| Christmas 1997. Here is our beautiful angel ~
a gift from God!
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Valentine's day, 1998. Erika turns 1! Happy
Birthday Erika! Here she is munching her first taste of cake. What a big girl she is now!
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| Erika at 15 months old, June 1998. You would
never know she had a cleft lip and palate! Beautiful!
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Valentine's Day, 1999. Happy 2nd Birthday,
Erika! Here she is enjoying cake again at her "Little Mermaid" birthday party.
Isn't she adorable?
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| Erika's 2 year old portrait. Her lip looks amazing! She is into everything and very advanced in her speech. She could read and say her ABC's at 19 months old and was evaluated at a 3 year old level of speech at 27 months old. That cleft lip and palate isn't holding her back one bit. In fact, it isn't even a factor anymore!
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Erika (2 yrs) and Andrew (4 mos); March 1999.
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| Erika and Andrew keeping cool in the summer
heat! This was taken on July 4th, 1999. What fun they have together already! Erika is
almost 2-1/2 years old and Andrew is almost 8 months old.
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Our New Family Portrait We had a new addition on November 12, 1998 ~ Andrew James. Here we are, 2 weeks later in a family portrait. Erika is a big sister at 21 months old! She is definitely Mommy's helper!
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Erika and Mommy on July 4, 1999. Aren't we patriotic? We were enjoying our annual trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the holiday festivities! What fun the fireworks were!
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