I thought since it was close to Mother's day it would be perfect to describe my two girls and how it all begin. Rick and I were married in May of 97 and I found out I was pregnant in July. We knew right away we wanted to have kids and yes I was a young mother. I was the first of my siblings to have kids and get married. My pregnancy went well for the most part even thought I gained lots of weight. I should have known she was going to be a handful from the start. She was always moving. The night I went into labor my sister and my mom were with me most of the time. I will always remember my sister dragging me around the block to get my labor going. Labor lasted for about 14 hours. But hard labor was really only about 2. Upon delivery she was screaming . Actually she was born in the hospital where I worked and the following morning I got a call from one of the nurses that I worked with in the nursery shesaid "Girl you are going to have your hands full." "We have been holding her all morning because she will not stop crying." She even cried all the way out of the hospital and all the way home. And you could never put her down. She always wanted to be held. Nicole has been always ahead developmentally. The day she was born she was holding her head up. At three months she was dedicated and I remember my aunt Mary Ann saying that day look at how well she responds to her name. At 4 months she was sitting up. At 10 months Rick and I were putting her between us and having her walk back and forth and that is when she took her first step. At 11 months she had two setbacks. She was put in the hospital for Rotovirus and another stomach virus. The doctors cannot say whether or not that has to do with what is going on now. And starting preschool was not an issue except for she did know how to relate to kids for awhile because she was at home with me for so long. but once she was there for awhile she was quite the social bug. She has always excelled in school and has a lot of friends. And she is quite the mother of not just her sister but of her cousins. She is always settling arguments and trying to be bossy. She can be the sweetest person but boy she can be quite the spitfire at times.