Sophia is 18 months old today.
We celebrated her half-birthday by going to lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. Olivia and Sophia decided on Quesadillas, which Olivia pronounces “CASE-OF-DEE-AHS” and all four of us shared the pineapple upside down cheesecake. Yum. I may need to figure out how to make that one at home. Sophia preferred eating the whipped cream, which she deemed “Tase-T”.
After lunch, we took the girls to the Build-A-Bear Workshop to finally use a gift card Sophia was given for her birthday. I don’t know why I was so surprised, but both girls chose the same animal: A frog. The girls had them stuffed (Soft for Sophia and Medium for Olivia, per her request), a heart inserted and then we “washed” them. Before we named them we decided we may need to get the frogs something to wear so we knew which frog belonged to which girl. Neither wanted clothes, but they did want shoes. We spent almost as much on a pair of stuffed animal shoes for the frogs as we do on actual children’s shoes. But–they were pretty cute and there was a 20% off deal if you made two animals, so I felt I could justify the accessories.
The naming ceremony proceeded and Olivia wanted to name hers “Bear” and then “Build-A-Bear” and then finally settled on “Ribbit”. Sophia liked the name “Hoppy” so that is what we christened hers.
So, without further ado, the newest members of our family, who both took a turn being unceremoniously pushed down the new slide Santa brought the girls for Christmas:
Hoppy wears sparkle-y red shoes.
Ribbit wears silver shoes. Olivia told me she wanted a matching pair. As do I.
Sophia is growing up incredibly fast and seems to be learning so much every day. Currently Sophia:
- Can count to fourteen–and understands what comes next even when we aren’t starting from one.
- Sings the ABC song and can point out the letters “G” and “O” without much trouble.
- Understands the difference between letters and numbers (usually).
- Knows the colors “Yellow” and “Green” , and is working on the others.
- Loves music and sings lots of songs from Yo Gabba Gabba (among others). Every time the show comes on, she throws her hands in the air and squeals “FAVE-IT SHOW!”
- Speaks in 4-5 word sentences on a regular basis and can tell you exactly what she wants and how she wants it.
- Asks lots of questions and usually follows up most of our explanations with “BE-TUZ WHY?”
- Loves to cuddle.
- Knows what a horse, cow, sheep, pig, dog and cat say (among others).
- Loves to dance and knows how to “Get The Sillies Out” .
- Tells knock-knock jokes.
- Plays pretend and likes me to smell “flowers” because they smell like peanut butter.
- She LOVES peanut butter.
- Has finally figured out how to get down the slide by herself. She had been having problems figuring out how to get her feet from under her…Friday found her figuring it out.
- She adores her “sit-stir”.
I’m sure there is a lot I am forgetting, but Sophia is such a sweet girl, I can always count on her for a terrific hug, kiss and nuzzle (aka Eskimo kiss). I am definitely enjoying watching her grow, even if it is a bit bittersweet.
Happy Half-Birthday Baby Girl!