Today I decided to give Sophie some cereal in her very own bowl. With her very own spoon. As compared to me literally spoon-feeding her and slapping her hands away as she tried to take over operations. I will let her try feeding herself but we've never ventured so far as to try the really sloppy stuff like cereal or applesauce or pudding.
I envisioned a huge mess and was fully prepared to bat clean-up (meaning, I had Canada on stand-by). But, to my surprise, she did awesome!! She actually got a fair amount of it on the spoon, ate it without too much spillage, and I barely helped at all. I actually left her alone for the last half instead of hovering over her shoulder, and came back to the bowl still intact on the table as opposed to tossed on the floor with Honey Nut Cheerios (I mean Honey Nut Spins) strewn everywhere.
Good job Sophie!
In other Sophie news, she is now forward-facing in her car seat. Yes, she is over 16 months old, but she just recently topped out over 20 lbs which is the one half of the required benchmark for turning around. But she was starting to get a little squished with her little legs unable to stretch all the way out unless she stuck them straight up in the air. Good things she's flexible.
So, now she's turned around, like the big kids. Its kind of a metaphor for her life. She's leaving babyhood behind, where everything just happened to her without her having any control. And she's heading full speed forward as a toddler, ready to take the world by storm.
So, now she's turned around, like the big kids. Its kind of a metaphor for her life. She's leaving babyhood behind, where everything just happened to her without her having any control. And she's heading full speed forward as a toddler, ready to take the world by storm.
And finally, I just now got around to making the birthday video for Travis. Behold....
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