Growth Charts

Here are Sophie's growth charts. As you can see, she has never been on the charts (except the "weight for length" one for awhile), but she at least follows her own curve.

(click on the charts for a larger view)

Thirteen

Sophie's thirteenth tooth has finally broken through! This one is her right lower canine. She doesn't seem to be in that much pain, though she has been more clingy this week. Each day I have dropped her off at her baby sitter's house she has cried and reach out for me. She has never done this before, so I'm wondering if this tooth could be part of the reason. I'm just glad she isn't in a lot of pain, because I have a feeling that her left bottom canine won't be too far behind this new tooth.

Vocabulary Galore!

Sophie is a chatterbox! We have always known this, but it became very apparent when Joe and I started writing out a list of all of the words she says. We couldn't believe it when it came out to 110 words! This isn't just a proud parent thinking that her child can say a lot of words when really they can't (nor is this a boastful parent who is simply gloating - please don't think that!). These are all words that she has said multiple times and on multiple occasions. Sometimes she is just repeating the word when we use it, but for the most part she knows what she is saying and uses them correctly. We are very impressed and proud of Sophie!

Click the link below to see the full list of words and phrases that Sophie can say at 20 months.


Most of the words that Sophie says are clear and you can identify them easily. There are some though that she says in her own way, so I added her pronunciation next to the word.

Words again ("gen") apple away baby ball balloon ("boone") bell big bird ("burr") bite blue boo boob boom bubbles butt bye bye cat cheese chocolate ("choc-gum") coat cold color cookie cool Copper  Cosmo ("osmo") cow cracker cute Dad/Daddy Debra ("beb-ba") diaper dog down easy eat egg Ella (for Ella and elephant) eyes fish get go green happy hat hello/hi hold hot house ice it Jackson ("ackson") Janis ("Yanis" Kaci ("Kiki") kick kitty Lucy ("ucy") mango MawMaw me Mickey mine Mom/Momma more mouse nana (for banana and Anna) need night ("nigh nigh") no off okay ow paci/papi (pacifier) PawPaw peas pee pig  pillow ("piw-woah") pink play ("pay") Please ("peas") poop/poo poo popcorn ("popum") potty pretty puppy purple rain read Reese ("eese") shoes socks spoon tater tot ("tat tot") teeth this toes toot train turtle two uh oh um up water ("wah-uh") where yeah yellow ("wellwhoa") yes

Phrases/Linked Words

all gone

belly button ("bell butt")

choo choo train

get it/get this

I poop/I pooped

I see cow

love you

ring bell

thank you

What this?

Where cat cat

Where Dad at?

Where it go?

Where's it?

I need Dad/Mom/PawPaw/diaper/this/etc

20 Months

Another month has come and gone. I am so glad that I have been keeping this blog. It has been a nice reference and it makes me smile from the memories when I go back and reread older posts. My original plan, before Sophie was born, was to keep a journal of all of this information. With a baby to take care of and sleep deprivation, that didn't last long. I started posting information here instead, and eventually started this blog. It is much easier/faster to type everything out than to write it out. Plus, I can add photos that I have taken of Sophie that I love. Hopefully it will mean just as much to Sophie in the future as it means to me now.

• Joe took Sophie to the doctor's office a few days ago to check on her ears due to all of her ear infections a few months ago. Her ears looked fine and she grew some more. Sophie now weighs *drum roll, please* 16 lb 3 oz!  Pound party time! (She is also 29 inches tall.)
• We went to the Opening Day parade for the Cincinnati Reds. Sophie was antsy for it to start, but was really excited by everything. She kept pointing and things and "oooohhhh"ing and "aaaahhhh"ing at them.

Go Reds!

She was excited when the parade finally started.

