Journaling:

Growing up, my mother never had many photos of my older brother or I, but she did have one that I loved the most. It was a photo of me at 1 1/2 years old in a red flower dress with a great big smile on my face. I always knew that if I were to have a daughter, that I wanted a dress like that one so that I could take a photo of her to show side by side with mine.

When I found out that I was going to have that little girl, my step-mother and I picked out the fabric and she made the dress. When Shaylee was 1 1/2 we got her photo taken in the dress, and now her photo sits next to mine. I'm amazed at how much she resembles me and continues to do so as she grows older.