Quantum leap

First Joke:  

She is drinking her bottle.  Suddenly she looks at me, takes it out of her mouth and holds it out--as if to offer it to me.  Then she laughs a deep hearty chuckle.  'Cause, you know, that's just cra-aaaa-zy!

Peekaboo 2.0:

She has been a fan of peekaboo for quite some time now.  But recently she has taken it to a whole new level.  She holds her blanket in front of her face and lifts it up and down.  Her mother and I say: "Where's Sophie?  THERE she is!!" over and over.  Sometimes she goes so fast it's more like: Where's Sophie?THERE she is!!Where's Sophie?THERE she is!!Where's Sophie?THERE she is!!"  Yesterday we caught her hiding behind her Pack-n-Play and then peeking out at us with a big old grin on her face.

Project Vertical:

The pulling-up, the standing, the cruising--all proceed apace.  She'll stand for quite a while now when she's preoccupied with a toy and doesn't realize she's standing.  Also, she may have taken her first step, if you define first step as standing with a stumbly step forward that she doesn't even realize she's made.

Speaking:

Well, maybe.  She looked at me and said "dadadadada," but she says "dadadadada" to almost everything.  She also looked at her mother and said something like "maman" so apparently she'll be speaking French.

Genius: confirmed!

Sophie knocks things down

A great and abiding charge to keep

The sobering thought struck me the other day:

I am now responsible for another human being's orthodontia. 

Back on track-almost

Tonight after 4 books and 2 songs, Sophie was ready to go to sleep. When I went to put her down, she reached out her arms toward the mattress. I thought she was getting ready to flip herself around and start crying. I was mistaken. It was to use her hands as a pillow. Not even a peep out of her when I put her down. Finally, we’re back on track after San Francisco. It only took 21 days. Now, we just need to work on this 5:00am wake up that she has developed over the last two nights.

Here is a new picture I have of Sophie. It captures her personality well, curious and happy.

Her favorite singer

Is Feist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI

We can start humming this song and she'll start getting excited now.  And looking around for the computer and then trying to physically climb into the picture (or something).

whistling, clapping, refusing to sleep

Sophie's had two firsts today.

We demonstrated blowing a plastic whistle a couple of times and then put it in her mouth.  After a certain degree of mastication, she produced a whistle, looking thoroughly delighted with herself once she had.  It's hit and miss on reliably replicating the whistle right now, but still.

She also started clapping (or making clapping motions) when we did so.  Yay Sophie!

In more aggravating news, she's still off-kilter from her recent transcontinental flight and subsequent jet lag.  She is at this moment howling in protest (at nine thirty at night!) when she should be sleeping soundly.  Her bed time is 8 p.m.

She was fairly good on the flights, but I'm afraid she has come to expect a nice pair of arms--or at least our soothing presence--to fall asleep to.