Sophia at 2 1/2

Where did the last half a year go??

Sophia turned 2 1/2 on October 20th and I just can't believe that her next birthday will be 3!

I went back and read her 2yr+3mo post and many of those updates are still the same. But she's added a lot more to her vocabulary and is speaking in complete sentences almost always now. Her grammar needs correcting on occasion, but for the most part, she can be understood by strangers most of the time.
Her many silly expressions and voice alterations give us a laugh every day. Mostly she has this high pitch, super-sweet voice. But sometimes she'll switch it up with a growl or a deeper, bossy tone.

This little girl can be sweet as pie or ornery as sin. Her tantrums are unpredictable but seem to be on a high streak as of late. Sometimes she listens so well and calmly does as she's told when things don't go her way. Other times, she throws a fit and needs redirection to organize herself. Her manners are pretty good. She has some work to do on saying "please"... but "thank you", "excuse me" and "you're welcome" are pretty frequent.

Recently we went to the doctor for a 30-month well check for Sophie. (This is a new thing, I guess, because Will didn't have one.) Sophie weighed in at 32# wearing just a diaper and socks (~80th%) and 37" tall (~85th%). So she's still above average for height and her weight is proportionate to that. And guess what! Her head circumference is only 19.5"! That is... dare I say?... AVERAGE! Really? Our kid? ;)

Here are a few pictures from the last three months...

Go Bucks! Love this one.

Still one of my all time faves.

And here, she's modeling a new "spider" hair clip that our friend Jill got her for Halloween. Craig is such a "t-shirt and jeans" guy, so this is one of his favorite outfits on her.

Running out to play on pretty fall evening.

Aaaand... her new fascination with winking again, thanks to daddy's encouragement. She often tilts her head and sticks her hip out to go with it lately.

Here is some more of the latest on Sophie:

1) She suddenly loves her baby doll ("baby") and carries her around everywhere. She also insists that "baby" is always swaddled and daddy usually does that for her. He's the best swaddler.

2) Is it just my child or do little girls at this age get SO DIRTY, SO EASILY!?!?! I swear, by the end of each day, she is so grubby and I just can't wait to get her into the tub and smelling sweet and fresh again.

3) At bedtime, Sophie loves to burrow under her bed covers when she snuggles in. She's also often out of bed the minute we walk out the door but each time she snuggles into bed, she burrows. Once, Craig heard her calling and crying in the middle of the night and when he went in to check on her, she was so far under the covers and facing the foot of the bed that she couldn't find her way out. She was saying "I'm stuck in my bed!" And she kept trying to move further down. Craig had to pull her out so she'd calm down. Haha - poor baby. :(

4) The latest obsession is JUMPING... off of anything and everything she can climb on: couches, chairs, her bed, the sit-n-spin, stools, stairs, whatever. She loves to jump.

5) I'm so afraid of jinxing this, but Sophie has been eating so well lately. Just about everything I've put in front of her has been eaten without qualm... just s.l.o.w.l.y. Her favorites continue to be grains and yogurt, but she has gotten much better with fruits and main dishes too.

6) Sophie loves to cuddle and snuggle. She especially loves when Craig and I are snuggling and she can climb in the middle of us. I mean, I know kids like to see their parents being loving... but Sophie REALLY loves it. She's always trying to push our heads together for a kiss and she seems completely content when she's cuddled up right between us.

7) One of her favorite games is hide and seek... and she's really good at it. Like, scary good. She's actually scared us a few times trying to find her. ;) The other favorite game is running and being chased. That's just annoying. But I am secretly pleased that she loves to run.

8) And if you ask, her favorite color is purple.

The next six months are going to fly, as the holiday months always do. Lookin' forward to see what they bring!