October 3, 2003 (like a grain of rice)
Eva Catherine (2 days old)
Mommy, Baby  (6 hours old), and Daddy
"Aunties Mary & Lisa visited me in the hospital when I was a day old."
Baby's footprint
Arrival:  May 25, 2004
5 weeks
"Uncle Rich visited me." (September 5)
"Matilda stands guard while I nap."  (8 weeks)
"I met Daphne, too."
"I met Carol, Linda, Joan, and Jill at Purdue."
"My first visit to Daddy's office." (11 weeks)
Daddy's little girl
"My first day home." (2 days old)
5 days
"Mommy took me to the pediatrician." (10 days)
"My Auntie Lisa helping Mommy at feeding time."
Big brothers Nolan (18), Alex (20), and Charles (13)
"Auntie Susie & Uncle Larry visiting me from South Bend."
"I have a cap like Daddy's."
"Grandma and Grandpa visited me from Minnesota!"
"Mommy wore this dress when SHE was a baby."
www.tommihail.net
"Eat any good books lately?"
"I drank from a cup for the first time today!" (October 25)
November 13
"I'm 5 months old today!" (October 25)
"Brother Nolan sings for me."
"I'm 4 months old today!" (September 25)
"My first solid food!" (4 months)
"Daddy has this picture of me in his office."
"Mommy makes me smile."
"Brother Alex lifts me high in the air!"
"Sleeping with a friend."
"I'm 3 months old today!" (August 25)
"Blue Horse, Blue Horse, what do you see?"
"I'm amazed when Brother Charles plays his clarinet!"
"Celebrating my 6-month birthday with my brothers."
"Mommy gives the best hugs!"
6 months
"My first Christmas and I'm 7 months old today!"
::soft kiss::
"I like to play with my magic fishbowl."
February 18
"I can crawl forward now...wheeeeeeeee!" (February 2)
"I weigh 21 pounds and I'm 28 inches tall."
"It's a little girls and dresses thing."
7 1/2 months (January 11)
"I'm 8 months old today." (January 25)
"Mommy wore this dress when SHE was a baby."
"I can crawl - in reverse." (January 13)
"My first American Easter."
"My new spring hat." (April 7)
"I can turn pages all by myself."
"I'm 10 months old today!" (March 25)
"I can pull myself up to stand all by myself."
"I'm 32" tall and I weigh 24 lb., 2 oz." (April 22)
"I'm 11 months old today!" (April 25)
"I can say MAMA, DADDY, HI, UH-OH, EYE, BYE, BIRD, and BABY."
"I can sign MORE, SO BIG, and TRAIN."
"Mommy made this book with pictures of me and my family."
"I can clap and wave HI and BYE."
"Kitty Gregory and my biggest big brother, Alex."
"I like to hold Daddy's thumb when I eat."
"Brother Nolan reads to me with funny voices."
December 23
"Christmas shopping wears me out."
"My first Christmas letter photo." (December 15)
"What are all those packages under the tree?"
December 2
"Daddy gives the best walkszzzzzzzzzz." (May 19)
"My very first pair of shades." (May 16)
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"I'm 9 months old today!" (February 25)
"I have the best Mommy in the world!" (Mother's Day 2005)
"My first time in a restaurant!" (May 20)
"Aunties Mary and Lisa ate Chinese food with me."
"I'm updating my Web site for the new year (hehe)."
"Of course, I got an A+ for table manners."
EVA CATHERINE: THE THIRD YEAR
EVA CATHERINE:  THE SECOND YEAR
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