Dear Sophie,
I know I say this every month, but I am amazed at how quickly you’ve grown! These months are speeding by like sand running through my fingers and all I want to do is clench my fist to keep you from getting any bigger. I think this is my favorite age so far – you are such a happy baby and are so much fun and more independent these days.You love to lay on your belly in the floor with your lamby and lovey and whatever other toys Ella piles up around you. Your back is strong and you crane your neck to look around and see what we’re doing. You have been getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth a lot. Your daddy and I think you are on the verge of crawling… at five months old! You haven’t shown any interest in sitting up and you’re already scooting all over the place. We put you on your play mat and come back moments later to find you half-way across the room pointed in another direction.You still don’t have any teeth, thank goodness, but that hasn’t stopped you from eating us out of house and home. You are still drinking only four bottles a day, but we’ve added two meals of baby food and you are putting Ella to shame! You love all of the veggies and fruits we’ve tried so far and are thrilled with a much yummier cereal for breakfast these days.There have been lots of firsts this month… some good and others not so good. You watched your first Alabama football game, wore your first pair of blue jeans, got a hair cut, had a really good giggle-fit, noticed our dog sniffing you out, had a stomach virus and tasted mint icing from your sister’s cupcake.You look more like your daddy every day and are just as relaxed and laid back as he is. It is so much fun to see how much you and Ella are the same… and different. With each passing day it’s getting harder to remember how things were before you got here. It’s hard to believe it’s almost your half-birthday. Days waiting for you to get here were long, these days are short and fly by without warning. We love you much, biggie.
