Saturday, September 9, 2000 - Sean now has a vocabulary of at least 150 words. He's doing 3 & 4 word sentences.

Summer, 2000 - Sean is a happy, healthy little 2 1/2 year old boy. He loves to kiss our beagle, Maggie Mae ("baggie bae"), and play with his sisters - Emma, age 6, and Samantha, age 7. (He calls them both Emma.) He thinks daddy's the greatest thing around, and loves his mommy to death. Sean does not seem, so far, to have any lasting serious problems due to his extreme prematurity. He has slight asthma, and that's about it. Developmentally he's caught up, and size-wise he's pretty close to his actual age. Sean is the biggest miracle and blessing in my life.

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