So often a baby's first picture is ultrasonic. A mother, anticipating her child's arrival, begins the attachment process with that first photograph. What about those high-risk infants who find themselves in the foster care system or the adoptive process- those newborns that did not begin life under perfect circumstances or through no fault of their own later find themselves a victim of circumstance?  The nurse is often the one who experiences and witnesses the newborn’s accomplishments and first milestones in the hospital.  The nurse is there: caring for the baby from the delivery to extubation, phototherapy and gavage feeding, to taking the first bottle and going into a crib.  The nurse is there.  It is vital for that nurse to fill the void or bridge the gap for these infants and their families by capturing lasting memories that facilitate the bonding process. Little references or guidelines have been established to assist the nurse caring for these special newborns.  With little cost and effort the NICU nurse can preserve memories that will give the infants and their family a foundation that can never be recreated.