Hi Dada and an Ode to Joy

Sophie's linguistic abilities have been improving drastically lately. While Grandpa and Grandma Wilson were here, she learned to "sing" from Grandpa Wilson. On Little Einsteins (a cartoon she watches every morning), they focus on a piece of classical music and a piece of art. While Grandpa and Grandma were here, it was "Ode to Joy." Grandpa was "singing" the song with "la la la," and Sophie tried to imitate him! So now, whenever we sing with "la la la," Sophie will do the same, although it doesn't really sound anything like any of the songs we're singing.

Another thing she's started recently is responding to Ian whenever he says, "Hi Sophie." She responds very clearly, "Hi dada." She won't respond to me at all, so we're pretty sure that she's associating "dada" in this case with Ian. (She says "dada" a lot, so it doesn't always mean "dada.")

Well, I'm hoping to post some more pictures soon--I just need to upload them from the camera!