The saddest part of being a parent is that your child won’t stay a baby forever. They grow up, and their babbling sounds turn into real words. Before you know it, you can’t even remember what that babbling even sounded like. You have documented all those precious moments during infant and toddlerhood, but the feeling of those times begins to slowly fade.

It’s a strange time that we’re living in. Your phone is full of memories, and yet the feeling that you felt in those moments doesn’t feel the same anymore.

This is where Olive & Lark start the brand to take back those feelings and keep those memories alive.

They demand the opposite of what the world is asking of you. They want you to both capture the moment and also feel it.

• There is something special about putting one to paper that the screen of your cellphone will never replicate
• You can choose one moment that matters instead of keeping thousands of blurry photos that only half-capture the moment.
• You’re giving yourself the chance to reflect on your parenthood by physically filling out a book, quietly in reminiscence.

Take a step back to the physical; Olive & Lark help you remember the story. The digital world is fantastic for keeping track of things, but don’t forget that the physical world is where you’re supposed to keep the things that truly matter.

The Book Barricade

Most traditional baby books are bright and colorful and have a picture of some sort of animated animal on the cover. These books are designed to be filled with so much information that it stops feeling like a way of remembering things and more like something that’s going to add chaos and anxiety to your life.

They’re filled with things that nobody would ever care to remember. This is why these books usually end up in the bottom of a box that’s been packed into the basement. These books have a way of making you remember that there were milestones that you just didn’t keep track of and feel less like something that is there to keep memories alive. They prioritize trivial aspects, not the actual experience you go through with raising your own little human being.

The Olive & Lark Fix

The members behind this brand have felt the very same frustration that you have. This is why their design is simple yet sustainable and actually feels like a keepsake for you, baby.

They have curated their book in a way that makes you realize that the smaller things matter.

• Your surroundings: They don’t just simply want the date of birth; they ask you to describe how your home felt in those early weeks after birth, when every day feels like they’re blurring together.
• They want you to remember the small details, like the quirks that make your little one who they are.

This moves away from the traditional focus of when a specific event took place to how you felt in those moments. That’s what makes this brand so different from the rest of the books on the market. It’s about removing unnecessary clutter and capturing the heart and soul of your family as you enter a new chapter of life.

The First Five Years

The best part of this book is that they don’t just focus on the first year of your baby’s life. There is an idea that the first year is the only one that needs to be documented… after that, it’s like the memories no longer matter.

The real memories start between the ages of two and five.

This is when your newborn baby starts becoming a real person:

• This is when they start laughing
• This is when they start to discover what they like and what they don’t.
• This is when they start trying to talk, mispronouncing words that you know they’ll eventually get right.

They cover the first five years of your baby’s memories before they are shadowed by the chaotic real world of school and school sporting events.

They’ve designed this with a clear layout. They’ve allowed a space for you to include actual, hard-copy photos. The spaces provided are big enough for photos that are 4×6 to fit in the whole memory.

The open space is an intentional design that allows you the choice to just write what you feel in that moment. It turns the experience into something worth your while, a time of reflecting and enjoying every moment. A space for you to write the story of who your little baby is growing up to be.

Does the Physical Matter

Can you honestly say that you appreciate an emailed letter more than a handwritten one? It feels more special and more personal to have something that you can physically hold.

The brand uses archival-grade paper that is durable. Making it perfect for the now and to keep for the long game so that your child can look back at their own memories from childhood while they’re entering adulthood.

• Your handwriting in the messy, blurry moments when you first bring your baby home tells a story.
• Your child will be able to relive their first years.
• This is not the kind of feeling you can get from looking through digital photos.

By choosing Olive & Lark, you’re telling your baby that you were present during those early developmental years but also that you saw them completely, that you noticed the little things, and that you cared enough to capture and write down every small detail.

Building Your Baby’s Legacy

They focus on the creation of meaningful heirlooms, which might sound like just another marketing term, but it carries something so meaningful and very deep.

The brand turns the chaos into something meaningful and allow you to document everything from the messy and chaotic to the beautiful, fun, and loving moments.

They believe that as a parent, you shouldn’t just have to survive another day on your own; you should be allowed to give yourself time to reflect and to find a reason to be grateful for your children and the life that you have given them.

The Olive & Lark Baby Book Keepsake is here to:

• Shift the perspective
• Document your reality
• Give your child the gift of feeling seen

Designed For Your Baby

This isn’t for you as the parent; it’s for your baby. It’s for the version of them in twenty years’ time, when they’re having a bad day and they need to be reminded of the good in the world. It’s a way of reminding your baby that they were loved and cared for from day one.

It’s the best gift that you can possibly give them. Memories that they can treasure.