1. Don't start in the past
   Start in the present and work forward. Do pages based on current events and move forward in time. Only go back and do older photos and events when you have caught up on the present. And then only tackle one historical theme/page at a time. Then go back to the present. The huge task of documenting your child's life from age 1-12 won't seem so overwhelming.
    
2. Prep your historical memories
   That way you'll be ready to put everything into pages whenever you have the time. Use a file box and folders. Label each folder and sort all of your memories by person, age, theme, event, or however you plan to organize your scrapbooks. Don't worry about cropping or journaling at this stage. Only focus on sorting so that all the pictures, souvenirs, newspaper clippings, etc. for one event are stored together in a file.
   
   Then when you have some extra time focus on just one of your folders. The task won't seem so overwhelming. You'll be able to finish those old folders over the next few months, all the while keeping up with your current scrapbooking projects.
    
3. Don't forget the journaling
   An important part of each scrapbook, journaling is the key to remembering cherished events. A great tip for journaling is not to just to focus on the details of an event, include everyone's emotions and reactions. Add funny bits of dialog or explain how an event brought family members closer together (for example...include journaling that depicts how a feuding brother and sister bonded over a funny or special event). In the years to come, the journaling will make you smile, laugh and cry more so than any neatly decorated pages with pictures alone.

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