June 2011. Unceasingly happy.  Hard to find a picture of her in any other state (unlike her older sister). Still not much more than dolly-sized, looks best in a fairy dress.

Jan 2012. Christmas is over.  This doesn't stop Hatty from charging around like a lunatic shouting at everything (with a big smile on her face). Needs Ritalin. Or the beginning of term.

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September 2009. Hatty seems to be smiling in every picture here, because, actually, that's what she's like. Looks up to Abby hugely, insists Mummy is 'teacher', nursery is 'school'. Will perform if we intone 'Introducing..... Hatty!'

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April 2010. Starts school this year, but will be one of the youngest. Still pocket-sized, not sure you can get uniforms that small. But she's more than ready - suddenly transitioned from 'toddler' to 'person'.

September 2008. Still happy-go-lucky easy toddler...but hints of terrible twos... Suddenly knows hundreds of words. And has decided to potty-train herself without consultation...

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Mar 2009. Hatty discovers snow. And talking, incessantly. Much girlier than Abby ever was - Hatty's world is all dollies, fairies, princesses and pink, pink, pink. Happier than any two-year old has a right to be...

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May 2007. Hatty is possibly the easiest, happiest baby in the world. She never stops smiling, gurgles in the right places and has shed 17 tears since birth. This doesn't bode well for the future...

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Dec 2007. Inevitably, Hatty has changed hugely in the last 6 months: No longer a genderless little bullet-head, she's beginning to look like a proper little girl. And she's still the easiest toodler imaginable!

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Day 1 to Day 14. A lot easier this time, Al had a much better experience, carefully timing an epidural to coincide with England-Ecuador and spending a couple of days recovering in hospital. Abby pokes her. A lot.

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3 months, or thereabouts. Hatty is pretty much a model baby - sleeps through the night. Gurgles, smiles, dead cute.