Miss Baby America

Sophia is in that baby stage where she acts a whole lot like a dog. Crawling is the most obvious aspect of this dog stage. Add to that how she carries things in her mouth, such as toys, lids, or anything she finds on the floor that she can fit in her mouth. Eating everything she finds on the floor is also rather dog-like. Especially considering that she will things off of the floor that she wont' eat if I put in on her highchair tray. She even does the breathing thing that kind of reminds me of panting. She lets out these little puffs of air, sometimes several at a time and rhythmically. It's awfully cute. At times she even blows her little bangs up with the puffs. Sophia is also really into crawling over things. It's like she searches to create her own obstacle courses. She will be crawling along and something will be on the floor, like a stuffed bear, and instead of avoiding it, she'll go out of her way to crawl over it. She especially enjoys crawling over my legs or over Yale's body when he's lying on the floor. I'm surprised at how many times she will do this. One day when I was sitting on the floor, I think she crawled over my legs about 50 times. As I'm sure you can imagine, Yale is quite smitten with Sophia. His new nickname for her is Miss Baby America since he thinks she has to be the cutest baby ever. I'm excited to report that Sophia did the sign for milk several times today. She has done this sign, which involves squeezing your hand like your milking a cow, a few times over the past few weeks, but this is the first time I was sure she really knew what she was doing. I think she may have done the sign for sleep, too. It's been a big day for signing! Olivia just woke up and is sitting on my lap as I type. She is pointing out letters on the keyboard and saying things like, "'O' for Olivia, 'S' for Sophia." The other day she surprised me by saying, "Juice starts with 'G'." Although, juice obviously doesn't start 'G', I was impressed with how she got the right sound.