One of the things Sophie does when her Saba is snoozing is she jumps on him to wake him up. I think in this attempt, her older and compassionate cousin thwarted her attempt. Thanks, Leah!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wake up, Saba
One of the things Sophie does when her Saba is snoozing is she jumps on him to wake him up. I think in this attempt, her older and compassionate cousin thwarted her attempt. Thanks, Leah!
Long time, no blog
Well, if this blog has any kind of time stamp, you might understand why you haven't heard from us in a while. It's 4:15am and I can't sleep. I'm not even in my 3rd trimester and already I am getting some 3rd trimester woes. Computer time is a rare treat these days, saved only for the wee hours.
Sophie has blossomed, no doubt. She is speaking very well and just recently has found some real rewards for her attempts at conversation. Kevin will ask her how her day has been and she answers something like this, "Um....outside, little friends, library, ice cream (all of which DID happen to her during the day)...um, blocks, dragon flies, bananas, bus, wheels on the bus,...sing wheels on the bus??!! Sing wheels on the bus??!!" We of course just sit dreamy eyes and hang on her every word as it is the cutest thing you have ever seen. She will recite her list in this sing-songy "conversation" voice that lets you know this is what she is trying to do.
She has even used her new ability at conversation to make friends for the first time at the park. Usually, most "little friends" scare her a bit and she shies from them, however, the other day a six-year old girl named Carlin captured her interest. She kept her eye on her and kept reporting back to me what the "little girl" was doing. She'd say, "Look! The little girl is swinging. Look! The little girl is climbing." Finally, she wanted to go play near the little girl and I noticed she was now directly addressing her by saying, "Little Girl, look! Airplane!" She obviously wanted to talk to her in the worst way. So, I asked the little girl her name and Sophie must have said that name 20 times over the next five minutes. "Carlin?" She'd wait for her to look at her and say "What?" Then Sophie would just smile, so pleased that addressing her by her name had worked! Then she'd pause and search for something to say. "Uh...Look! Birds!" Finally, after several minutes, this very sweet six year old took a liking to Sophie. Sophie was very impressed that Carlin could climb and hang upside down and do many other things that 2 yr. olds never do, so naturally, she was following her around trying to do exactly what she was doing. Carlin liked this so she began talking to Sophie and they played together on the slides and in the sandbox. In fact, they both bonded over their disgust when a terrorist boy decided to throw sand and it forced them out of the sandbox. They both got out and glared down at the boys for a moment. Sophie got over it quickly, and happily ran back to the slide. Carlin waited stoically for an apology, which his mother helped facilitate. Once received, she joined Sophie and off they played for the rest of the time at the park. It began to get dark and pulling Sophie away from Carlin to go home was not an easy thing for this proud mommy to do.
But do not be fooled. Sophie for all her new found skills and maturity, needs to be watched now more than ever. She can now climb ladders and rock walls at the playground. In fact, she is getting very good at climbing vertically. The other day I told her I was going to change her diaper, but I got distracted for a minute. I went into her room and found her waiting for me on top of the diaper changing table holding a fresh diaper with a big smile on her face. I was horrified.
Yesterday, she comes running in the kitchen complaining that her "mouth is messy." I smelled her and found that she had tasted her Daddy's shaving cream. I guess she was putting it on her face like Kevin does, but like everything she massages into her face, she also massages it into her tongue. Yuck!
Sophie has blossomed, no doubt. She is speaking very well and just recently has found some real rewards for her attempts at conversation. Kevin will ask her how her day has been and she answers something like this, "Um....outside, little friends, library, ice cream (all of which DID happen to her during the day)...um, blocks, dragon flies, bananas, bus, wheels on the bus,...sing wheels on the bus??!! Sing wheels on the bus??!!" We of course just sit dreamy eyes and hang on her every word as it is the cutest thing you have ever seen. She will recite her list in this sing-songy "conversation" voice that lets you know this is what she is trying to do.
She has even used her new ability at conversation to make friends for the first time at the park. Usually, most "little friends" scare her a bit and she shies from them, however, the other day a six-year old girl named Carlin captured her interest. She kept her eye on her and kept reporting back to me what the "little girl" was doing. She'd say, "Look! The little girl is swinging. Look! The little girl is climbing." Finally, she wanted to go play near the little girl and I noticed she was now directly addressing her by saying, "Little Girl, look! Airplane!" She obviously wanted to talk to her in the worst way. So, I asked the little girl her name and Sophie must have said that name 20 times over the next five minutes. "Carlin?" She'd wait for her to look at her and say "What?" Then Sophie would just smile, so pleased that addressing her by her name had worked! Then she'd pause and search for something to say. "Uh...Look! Birds!" Finally, after several minutes, this very sweet six year old took a liking to Sophie. Sophie was very impressed that Carlin could climb and hang upside down and do many other things that 2 yr. olds never do, so naturally, she was following her around trying to do exactly what she was doing. Carlin liked this so she began talking to Sophie and they played together on the slides and in the sandbox. In fact, they both bonded over their disgust when a terrorist boy decided to throw sand and it forced them out of the sandbox. They both got out and glared down at the boys for a moment. Sophie got over it quickly, and happily ran back to the slide. Carlin waited stoically for an apology, which his mother helped facilitate. Once received, she joined Sophie and off they played for the rest of the time at the park. It began to get dark and pulling Sophie away from Carlin to go home was not an easy thing for this proud mommy to do.
But do not be fooled. Sophie for all her new found skills and maturity, needs to be watched now more than ever. She can now climb ladders and rock walls at the playground. In fact, she is getting very good at climbing vertically. The other day I told her I was going to change her diaper, but I got distracted for a minute. I went into her room and found her waiting for me on top of the diaper changing table holding a fresh diaper with a big smile on her face. I was horrified.
Yesterday, she comes running in the kitchen complaining that her "mouth is messy." I smelled her and found that she had tasted her Daddy's shaving cream. I guess she was putting it on her face like Kevin does, but like everything she massages into her face, she also massages it into her tongue. Yuck!
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