Gifts for Birth Parents, and other special people

One thing I enjoy doing as an adoptive Mom is making things for our Birth parents. I see how much it's appreciated and I put myself in their shoes and imagine how priceless it must be and how good it must feel that their adoptive parents care enough to do special things for them. I also think in the future that the kids will also appreciate the things I do for their birth parents.

I blogged about making a brown paper bag scrapbook album for Kayla's Birth Father before. I also made one for the kids' Birth Mother and just finished it up yesterday. Here is the front cover and an example of the inside.

Last night I google'd some other ways to create mini albums since my brown paper bags are packed away in storage some where. And I found  this: http://www.making-mini-scrapbooks.com/envelopebook.html
A mini scrapbook album made of envelopes. I only had 7 envelopes on hand but I made it work. I started one each for the kids' Birth Mother, and for Kayla's Birth Father. I got the books made and 2 pages of Birth Father's book done. Inside the first envelope is a coloring page that Kayla had colored some time ago. I think this is a great idea and plan to make more for other relatives, maybe as a Christmas gift.
Starting projects:

Inside Kayla's Birth Father's album:

Inside Birth Mother's album:

Backs of both albums:

First and second pages of Kayla's Birth Father's album:

I'm really happy with the envelope albums because you can stuff the envelopes with little surprises...but don't ask me which one I like best, because both are great!

On a side note: We have officially entered a new phase. We now have TWO toddlers who both think they KNOW IT ALL. I am wiped out along with being sick. But would not trade it for a second. I am hoping a certain little girl stays out of time out today so she can be treated to one of her favorite places...Chuck E. Cheese's. Shes been asking for months to go.