• Sophie loves peanuts! We let her try one (watching her closely so she wouldn't choke) and after chewing on it for a minute or two, she demanded more. I probably wouldn't have let her try these out, but she has always been good about chewing her food. I'm glad that she has something else that she likes to eat now.
• Sophie is becoming quite the helper. I love being able to ask her to grab a diaper or to put clothes in her hamper. One day I asked her to take a stack of her towels to Joe. She stuffed them all in her arms, walked to the next room to find him and handed them to him without dropping one. Nice!
• Sophie's vocabulary has really improved the past few months. Joe and I decided to list all of the words and phrases that she says. We only would count the words that she has said on multiple times and on multiple occasions. As of right now, Sophie can say 110 words! Wow! I knew that she said a lot, but I didn't realize how much. I keep looking over the list, thinking that there are words on there she doesn't really say, but I can't find any. She has also been linking words together and saying short phrases. (I will put all of the words and phrases into another post.) 
• Sophie is identifying more animal noises this month. For a few months now Sophie has been able to tells us that lion and tigers roar (she makes the cutest roar sound) and that a dog arfs. Now she will tell us that a sheep baas and a cat meows. 
• Sophie really thinks that she is bigger than she really is. She always wants to carry/drag big and heavy items around and will push and pull at things to move them. She is quite determined and doesn't let her size get in her way. Sophie's babysitter has said that Sophie is like a little ant, and that really is a great comparison. She is our little ant who doesn't realize just how small she is. I hope she always keeps that frame of mind and doesn't back down from challenges when she gets older. 
• Sophie is running all over the place. Those little legs move fast! While she still falls down at times, it is becoming more rare. She is also squatting more, walking backwards, and kicking balls around. What a difference a few months can make!
• For the past few months, when Sophie gets frustrated or just throws a fit, she will lay down on her back and kick her legs. Usually she will bring both legs up together, slam them together down on the ground, and repeat. It is an impressive ab workout. Now when I see her getting angry, I tell her to go ahead and throw a fit. She gets down on the ground and does her normal leg slam. When I tell her to have another fit, she slams her legs down again. By the fourth time of doing this she is normally giggling and happy again. What a stinker.
• Sophie can identify even more body parts this month. In the past she was able to correctly show us the location of her eyes, nose, ears, mouth, hair, head, fingers, toes, teeth, and belly button. This month she added her tongue, arms and legs. She will also point out where these things are on Joe and me. 
• Sophie is showing some signs of potty training readiness. Sophie often will tell us that she needs a new diaper or that she pooped (sometimes she has just farted though...) She has also gone to the bathroom on the potty once. Just a fluke so far, but it still makes me hopeful. I want to try working with her on potty training this summer. Then again, I have no idea how I will find underwear or pull-ups to fit her!
• Sophie's dancing is improving. Before she would just bounce up and down and shake her hands. Now she will turn in circles and bounce around. It is pretty darn cute! I see a future star for Manyet Dance. haha
•  Sophie's favorite word is "No!" It can be pretty darn adorable at times. She will scrunch up her nose and say, "Nooooooo." She did this about 20 times to my sister when she tried to take Sophie away from my dad. Other times though, it is not so cute, like when I am trying to put clothes on her (or back on her when she takes them off) and she runs across the room (or all the way to my room) giggling and repeating, "No!" If she is on the changing table during a "no" moment, she will kick her legs repeat "no" until I have finished dressing her. 

She wasn't saying "no" here, but this is generally the face she makes as she is running away from me when I try to put clothes on her.

• Sophie is obsessed with babies. Small babies or toddlers who are older than her, it doesn't matter. They are all babies to her and she loves them. She will excitedly shout, "Baby!" She usually puts her arms out, too, as if she wants to hug them. She loves looking at pictures of babies as well as videos of herself (which she loves). She doesn't seem to understand that the videos are of her though. 
• We are raising quite the little sweetheart. She loves giving hugs! Sophie has always loved Cosmo and constantly wants to hug, kiss and lay on her. She gets the same with with certain stuffed animals. If you ask her to hug or kiss them, she will. When she sees her favorite people at her baby sitter's house, she will go straight to them and hug them. It is the same way with family members. She does this to my friends' kids, too (though most of them don't like it and pull away). It is so sweet. When she is sad or upset, she holds her arms out for Joe or me and hugs us tight when we scoop her up. For me though, the best is when she calls out, "Momma!" and runs up to me to give me a hug. I love that. It really warms my heart to see what an affectionate daughter we are raising. We must be doing something right!

