Do you look back at your baby pictures and wonder how you were EVER that tiny? How many times have your parents said, “It’s hard to believe you were so small when we brought you home”? Did your grandparents ever hold your baby booties in their palm and say, “I remember when you were this big!” The experience is similar for all of us when we look back on our childhood. The first couple years go so quickly and it’s rare that we remember anything from that early time.

When we start having our own children, however, we start wanting to hold on to the first precious moments with them, or at least secure some memories for our babies as they grow and mature. Personalized baby shoes are a wonderful – and increasingly popular – way of doing just that.

Here are some milestones we can mark for our children with touching and beautiful keepsakes:

By creating a scrapbook that includes tangible items like personalized baby booties or shoes, you can really create a ‘walk back in time’ for your child as she/he grows and for when they begin having a family of their own. There’s nothing like the experience of holding your baby’s first pair of shoes – embossed with their name and date of birth – in your hand. You truly begin to treasure the time with them and look forward to a day when they can show their kids and say, “Can you believe I used to fit in these?”