Tuesday, April 26, 2011

2!


On April 6th of this year Sophie turned two! Grandma and Aunt Stephanie came for a visit right before her birthday so she was able to have a birthday party and really got the feel of opening presents and eating cake.
When I presented her with her cupcake at her first party I asked Shane, "Do you think she'll even know what to do with the candles?" Boy did she ever! She blew them out about 3 times before we could even finish the song! Blowing out candles is one of our kids
favorite things so we put candles in everything on their birthdays.... the cake, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

She's such a sweet girl with so many little quirks that make her one of the funniest members of our family.

She says "really" in front of everything!
"Mom, I rewee hungdee (hungry)" ( I hear this particular one 10 times a
day)
"Mom, I rewee owie."
"Mom, I rewee done."
"Mom, I jump rewee high!"
"Mom, I rewee tied (tired)"
I'm not sure how long it will last, but I "really" like it!

She loves getting her back, legs and arms scratched. When we scratch her arms and stop doing one, she holds up the other one for us to do. Then if we stop with that one, she holds up her other. If I stop scratching her back before she's ready she looks and me, "Mom." she says simply and stretches her hand on her back to let me know I need to keep going. This little quirk can come in handy. Like when she starts throwing tantrums in church. We can get them to stop pretty quickly if we just start scratchin' away!

She loves loves loves the iPad. She calls it "mypad" and she can get it away from anyone! Brandon doesn't even stand a chance with it if she's in the room. If someone else wants a turn she better either be in bed or they better take it up to their room and shu
t the door to play with it in peace. It's amazing to me how well she can get around on that thing too! But she gets frustrated when she slides her fingers across the computer or my phone and nothing happens. It's funny!
Just about a month before turning two she finally started talking and ever since then has been talking more and more and more. Her vocabulary is really expanding and just yesterday she saw a piece of sidewalk chalk and told me it was "blue". It really surprised me and I think it was an accident since she hasn't gotten the color right since, but the fact that she's even thinking about colors is encouraging.

Some of her favorites include:
FOOD: yogurt, mandarin oranges, fruit snacks, and anything with peanut butter
DORA: she loves Dora. She has a Dora book, doll and bathtub toy that she gets so excited over every time she sees them
FAMILY: she adores her brothers and sister. She's always tackling them to give them kisses and hugs. She knows where everyone is all the time. "Sophie, where's dad?" "Work." "Where's Logan?" "Dansars (downstairs)" And every morning she gives Brandon and Lindsay a hug and kiss and yells good-bye to them as they ride away to school.
SIPPY CUP: We have let her have this bad habit of a sippy in bed. She loves her cup so much she gives it a hug every time she gets it.
SINGING and DANCING: Popcorn Popping, I am a Child of God and The Itsy Bitsy Spider top the list for songs she likes to sing. She loves dancing to the soundtrack of Tangled, but I've never seen a girl get so excited over a song as she does for "Rolling in the Deep" and "Rumor Has It" by Adele.
TRAMPOLINE: she loves being out on the tramp. "Mom, I jump rewee high?" is how she asks to go outside.

Shane and I both agree that we've seen her mature very quickly this last month. She doesn't cry as much, she does more things on her own and she's much happier. It couldn't have come sooner. I think Heavenly Father is blessing us as we get ready for her new little brother or sister. I don't know how much she knows about a new baby coming to our family, but my stresses about how she's going to handle the change are much less than they were about 3 months ago when we were really struggling with her behavior. We're very grateful for this sweet daughter of God and love her to pieces.

2 comments:

Natalie said...

What a sweet little girl. I can hardly believe she is 2, but then again my little one is turning 2 soon. She sure is one lucky girl to have such an amazing Mom!!!

Jen said...

Darling stories & info about sweet Sophie. I love to watch her be so cute.