Kissing Cosmo

Click the link below for more pictures from this past month.

Coloring with "Kiki"

Quality time with Oscar

Morgan reading to Sophie

Sophie adores Tom

Joe has perfected putting Sophie's hair up. What a great dad!

Waiting around for the parade to start.

Sophie and Aunt 'Beb-uh'

Sophie loved my smoothie. (Thanks for capturing this picture, Rachel!)

Sophie had fun coloring Easter eggs.

Sophie still loves brushing her teeth. 

Hanging out in a giant box

Sophie likes making choices. In this picture, she is picking out her pjs for the night. 

Showing off all of her bottom teeth. I noticed that there is another one that is just about to appear.

Playing in a tunnel at the park.

Sophie never wants to get on the ride-along toys we have for her, but she was all about this one. 

A glimpse of the future? I have a feeling these two will get into a lot of trouble together one day. 

So sweet!

Potty Time!

Sophie peed on the potty today!

Whenever I give Sophie a bath, I try to get her to sit on the potty for a minute. I never have high hopes that anything will happen. I just want her to get comfortable with sitting on the potty. As I was running the water for her bath tonight, I stripped her down and asked her to get on the potty. She sat there for a minute grinning at me. I kept telling her to "pee pee on the potty," but she wouldn't. I shrugged and asked if she wanted some toilet paper to wipe with. I gave her a piece and she wiped her nose with it (ha!). I asked her again if she could "pee pee on the potty." She followed directions this time and peed! She seemed proud of herself and I was (of course) ecstatic! I gave her toilet paper again and this time she wiped herself correctly.

I know this is most likely just a fluke, but it was still pretty exciting! My little girl is becoming such a big girl!

**Don't worry, I won't show a picture of what is inside the potty.

Reading

Sophie decided to 'read' a story to me today.

Easter

Happy Easter!

Today was Sophie's 2nd Easter. It was so much fun watching how excited she was about her Easter basket this year, since last year she lost interest after two minutes. Sophie went straight for her basket this year and started digging in. She ignored the books and toys in the basket and went straight for the chocolate. Every single tiny piece was picked out and handed to Joe and me. Each piece she pulled from the basket would get an ecstatic, "Choc-yate!" or "Ohhhhhh!" We couldn't help but laugh at her.

Sophie was a good girl at church. Her favorite thing is looking up in the choir loft to find her Grandma. She kept waving to her and holding her arms up (as if this would get Grandma to come down and pick her up). Sophie was even able to meet her new friend, Colt, today at church! She was very excited to see the baby and really wanted to touch him. She wasn't too happy with me when I asked her not to (she glared at me). I don't blame her for wanting to touch him as he is so adorable!

After church we went over to Joe's Aunt and Uncle's house for lunch and family time. Sophie enjoyed being around everyone, especially her cousins and Grandparents. She was happiest when she was in her Grandma or PawPaw's arms. For lunch I had a plate full of food for Sophie to try. The only thing she was interested in was the carrots sticks. How this kid knows to go for the things with the least amount of calories, I will never know. She did eat a sucker later on though, so she isn't completely healthy. After lunch was an Easter egg hunt for the little kids. Sophie was not a fan of walking in the grass. I noticed this a few weeks ago, but didn't think much of it. Joe walked around with her though and helped her find some eggs. At least she would pick up the eggs that weren't in the grass on her own.

     

After a quick nap at home, we went over to my parent's house. Sophie was so excited to see her PawPaw. It is sickening sweet. She was also excited to see her cousin, Kaci, whom she calls Kiki. They always have a good time playing together. Sophie enjoyed yet another Easter egg hunt. Kaci was nice and let Sophie find all of the eggs that weren't in the grass, while she gathered all of those in the grass. Mostly though it was my dad and mom who did the hunting of the eggs for Sophie. She would point at one and they would go off and get it. At dinner, Sophie lasted 5 minutes in her chair before requesting that my dad hold her. At least she ate off of his plate.

This was such a wonderful day. I am so thankful for my family!