FROM THE HOSPITAL

1. The hospital bracelet
2. Baby’s first birth photograph
3. Copy of the birth certificate
4. Consider a printout of the hospital’s web site
   or a photo or postcard of the hospital
5. Baby’s belly button after it falls off.
   
   FIRST CLOTHES & TOYS
   
   
6. Baby’s first cuddly toy
7. Baby’s pacifiers
8. His/hers first rattles (or a first set of ‘keys’)
9. First booties or shoes
10. A tiny undershirt or infant sacque
11. Tiny diaper
    
    HEAR YE, HEAR YE!
    
    
12. Announcements of Baby’s birth
13. One or two notes of congratulations from family members written to you after baby’s birth.
    
    TODAY’S NEWS TOMORROW
    
    
14. The day's newspaper
15. Reader’s Digest or maybe one major news magazine such as Time.
    
    A SNAPSHOT OF LIFE
    
    
16. The Letter for the Future
17. Predictions as to what will happen in the future
    
    FROM SIBLINGS, WITH LOVE
    
    
18. Letters from close relatives like brothers,
    sisters, & cousins
19. Photos
20. One or two of their creations