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Still scanning my computer…ugghh.  I wanted to see when my last post was so I’d know when to stop writing.  It’s really too bad that I am doing this big catch up post because all the little things are being left out.  There are so many moments every day when I think “Pause – remember this”.  I know when Sophie falls asleep in my arms (I know, bad habit, get her to bed drowsy) I look at her in amazement.  Like I said, she’s not a cuddly baby but when she comes to me and lays her head in my lap and says “nigh-nigh” it really is something else.  Or even if it is cumbersome, there is something endearing when she crawls up to me in the kitchen and pulls herself up on leg and begs for attention (well, whines really).  Speaking of kitchen, Sophie has her own cupboard.  It’s the Tupperware one.  She tried pulling a pan out of a different cupboard – she was not a big fan of the sound!  She does like to get in other drawers, but I close them and tell her to go to her cupboard, and I swear she does.  OH!  and she knows how to pause the TV!!  She will sit on my lap and pause/play the TV over and over and over.  Sometimes she points at the TV, then hits the button again.  She really doesn’t like the fake remote because it doesn’t do anything (it’s a real remote, just not programmed for this TV…she’ll hit some buttons and when nothing happens she’ll just sigh and move on.)  It’s cute too because the first thing she does when she picks up the remote is point it at the TV.  She loves the phone too.  She calls her Uncle Grant a lot because his is the first in the Phone Book so she manages to bring that up.  She went through a phase a couple of weeks ago that if I was talking to my Mom and didn’t let her talk before hanging up she would cry and try to get the phone so I’d call back and let her “talk” to Nana for a few and then she was happy.  What else…..  I’ve taken to cutting back her baths by giving her showers with me every other time or so.  She doesn’t like it as much (unless I hold her up – then she likes it.)  She was so cute today, she was really looking at me (sometimes it seems like she studies me more than others) so I stuck out my tongue to catch the water and then she did the same thing.  Today was one of those moments I try to remember, just how engaged we were together.  Another thing she likes is to look out the big window, especially when we let Zeke out to go to the bathroom.  She runs (crawls) to the door right away once he goes out.  Then she talks and points to him (for as long as she can seem him before he goes to “explore” the neighborhood).  Oh, and she tries to whistle too!  She got a little horn with a musical giraffe and her Papa taught her how to make that work and now she tries to whistle if someone else is whistling.  The one day in the kitchen I was snapping my fingers and it was so cute as she tried to do that.  She loves to dance through the house, especially if I give her lots of dips and twirls.  Her hair is getting long (and lighter I think).  She’s taken to climbing in the dog’s bed lately.  When she’s done eating she starting feeding it all to Zeke.  She can feed herself pretty well (messy, but well) with a spoon (that’s curved) but still likes to be fed (I find it best to give her a spoon and then I can feed her with a second spoon).  She loves frozen waffles (I make them in the toaster, Tom makes them in the microwave) and grilled cheese sandwiches.  She’s really good at chewing food and taking good sized bites (not too big).  She looks so serious when you give her a bite of something as she leans forward to take it.  Yesterday at her party she couldn’t get enough of the garlic dills that we canned last summer. 

I’m going to go back and add pictures now which I’m sure will make everything even more disjointed as pictures jog my memories.  Oh, and I’m going to divide this up into different posts (as promised) so here’s my disclaimer to the rambling:  at least I got caught up!

Dishwasher:  Sophie loves the dishwasher.  She kneels next to it while I load or unload and occasionally will try to snag some silverware or she’ll play with stuff on top and then I’ll say, “OK, we’re done, let’s close it” and she’ll lift her hands up and then after I close it she likes to stand up and push on it too. 

Bows:  Playgroup had bows and ribbons in the sensory table for the last two weeks before Christmas.  She loved them so much that I put my extras in a bowl for her.  She had great fun with them!  Plus, she could combine them with the dishwasher, another favorite!

Ball:  Sophie got a bouncy ball for Christmas (one of the ones that you see at the grocery store) and was ecstatic.  She didn’t stick around to open the rest of her presents, she was just pushing the ball around the house (oddly enough, she doesn’t say “ball” yet.)  We got her a soccer ball for her birthday so she could have an outside ball once the weather gets nice.

 

Tickle Tickle:  Sophie likes to push on your neck so that you laugh.  If you are holding her and laugh, she’ll probably turn around and push on your neck.  It’s funny because she does it so matter of fact, she doesn’t usually laugh or smile, she just pushes on it and moves on.  Sometimes she does it over and over.  The other thing she does kind of by rote is give kisses.  I always give her a kiss when I get her out of her high chair so she does that automatically.  Now she associates it with getting down I think because if you are holding her and she wants down, she’ll give you a kiss.  It makes me laugh though to think back to her “attack kisses” at first.  Those were hilarious!

Balancing Act:  Maybe not so much lately, but Sophie thinks it’s hilarious when you balance something on your head and then it falls down.  Tom taught her this game and she tries to put things on her head too.  Tom also taught her “How big is Sophie?  So big!!” so she’ll hold her hands up.  She learned that after just a time or two.  She like to take the hat off the duck in the bathroom and then set it back on too.

Spoon:  She likes to chew on her spoon (especially the original ones) – I think it really feels  good on her molars.  I gave her a cold thing one day and she would chew on it, throw it down, chew on it, throw it down.  Eventually she just moved on so she’s not crazy about cold things even when she’s teething.  She does like to suck on washclothes though (doesn’t really chew, but she does chew on her elephant).  She’s been sticking her tongue out lately too.  (Less like the picture, and more open-mouthed, dog-pant style)

Uh Oh:  Whether she drops something (usually on purpose) or just hears something fall or go boom, Sophie will say “Uh Oh” and make the uh oh face. 

 

 

 

Airplane Sound:  When she pushes the airplane or rides in the sled she makes the “pblttttt” sound.  It’s spitty and funny.

Tent and Tunnel:  She likes to crawl through the tent and tunnel.  A lot of times she doesn’t actually leave the tunnel, just turns around and goes back through.  It took a little while for her to use them when they were connected but now she’s good to go.  She had fun playing in them with Caitlyn too.