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First Year

A calm month-by-month baby book with airy, timeless typography.

First Year is a minimalist baby book with a page for every month. Light, airy Josefin Sans and graceful serif italics sit quietly beside your photos, so the book feels as timeless in twenty years as it does today.

  • Month-by-month chapters
  • Plenty of white space
  • Timeless, gender-neutral palette
Orientation
Square
Available sizes
8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm) · 10 × 10 in (25 × 25 cm) · 12 × 12 in (30 × 30 cm)
Formats
Digital PDF · Shareable album · Softcover · Hardcover · Layflat Hardcover
Designed pages
20 pages + cover
Page count
Add or remove pages — 20 to 120 pages
Recommended photos
48–63 photos

Free to customise. You only pay when you order a print, PDF or share link.

Inside the album

Every page, ready for your photos

The complete demo album with sample photography. When you start your own project, frames are empty and waiting for your pictures — and every text can be rewritten.

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HELLO, LITTLE ONE
Born March 3rd at 2:15 am. Seven pounds, one ounce of pure magic.
Page 1
Rabbit standing up in front of a toddler
Day one.
ONE
Sleepy days, milky smiles
Girl in a blue shirt playing with soap bubbles
Boy standing beside a husky
Toddler sitting in a grassy field
Pages 2–3
Child peeking out from behind a giraffe toy
Girl holding a stick of pink candy floss
Meeting the family.
TWO
First real smile
Cozy, playfully designed child's room
Baby and dog watching the world outside together
Black and white teddy bear plush
Pages 4–5
Black and white owl plush toy
Tummy time champion.
THREE
Giggles and grabbing
White and black animal plush toy
Assortment of colourful plastic toys
Sandcastle decorated with shells on the beach
Pages 6–7
FOUR
Rolling everywhere
Pink sandcastle bucket on the shore
Orange and yellow chalk used by kids at play
Girl walking through a field among tall green trees
Three kids standing beside a building
Little girl looking through a spyglass from a tree house
Butterfly resting in a delighted child's hands
Black-and-white photo of children playing in a field
Pages 8–9
FIVE
First taste of banana
Colourful kite flying in the sky
Children playing at a playground near trees
Swing hanging from a tree
SIX
Sitting up tall
Man, woman and child holding hands on the seashore in summer
Family walking along the shore watching the sunset
Two children walking on the beach at sunset
Pages 10–11
Family walking on the beach with their dogs
Half a year of you.
SEVEN
First trip to the sea
Man and child looking out toward the mountains
Woman and young boy standing by the water
Camping family relaxing in the sun in the forest
Pages 12–13
EIGHT
Crawling, finally
Dad and brothers walking a dirt road on a backpacking trip
Girl picking apples in an orchard
Girl walking with a bucket of apples
NINE
Clapping and waving
Toddler held in a man's arm under a starry sky
Little boy in a red jacket walking by a lake in the French Alps
Family of three playing together in the winter snow
Pages 14–15
Child sitting on a soccer ball looking out at the ocean
Two children playing in the snow
TEN
Standing with help
Person in a black jacket beside a blue car on a Christmas tree hunt
Child in a black and white jacket walking along a dirt path
Man and woman sitting beside a toddler
Pages 16–17
ELEVEN
Mama, Dada, Dog
Woman in a red dress carrying a baby outdoors
Family of three lying together on a bed of flowers
Vintage black-and-white photo of men and boys camping beside a tent
TWELVE
One whole year
Toddler in a yellow raincoat on a rainy day
Rabbit standing up in front of a toddler
Boy standing beside a husky
Pages 18–19
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MILA
You have changed everything — beautifully.
Page 20

Sample photography by Natalya Zaritskaya, David Straight, Hendo Wang, Dana Cristea, Les Anderson, Greg Rosenke, Nathan Dumlao, Aubrey Odom, Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦, Aurelia Borzin, Andrew Liu, Altansukh E and 30 more on Unsplash.

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