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Occasion: First milestones keepsake
Shown as Jake, age band 0-4.
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Story excerpt
On the very first day, Jake was small enough to fit in two arms. Mom and Dad counted ten fingers and ten toes. One sleepy morning, Jake looked at Dad and smiled. Dad smiled back so big that Mom laughed out loud.
These pages come from a made-up family. The book you make uses your names, photos, and the details you share, and its story is written fresh.
Height marks, splash days, and the preschool coat hook
Parents and grandparents who want one keepsake of the firsts they are afraid of forgetting: a smile, a wobbly step, a word said in the kitchen, a pencil mark on the doorframe. This is not a party-theme birthday adventure.
It suits a first-year look back, a follow-up after a new-parent shower, or a grandparent who wants the year of firsts in one story to open on visits or on a video call. You choose the age they are now. The keepsake looks backward at the firsts you supply and lands there.
It is a read-aloud picture story, not a stack of blank journal lines to fill by hand, and not a leveled early reader. Questions about infant development belong with the child's pediatrician. The story does not diagnose, treat, or promise a milestone on a timetable.
What gets personalized
Choose a firsts focus, the age they are now, and optional notes about the firsts you care about: splash day at the lake, the kitchen height marks, a haircut cape, a tricycle in the driveway, the preschool coat hook. The scenes beside these words come from a milestones keepsake. The story you receive is written from what you share.
You upload a portrait and check the likeness before the full story is illustrated. Accept the proof before any paper ships. A PDF is part of the purchase. Parents, grandparents, and a dog or a cat can be in the cast when you want them. You do not have to fill every seat.
Format, price, and timing
Firsts pile up before you notice. The cards are the book totals. If you want a bound keepsake for a birthday or visit, check Pricing for production and transit. The digital copy is ready the day you approve the proof, and this milestones guide prints no order-by date.
Prices
Digital book
$15
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Every page illustrated
- Downloadable PDF
Digital + softcover
$35
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Your full custom story
- Every page illustrated
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Digital + hardcover
$45
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Everything in Softcover
- Durable hardcover binding
- Gift-ready finish
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Pricing shows these same totals.
Questions
What does the milestones keepsake actually hold?
The firsts you choose, landing on the age they are now. A smile, a first word, a doorframe pencil mark, a preschool morning, or a year of those moments can be the thread. It is a picture story an adult reads. Infant-development questions belong with the child's pediatrician.
How is this different from a party-year birthday adventure?
The first-birthday gift guide is a birthday adventure and a party-year frame. This keepsake is many firsts across the years you want to remember, and it shows milestones scenes rather than a garden party.
Can a grandparent place the order?
Yes. Parents often place it with a portrait they already have, or a grandparent places it with a portrait the parents send.
Will my copy repeat the keepsake shown beside these words?
No. Those scenes are a made-up family. Your story uses your portrait, your child's name, and the firsts you supply.