21 Months

Sophie has grown up so much just in this past month it is absolutely incredible. Here is what are little lady is up to these days...
* Miss Independent: Sophie's phrase of choice is, " I do it! I do it!" She wants to climb into the car, then into her carseat all by herself. Once she finally gets in she has to "buckle, buckle" all by herself too! She likes putting on her own shoes and socks and has even attempted putting on her own diaper/underwear. She loves being a big girl and figuring out how to do things on her own and it sure is a blast watching her. She is so driven and persistent but every now and then likes a little bit of help.
* Sophie loves eating O's and milk! She would eat it for every meal if she could. Her new thing is being able to hold up the bowl to her mouth and drink her milk.
* Elmo's #1 Fan: Sophie loves Elmo. She loves watching, Elmo Goes to the Doctor, on the computer the best. But she also loves reading books or watching TV if he is on.
* Sophie's favorite place to play is outside. She begs to put on Lucy's leash and take her out on walks or to push her baby in her stroller. Usually, we keep our shoes on after we get home from school and head straight outside for a little walk.
* Our bedtime routine has changed quite a bit since I last posted about it. We are over Kipper and onto much better things. Josh has been reading a Bible story to Soph every night, then a couple Sandra Boyton books, lastly we say our good night prayers. Sophie loves praying for her friends and family! She gives 10 second hugs to Daddy and then rocky rockies with mom until she falls asleep. I treasure our time together and love snuggling with my little girl!
* Sophie is still our dancing queen! She loves listening to music and dancing whenever she hears a catchy beat. Car rides are especially where she likes to get her groove on. If you ever see us driving in the car it probably looks like a party inside because Sophie always asks for the music to be turned on and then demands us to dance (even if we are trying to have a conversation).
* Due to antibiotics Sophie's tummy hasn't been right. She has such hard time properly digesting her food and has had an upset stomach quite a few times this month. We are hopeful that we have finally found a solution and that our babies tummy can finally be back to normal.
* Sophie is doing amazing with her potty training. I can't take credit for most of her progress... Josh and Sophie's daycare provider have been great with working with Sophie on this. We bought Sophie big girl underwear about 3 weeks ago and she loves wearing them. We started off just putting them on her when we got home from school and on the weekend. Recently, we started sending her to daycare in them because she was basically only going through one diaper during the day. Sophie rarely has accidents and we couldn't be more proud of her. (Sidenote: Josh is a world class dad! He has stayed so patient and positive throughout this whole process. When I am ready to throw in the towel and put her in diapers, he has faith! I have learned a lot from him just by watching him work his daddy magic!)
* Besides playing outside, Sophie loves playing with playdough, coloring (she says she is doing her homework), putting puzzles together, and playing with her baby! For Valentine's day Josh bought Sophie a new baby. This baby came with her own carrier, bag, wipe case, and A BOTTLE! Her first baby now has a permanent place in the play crib and has been replaced by, Rina. Sophie even named this baby after one of the little girls at her daycare.
* Sometimes Josh likes to razz Soph. For instance, we were driving home one night after running some errands and we were talking to Sophie. Josh pretended to get upset about something she said and obnoixiously started pretend crying. Sophie had no sympathy for her daddy and began to yell over him. She said, "QUITE DADDY! DRINK YOUR MILK!" Immediately we bursted out into laughter because we have no idea where she got that from.
* Sophie can now count to ten (without skipping 7 and 8)!
* SOPHIE CAN SPELL HER NAME! She has been able to spell it for almost a month now and she is so good at it! Sometimes when she spells her name she gets distracted and it ends up going like this... S. O. P. H. 9. 10. Yeah!!!! or S. O. P. H. t,u,v,w,x,y,z....
* Everything is the color red or pink according to Sophie. She knows the name of other colors but can't really make that association yet.
* Sophie loves going shopping... at Fry's. We don't go often but when we do she loves to get her free cookie from the bakery!

Sophie is too cute for words and we just love watching her grow!