Melissa Amber Seals

At two years old, Melissa's most-often-spoken word was "no."  Ah, the terrible twos ran amuck in the Seals household again.

At her 2-year-old checkup with Dr. Paul Jarvis, Melissa was 36½ inches tall and weighed 26 pounds.  Tall and skinny continued.  And she finally had hair - lots and lots of cute adorable curls.  Be sure to check out the portraits!

Melissa had a good vocabulary, but could be difficult to understand at times.  She was working hard to learn her colors and numbers, and only had mild interest in learning the alphabet.  Her favorite thing to do was count fingers.  She was starting to hold her own with Aaron, but since he was bigger, he usually won when it came to push and shove (literally!).  

Here are the pictures (6 months worth):

 Writing at the chalkboard.

 Playing at the Children's Museum. (Mommy's favorite)

 Playing in a box at the Children's Museum. (Mommy's favorite)

 Getting changed by Aunt Benee.

 Winnie the Pooh and Elmo at Halloween.

 Winnie the Pooh and Elmo take a book break.

 Winnie the Pooh reading.

 Winnie the Pooh pouting.

 Colts Cheerleader in training.

 She must be hungry, she's eating her bib! (Mommy's favorite)

 Waiting to hang ornaments on the Christmas Tree.

 Being showered in bubbles!

 "I can use the potty too!"

 "Those buckets Aunt Ne-Ne bought me make great shoes!" (Mommy's favorite)

 Fishing at the Children's Museum.

 Just eating (but check out the hair!). (Mommy's favorite)

 Using the new Elmo phone and doing her "Cookie Monster" impression. (Mommy's favorite)

 Reading about the alphabet.

 Pushing a truck around (and the barettes in her hair lasted 10 minutes).

 Sitting with Aaron (a rare moment of peace).

 Sitting in her new chair. (Mommy's favorite) 

 "Like my new necklace?"

 "Tackle! I got you, Aaron!" (Mommy's favorite)

 "No, Daddy, I didn't make this mess. Honest!" (Daddy's favorite)

 Sitting in the ball bucket with Aaron. (Grandma Oglesby's favorite)

 "I got lots of neat presents!"

 Melissa's birthday cake.

 Showing off her new Dora the Explorer sunglasses.

 Just posing while Mommy finishes off the roll of film.

Portraits:

 Missy is 2 years old.

 Sitting pretty.

 Sitting with Sweetie Bear against a teddy bear background.

 Sitting with Sweetie against a pastel background.

 Close-up with Sweetie.

 Laying down. (Daddy's favorite)

This web page was last revised on October 14, 2002.