Sophie: 28 Months

I have completely fallen off schedule with this updating once per month business. I guess it's because I am too busy actually interacting with the kids. Well, I guess that makes it sound like I wasn't interacting with them before. Hm, oh well. Here's an update! :)

Sophie has officially moved into a twin bed. When we first moved we converted her crib into a toddler bed. She was having a hard time adjusting to sleeping in a noisy room with her sister so we decided that it probably wasn't the right time to transition her and slapped that crib side back up. Just recently she started asking us to take the side off again. We gave in after three days of requests and she did great. No getting out of bed and very little falling out of bed. All was well until I had to change the girls sheets and took a glance at the state of Sophie's crib/mattress. They were well worn with a noticeable sag in the middle. A quick trip to Sam's club (actually two, the mattress and box spring wouldn't both fit in the mini van) and Sophie had a brand new bed. We took her to Target to pick out some new sheets (we ended up picking them out) and had Grandpa and Grandma bring over the bed rail from their house. The bedding we picked out has a monkey on them doing various beach things. We asked Sophie to name her and she decided on Cowgirl the Monkey. Pretty cute. She is one snuggly bug.

Sophie has been enjoying a little more social interaction as well. We head to a weekly playgroup at the Vestal Library where she gets to play with a bunch of kids all up to age 4 or so. We take a ball and some snacks and she gets to run around the room playing with the other kids. She really enjoys herself and never wants to leave.

Unfortunately, her socialization has been limited recently due to the fact that she has been sick. She developed a staph infection in her leg which turned out to be a more resiliant strain of staph called MSRA (methicillin-resistant Staph). She had to have her leg lanced and drained which was a terrible experience for all of us. The poor girl! The nurse practitioner thought she did such a great job and gave her two lollipops at the end. So she has been on antibiotics for almost 14 days now. She also has a terrible chest cold that has been waking her up at night with coughing fits. She seems to be feeling better but it has taken a long time for her to get over all of this stuff.

She never stops talking! Some of the things she loves to say are...

how 'bout again? (usually after being thrown in the air)
hm, what else? (when detailing a list)
I want some moak (milk)
cockawhile (crocodile)
fider (spider)
woaf (wolf, from animated Peter & The Wolf)
a fider / the woaf / Josie is comin' to get me!
I'm Li-Keen (Lightning McQueen)
palada (no idea what this means, but it's funny)
I want to paint finguns (finger paint)
would you like some ... (offering her food)
I want to be cold buns! (diaper-less)
I'm so sad. (after being told "no")
are you sad?
I want to watch a show!
Don't touch my poopoos [name]
I'm still goin' poopoos
I'm taking my time goin' poopoos
It's Josie's turn [to have her diaper changed]
I don't like that!
I love you so much...
You're so cu-u-u-te...
Have you ever seen my friend [name]? (usually applies an absent half of a couple, as in "Trina, have you ever seen my friend Danny?")