Well we are really getting close now people. Today we officially moved in on our new server, which we’re proud to be hosting at Media Temple, one of the best hosts in the industry. If you’re reading this, then you’re accessing our new server. Now we have a bunch of final testing and tweaking to do, then we’ll be ready to send out invites to our private beta!

Most of you will already know who you are, but everyone on our private beta list will hopefully be getting their invitation in about 2 weeks!

We’re getting excited now!

We’re getting really close to launching the site, so I’ve been designing some cool layout designs for you to choose from. I thought I’d let you in for a little sneak peek, so here are some sections from 2 of the upcoming designs.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that you will not find designs like these on any other scrapbooking site out there. You are going to end up with a really cool website for your child’s memories to live on. Trust me.

Well that’s all I have to show you for now, but check back soon for more sneak peeks, and details on when we’ll be publicly accessible. Have a great Christmas/Holiday season.

It occurred to me yesterday, while celebrating Thanksgiving, that the day is a perfect testament to part of what we’re trying to do with MyBabyOurBaby. It’s a day when families come together and get to see each other, to connect again (even if it’s only for one day) and to share stories about what has been happening in their lives.

At the Thanksgiving party I attended, there was family from all over California, and from as far away as Washington, DC. In amongst it all, there were 2 babies under the age of 1, and 2 other children under the age of 6. For some people there, it was the first time they were meeting these little people who were a part of their own family.

Something we’re hoping to see with MyBabyOurBaby is the ability for families like this to be able to share more of the lives of their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews etc with each other. We’re providing a secure environment where Mom in Washington can post pictures of bub and have family in California keep up with how quickly they grow up.

Hopefully we can make the world a little bit smaller for the families who want to spend more time together, but can’t.

Since I live in Hawaii, I was able to go check out the New Baby & Kids Expo this year. It was my first baby-related convention and it was a good time. There were about 500 booths and a lot of potential advertisers and partners for the MyBabyOurBaby.com community. I have to say it was definitely worth the hour we spent in traffic trying to get there.

New Baby & Kids Expo 2007
777 Ward Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96814
www.newbabyandkids.com

We’re getting closer to launch folks!

The closer we get, the more we want to make sure we have the best possible features available. Apart from spending sleepless nights working on the site, that also means finding the right partners to work with to bring you some extra fun stuff. Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Book Printing - someone that can take an import of photos and stories and create a professionally printed book (we have some options, but we’re not 100% sold any of them just yet)
• Video Hosting - a service will allow our users to easily upload their own videos in any format from our posting tool, then embed the videos on their online book (in a player like YouTube) .
• Photo Products - we’d also like to let our users print their baby memories on anything: t-shirts, coffee mugs, postcards, etc. There are a lot of options out there for this one, so if you have any preferences, let us know.

If you happen to run a company fitting one of these descriptions, or know of some great companies that handle any of our needs, please let us know in the comments or via email.

We’re still sweeping up the mess and clearing the dust from moving in, but stay tuned for updates on the development progress of the baby scrapbooking website that everyone is going to be talking about.