Happy 15 months, Sophie Brooke!

Our very own little Sophie Brooke is 15 months today! I realized going through my blog that I haven't written much lately about her adventures, new achievements or other various antics. That is sort of the point of having a blog, right? To keep track of important things in life so you can read about them later? Here's to being a better journal-keeper/blogger this year!

Sophie Brooke: Highlights

Sophie the big sister

• Sophie has all but two of her teeth- and those last ones are coming in now and giving her a harder time than any of the others. 
• Sophie LOVES to run around making noise, run after her kitties and be chased by daddy
• Favorite foods are: cheese ("chss"), gold fishes at church ("fsh"), #10 & butter pecan ice cream with grandpa Nasson, clementines, broccoli, strawberry yogurt, wheat toast, apple sauce, squash/zucchini and milk ("mm") 
• Sophie does not currently like: carrots, apple slices, celery (unless it has peanut butter on it) or red meat (I think it's a texture thing.)
• Some of Sophie's favorite activities include: reading books, brushing her teeth, sorting things, playing at the park, going for walks, bath time, just about any game with daddy but especially "rawr."
• Sophie is a very good helper. She loves to help with laundry by moving clothing from one basket to another, in/out of the washer/dryer, "sweeping" the kitchen floor, putting her plate in a cupboard when she is done with it, stacking things up, putting a used diaper in the trash can and anything else that seems helpful. 
• Sophie does not like having a wet or dirty diaper at all. She is very smart and knows exactly where to go to get a diaper and wipes. If she needs a change, she'll bring the supplies to you & lay down until you fix the problem. She will even pick up the used diaper and take it to a trash can if/when we let her. 
• Sophie's vocabulary is growing but even if she doesn't have words for what she wants, she is very good at communicating her needs and wants. She does this by either physically taking us to something, moving our hands to do what she wants or starting to do/get whatever she wants. Currently, her most used words are: yes ("es"), cheese ("schees"), that, please ("ss"), this ("dis"), mom ("ma" or "mamama"), dad ("da" or "daada"), yum ("mmm") and fish ("fsh"). Every so often, she'll point at the cats and say "at" so we assume that she is saying cat. 
• Sophie has little routines during the day and one of those involves handing me her bib, trying to climb in her high chair and then while waiting for me to get her some food or a drink, she will fold her arms for prayer. 



At the Lady Bug park

• A few other little tidbits: Sophie loves to fill bags and carry them around with her, she has on several occasions gone to the bathroom to get a tissue to blow her nose and come out with half of the roll trailing behind her, she enjoys coming to color guard rehearsals and playing with the swing flags, she climbs EVERYTHING (chairs, toilets, beds, benches, cats, outside of stairs, high chairs, dressers...), she will imitate anything you do, she thinks it's great fun to take bobby pins out of my hair and try putting them in her own hair (or daddy's head...), loves reading books- especially lift-the-flap books, dancing and is just starting to learn how to play *with* other toddlers rather than around them. 

We love our little Sophie so much and get so many laughs out of her funny faces, daily antics and general cuteness!