining our trip to the hospital, her birth, our time at the hospital, her first car ride and the first 72 hours at home, including her first bath on the kitchen counter. I finally got around to making that book when she was about 8 months old. I wish I had made that photo book sooner, when the events were fresher in my sleep-deprived mind.

This time would be different. This time, I had experience and a little inspiration from Laura, the professional organizer, mom of three and blogger of OrgJunkie on my side. Having made a baby photo book like this before, I already knew what sort of pictures I wanted to include. So, I logged on to Inkubook.com, and started the Simple Square baby photo book. The 8.5 square soft cover book fits nicely on a bookshelf and coffee table and in the diaper bag. I chose the Baby’s 1st Year theme. And in my super-organization state-of-mind, I began to lay out the photo book and write in some of the text I know I’ll want.

Photos you might want to include in your baby photo book:
- Mommy’s belly before and at hospital
- Cord cutting, hospital bath, bracelet
- Mommy, daddy, sibling, grandparents w/baby
- “Birth day” cake
- Car ride home
- First 72 hours at home – feeding, changing, napping, bath

After baby girl arrives and is finally taking a nap longer than 20 minutes, I’ll be able to upload all of the photos and place them in the book, share it with family and friends through Inkubook’s Invite Friends feature and order the photo book before she wakes for her next feeding. How’s that for organized?

Spring might not have officially sprung yet, but it’s not far off. Soon it will be time for gardening, soccer, baseball, Mother’s Day and graduation parties – all fantastic photo book-worthy occasions. At Inkubook, we’ve been busy getting ready for the spring photo book season by making several improvements, including enhancements like deleting photos from your photo gallery, working with text in your photo book, new photo book backgrounds & layouts and more.

To help launch you into spring, Inkubook has a sweet BOGO offer to share with you: Buy one photo book of any size or page count and get a second copy of the same photo book free!  With savings of up to $69.95, now is a great time to make a drop-dead gorgeous photo book. Make one as a gift and keep one for yourself!

Don’t miss out. This offer ends St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2009. Just enter coupon code SPRINGBOGO during checkout to save some serious green! Offer cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion. Coupon code may be used one time per customer for one photo book.