Thoughts of a Proud Dad

"Kisses" from Sophia

After getting his first set of "Daddy Days" in awhile, Will sent the following email out to his family.

You wouldn't believe our little girl. After having her all day today and yesterday, I am amazed how quickly she is growing up. She walks all over the place (as long as we put her on her feet), and can even stop, turn, start again, change directions, and go around a moving object (Trent). We can't leave her "cruising" around the furniture anymore, because we turn our back for one second, and she's halfway across the room, far out of reach of anything to grab on to.It's very fun and exciting for me. But it's still kinda nice to know that if I sit her on her bum she won't be going anywhere.

She's always doing cute things too. Today she was sitting on our bed playing with one of my financial planning magazines while I did some laundry. I left her sight for one second and I came back in the room just as she ripped a whole page out of the magazine.I exclaimed "Sophia!" and she looked up at me with a startled look. Then she tucked her chin down, looked coyly back up at me, and reached her arm out with the page in her hand - trying to give it to me so I wouldn't be mad. Things like this make us laugh all the time!

And then there's her eating!! Tonight she had two huge pieces of ravioli, a big slice of pineapple, and a gerber vegetable. She's already being weaned off of baby food. For lunch I give her a piece of sliced lunch meat, string cheese, vegetable, and cinnamon apple sauce. It would be a meal for most grown ups!

I'm sure she can't wait to see everyone when ya'llcome out in several weeks....

Will

I once saw a onsie that said "My fingers may be small, but they're big enough to wrap my Daddy around!" Sophia's definitely got her Daddy wrapped up tight!