Hubs bought a silver eagle minted the year Jr was born. I buy or make a Christmas ornament every year for him.

Skip the lottery ticket and buy them each a solominer 😆

Before kids, we had cats... Every cat we brought home had to get acclimatized, so it would first stay in the bathroom, then slowly discover the rest of the place and meet the other cats. So when we brought our kids home, they also had to stop in the bathroom. Symbolically, of course. That is our tradition for bringing home a newborn. Some might say we are weird, but we prefer the word avant-garde.

Bronzed first baby shoes?

Love this 😂

No baby traditions. Sorry. But, there is a tradition i started almost five years ago: annual hunting trips in the Catskills up at my uncle's estate

Our family reuses a lot of things that were used when we were children. Not so much taking home the newbie things though.

Wrote our first a letter

Just yesterday while at my 25 y/o daughter’s apartment where I was delivering vegetable soup because she was under the weather, she pulled out the tiny quilted blanket I made for her and she lovingly snuggled it. So much love in that blanket (and in the soup).

How did it end up going? Was it a big hit or was he like meh in 2024?

That is a very nice idea, great execution and amazing outcome! I think OP should definitely consider it. Time Capsule FTW!