Sofia at 4 (and 4 months)!

Sofia is growing up so fast and it seems even faster now that we have Olivia. She's 42.8 lbs and is 44 inches tall. I'm always struck by how 'big' Sofia is after holding and being with Olivia and Sofia's feet seem huge to me, even though they aren't big for her size. She's certainly a character who is constantly living in her own story. Lately she's "Ava" who is 8 years old or "Nurse Caroline" who is here to check on the baby. She loves to pretend and goes in and out of such characters. She's also just started becoming interested in sounding out words and figuring out how to spell things. Out of nowhere, she'll ask "What does 'horse' start with?" and usually get's it right after sounding it out. She also loves to write words while asking me how to spell whatever it is she's writing. She also just learned how to count to 100 and loves to practice over and over and she's gotten quite good!

Sofia is great with Olivia and really loves her a lot and tries to be helpful. The best part of my day is in the morning when Olivia has eaten and we are "talking" while sitting on the rocking chair and Sofia comes into the room. Olivia's entire face lights up and she smiles at everything Sofia does and says. It's so cute! Sofia is also very helpful while we are driving around and when I ask her if Olivia is asleep, she'll say "She's awake and having a ball." It's so funny and i have no idea where she heard that.

Luckily she's a fairly adventurous eater and we've convinced her that she has to at least try something before proclaiming she doesn't like it. She still loves grilled cheese sandwiches and peanut butter sandwiches but also is becoming more open to meat (mainly chicken) and still loves hard boiled eggs, shrimp and salmon and broccoli. Strangely she loves raw onion and will come over asking for slices when I'm cutting them in the kitchen. She also loves olives, capers and carrots yet won't eat apples or pears with their skins on or grapes.

Our beautiful little girl