Susanna is 22! Here's what she was like as a little girl.  After having 5 boys, I was pretty excited to have a baby girl. In Susanna's baby book, I wrote that she was a very popular baby at church and she would let people hold her without complaining. She was friendly to people at church and would give them hugs when she was older. We all loved her dimples. When she was almost two she would say, "Susanna cute!" She got told that a lot. We called her hair bows and ribbons "cute-cutes".  She would call ponytails, "tails" and enjoyed getting her hair done especially getting it curled.  When she was about 3 and a half years, she was lying on the floor while I helped someone practice the piano. I told her, "Susanna, go get dressed and do your job," (even though she didn't really have a job.) She responded indignantly, "Mom, I don't have a job! I'm a girl and girls don't have jobs!"  Susanna loved her stuffed animals w...

Its's hard to believe, but my baby Camille is 15 years old! Camille's toddler and preschool years involved a LOT of medical issues, hospital stays, long-lasting illnesses, and doctor visits which I won't detail here. The rest of the time we enjoyed her happy and cheerful spirit. At least I tried to. Honestly, I spent too much time worrying about her delays and medical problems. She really was pretty happy most of the time. Here are some pictures: She learned how to talk long before she started walking. She started talking a few months before she was 2 and walking a few months after she was 2. By the time she walked she was saying over 200 words. Talking was definitely her strength although she was soft-spoken thanks to her poor lungs. She qualified for special ed preschool due to her fine motor and gross motor delays. She really enjoyed riding the bus there with her friends. Miss Kim was a very good teacher and Camille was a big fan. It was hard for her to graduate from pre...