Melody

Melody was born two weeks after her due date on Saturday, May 10th, 1997 at Sharp Mary Birch. She had beautiful porcelain skin and fuzzy strawberry blonde hair. She was a very calm baby and slept through the night the night she was born. She met all of her milestones either on time or early. Melody walked at 10 months. She potty trained right aroun... d her second birthday, once she figured out she couldnt stand facing the toilet and pee like her brother Devin. She was a very happy baby. Melody has always absolutely loved being a girl (or geel as she used to say it). The clothes, shoes, dress-up, jewelry, make-up, nail polish and everything pretty. When Devin started losing his baby teeth Melody was concerned that when she started losing teeth and the Tooth Fairy came to visit her, she would use her wand and change her into a boy. Once when she was about 2 years old, she happily entertained herself for half the day trying on all of her outfits while everyone else in the family was down with the stomach flu. Her room looked like a tornado had gone through it and there was nothing left in her dresser! When Melody started preschool in 1999, she had a hard time at first but soon grew to love it. It is a Christian preschool. She loved all of her teachers. She learned so much! She learned her colors, shapes, alphabet, numbers and could also write her name at 3 . She also learned about God. She used to love Wednesdays because it was chapel day. I just told Melody I was writing about her time in preschool. She wants me add that one day, she fell off the monkey bars and got 10 stitches in her chin. To this day she still speaks fondly of her preschool and its teachers, and will proudly show off her stitches (we have them in a jar) to anybody who wants to see them. In August 2002 Melody started kindergarten. She loved it. She already knew her teacher, Mrs. Cascarini, through her cousin Allison who had been in Mrs. Cascarinis class the year before. We thought she may be afraid on her first day but after awhile of us ...Read More