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Keeping a journal cannot only be beneficial to you as an individual, but it can also be a benefit to your family. Do you remember family vacation to Disneyland when you were 12? What about your parent's 20-year anniversary? Or your birthday party when you turned 15? The new house you moved into in 8th grade? High school graduation?

All those family memories from family events -- all those moments in time, now past.

A family journal is a book, or a series of books, where family members can journal about any event that has taken place. For example, there could be one individual journal that you take to every family reunion to capture current events year to year. It could have photos, memorabilia and journal entries from those who attended reunion. The journal could also include letters, announcements and other updates from family members.

Parents can journal daily to their children and include photos, drawings and other memorabilia. Grandparents can create a family journal filled with pictures, thoughts, and experiences of grandkids. Children can start a journal to their parents, sharing their experiences, dreams and desires. The family can keep a sports, singing, dance, or other activities journal to record memorable moments and events.

As such, coming of a baby (whether girl or boy) always gives a family and their friends a great occasion for rejoicing. The baby showers honor would-be-mothers and makes period of anticipation a little easier for her.

The baby shower ceremonies are usually celebrated during pregnancy period. By convention, baby showers are held for first child. Baby showers are organized to receive or arrange funds for would-be parents. This is an immense help for first time parents-to-be.

The guests may also make gifts for baby-to-be born. This gives parents a chance to gather things that they might find difficult to arrange out of sheer ignorance or due to costs involved. With families becoming smaller, each child gets more individual attention and baby shower ceremonies have become more common in past 15 years.

Following tradition, baby showers are organized by family friends, rather than by immediate families. Actually, immediate families of couple (would-be-parents) are chief guests. Close friends, relatives and even neighbors with whom would-be-mother is on intimate terms make it to invited circle.

This alleviates spirit of would-be-mother and hence host of shower, needs to make wise choice of guests while sending out baby girl shower invitations. The guests should receive baby girl shower invitations well in time, say about two weeks ahead, so that they can surely make it to celebration.