We are fortunate to have a great lady who has worked in the collection since early in her high school years. Melody Twombly has worked in the collection for as long as I have been associated with it. She became the proud mother of Allison in 2010.

We took a few pictures of me holding the newborn on a trip to the IWC. In 2011, we got the first video of Allison on a Victoria pad. No sooner had she been set down on it, she puched a hole in it with her fingers and created her own kiddie pool of sorts.

My vision is to continue this for many years so that we can watch this precious young lady grow up alongside the waterlilies and Victorias of the IWC.

Newborn Baby Allison

Baby Allison at age One