FOUR years ago this little whirlwind blew into our lives. I think back on what our life was like before she was here. It was calmer, more quiet and far less work. I guess I always thought Sophie would be a carbon copy of Ella. I thought they would look alike and have the same personalities. I never expected them to be so different and four years later, it’s hard to think about what life would be like without this little Taz.
Sophie is always happy. Always. Every time someone asks me what she’d like for her birthday, I just smile. It doesn’t matter what you get her, she is over the moon excited and loves everything about it. She is quite possibly the easiest child to please. She is overly enthusiastic. Her facial expressions are the best and the inflection in her voice when she asks questions is almost more than I can take. She talks constantly and has the BEST voice ever. She’ll tell you that the only words she cannot say are “girl” and “squirrel”, which come out more like “gull” and “sqwull”.
Her favorite thing to eat is a variety plate. She likes sliced turkey, bananas, yogurt and pringles. Every time. She loves mexican restaurants, but only eats chips & cheese and fried rice. She loves macaroni & cheese, but only the “tiny” kind — which translates to Kraft easy mac. She will NOT accept homemade macaroni with fat noodles. She only drinks milk or water, but will occasionally drink a sip of tea or DP if she can get away with it. Her favorite snack is chex mix and she almost always requests blueberry waffles for breakfast.
She loves to dance and will break it down in the car when we have family dance parties. She isn’t picky about music, but loves Fool to Love You by John Mayer and Ho Hey by The Lumineers. Her favorite television shows are Mickey Mouse, Sheriff Callie, Sophia the First and Doc McStuffins. Can you say Disney junkie?! Her favorite movies are The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty and Frozen.
Sophie, you are such a treasure. I look forward to you waking me up at the crack of dawn every morning because you always have something funny to say. You are so snugly and I love that you still like to cuddle. I look forward to the nights that you wait for Ella to fall asleep before coming into our room to chat. You always bring pink and stand at the door and say, “I needa tell you sumfin.” You usually don’t have anything to say, you just want a few minutes of our undivided attention.
I can’t wait to watch you grow this next year. Four is so big! You’re going to school in the fall. How did that even happen?! Thank you for being my best girl. I love you crazy big.
I’ll have the birthday recap up after the fabulous K edits all of my images, but until then, you can flashback to her first three birthday parties in the posts below. Enjoy!
// a very merry unbirthday //
// somebunny turns two //
// sophie’s first birthday //
