Chatterbox

Sophie has become quite the chatterbox lately. She seems to have moved on from just saying nouns to actually describing situations. It's amazing to watch her make connections linguistically. For example, a couple of days ago, we were all sitting on the couch, and she said, "Sophie sit down. Mommy sit down. Daddy sit down. Everybody sit down." In my book, the jump from individuals to groups of people is a big step. She's also added the word "too" (correctly, I might add) to her vocabulary. So, she might say, "Sophie sit down. Mommy sit down too." She's also added a small repertoire of description words, such as "sad," "happy," "sleepy," and the ever important "poopy." This morning, she yawned in the car on the way to daycare, and said "Sophie sleepy." As far as I can tell it's the first time she's attributed (correctly) a description to herself without being prompted...well, except for the "poopy" description, but I kind of put that word in a different category since it's more of a physical description rather than an emotional state.

Anyways, here are some more recent pictures. Sophie has been "reading" a lot lately. She'll pick up a book and start chattering like she's reading the words. Nothing really makes sense, but she seems to know that words are supposed to come out of the book:


Sophie has a love for shoes, and recently tried to try Daddy's shoes on:

Here's the face she made when we told her to smile for the camera:

And another "smile" for the camera! She gets the idea that she's supposed to make a face, but doesn't quite get what that face is supposed to be!

Why Do They Call Them the "Terrible Twos"?

I'm not asking this question to wonder about the "terrible" part, but really wondering where the "twos" came from! Everyone I know says that their child's "terrible twos" started much before their 2nd birthday. Sophie, apparently, is no exception.

Last night, our naughty little girl received two time outs. She seems to be testing the boundaries of the word "No." She started throwing coasters on the ground last night, and when I told her to pick it up, she threw a second one down. When I told her "no" and to pick up the two on the ground, she looked at me (without breaking eye contact) and threw a third one on the ground. She got a little time out for that (and Spongebob was turned off). She was more upset about Spongebob disappearing than sitting in the corner, but when she was done, she came over and picked up the coasters.

You'd think that would be enough naughtiness for one night, but no. While eating dinner, she started kicking her highchair with her shoes. I told her to stop, and she didn't. I told her to stop or she would get a time out. She looked at me (again without breaking eye contact), smiled...and kicked again. This time she was very angry about time out because I removed her from her dinner. She cried the whole time...but didn't kick her highchair anymore!

I can't wait until she turns two to see if this is just a warm up to the real "terrible twos"!

SupaStar!

Last weekend, while shopping, Ian came across some Sophie-sized sunglasses. She loved them so much, she started crying when we had to take them away to pay for them. Here she is sporting her new glam look:

By Way of Contrast, A Warm Day

A few weeks ago, we had a warm day come through the area and we took Sophie outside to play. As you can tell by these pictures, she was super excited. We started out by playing with her basketball and frisbee in the front yard and then moved to the back yard for her to explore.


Now that Sophie can run, she loves to run up and down our driveway, which has a slight incline. As you can tell by her excitement coming down the driveway, she likes speed...we'll have to watch out when she gets her drivers license!


She also enjoyed playing on the ground with the leftover dead leaves in our yard. Our girl isn't afraid to get down and dirty!

Snow in Kentucky

This year is the first year that Sophie has really been able to appreciate the snow. Last year, she wasn't even crawling yet during the winter, so it wasn't really on her radar. This year, though, she's been able to enjoy it the couple of times it's snowed and stuck. Late in January, we had one of those days, and Sophie was able to touch and taste it for the first time. She now knows how to say snow and recognizes it when she sees it!

Here she is touching the snow for the first time:



Here's the face she made after tasting it for the first time. Although it doesn't seem like she likes it, she actually has eaten snow each time it's snowed after this!

A Long February

It's been a long February for this branch of the Wilson family. School started back up again on Jan. 31st, and the first couple of weeks of spring term are always busy for both Ian and I. But this February has been a doozy for us. Sophie has had a cold and hasn't been sleeping well, and then she stopped eating last week. She started up again on Sunday, so she seems to be okay. Ian and I found out in the last couple of days why she hadn't been eating...there's a nasty stomach bug going around that just makes you nauseous all the time. Ian and I are still fighting it, but both of us are at work today. We'll try to post some new pics as soon as we're all well again...