Second Quarter

4 Months
(With an increased awareness of the outside world, all of a sudden the 'elephant in the room' is noticed!)

5 Months

6 Months

Dear Sophia,

All of a sudden at four months you seemed to awaken to the world. This meant that you stopped eating as much during the day as you were frequently fascinated and distracted by just about everything around you. Less eating during the day meant more eating at night and consequently less sleeping. Sometimes my being very tired led me to feel frustrated with your awakenings. Other times I had the perspective that in the future I could sleep, but I wouldn't be able to cuddle you forever.

Your new interest in the world around you led to conversations like one we had in October.  You were very intrigued by my putting cream cheese on a bagel, you may have just wanted to eat it, but I started telling you that this was similar to how snow would look on the ground. I was looking forward to introducing you to snow, and bagels, and cream cheese, and pretty much everything.

Sophia, you started giggling. Your laugh makes us laugh harder, and we never stop until you do. We crouch down below your changing table and pop up and you think we are very funny.  Your Dad has now decided that you are big and strong enough for wrestling. I frequently hear from the other room that you have pinned him once again. This quarter you grew from what your Gran calls a 'kidney bean' (all head and bottom) to a little girl with stretched out arms and legs. 

During the first few weeks of your life you did the same few things over and over again. Now it seems as if you might be doing a new thing every day. Small things like grabbing an object in a new way and big things like rolling across the floor and sitting without our help. We loved those first few weeks, we love right now, and we can't wait to see what you have in store for us next,

Mom and Dad