Sophie girl,
This month brought lots of changes to our sweet little family of four. You learned to hold your head up like a pro, to sleep on your belly and to roll over. I learned how hard it is to spend my days away from you.
It is amazing how fast three months fly by. I got used to living a fairytale life at home with my two little girls. We made waffles for breakfast, spent lazy mornings playing under the windows and long afternoons snoozing by the pool. We sang silly songs, made trips to the library and started taking baths in the big tub together with Ella.
You took your first vacation to our favorite place in the world. It was there that you started sleeping through the night. It would seem that vacation agreed with you. We could tell you recognized us when we loved on you and you LOVED all of the attention you got when our whole family was camped out next to one another. You put your toes in the sand and surf and learned to love sleeping on a blanket under the setting sun.
Although you are still my tiny girl, you are really starting to fill out, especially in the face. Your arms and legs are still long and lean, but you have three chins and the cutest fat rolls at the tops of your legs. And just like your sister did, you have the roundest belly I have ever seen. You are finally wearing 0-3 month clothes, but if newborn sizes weren’t so short we would probably still be wearing those. Everybody who sees your bare feet comment on how long they are. Even your daddy remarks that you have the longest big toe he’s ever seen!
You have been holding your head up so well, that we’ve been letting you sit in your Bumbo seat on the kitchen counter. You still don’t like it for very long, but I have a feeling you’ll be cooking with me & Ella before you know it.
I know that the doctor recommends you sleeping on your back, but a few weeks ago you decided you weren’t doing it anymore. We put you down for bed and you pitched a fit. We tried everything, but nothing we tried made you happy. Then I laid you on your belly in a last ditch effort to make you happy and you’ve been sleeping eleven hours at night ever since. After a nap this weekend, I caught you holding your head up so high, looking all around your room for someone to get you. Early Sunday morning you surprised me by squealing long before daylight. When I came to check on you, you were laying on your back with all your arms and legs straight up in the sky. You looked just like a turtle. It seems you’ve learned to turn yourself over in your sleep, since I’ve had to flip you two more times since then.
I hope one day you know what your real name is. Just like your sister, we call you a million different names and expect you to react to them all. Sophie. Soph. Soapie. Soap. Soapie girl. Little Bit. Peanut. Biggie. Biggity-big. Boogity-bug. You know how it works, one name leads to another.
When I come to get you up in the mornings, you are so disoriented. You hate being flipped over onto your back before you are awake. But as soon as you’re on the changing table, early morning sunshine on our faces, you are grinning up at me. Saying good morning. And as much as I miss you while I’m working, I cannot wait to get home to you every afternoon. You smile when you see me and we snuggle with Ella Bella & SD when we get home. The moments before daybreak and those hours just before dark are the best parts of my day; you and your sister are the best parts of my life. I cannot imagine them without you.
