And from the poo and slobber...

...a person emerges.

I know that my little girl is soooo special and I've been looking for those little things that makes her different from everyone else on the planet (she needs to have her hand on her face when she eats)

But now she's starting to develop her personality and her likes and dislikes. Sophia was in my arms and I was watching... I don't know... Die Hard(?) And she started telling me in her own way that she didn't like what we were doing. So I, almost jokingly, told her, "If you don't want to watch my show, that's fine. I'll turn on your shows." and I turned the TV to Noggin. She sat and watched Noggin for near 45 minutes.

So we pulled out her Baby Einstein DVDs and started finding out what she likes and doesn't. She still isn't interested in what the TV is about. But she does like the bright colors moving on TV. Her favorite TV show is Maisy. It has the brightest colors with stark contrast and she loves it. I truely believe that she enjoys Maisy and I'm not making that decision for her.

Our little girl (set to music)

So the idea came before Sophia had appendages. My mother used to sing me a song she called, "My song" An old folk song that goes, "I love you, a bushel and a peck... etc" I don't know the title, but someone will surely say the title is something simple like, "bushel and peck"

Anyway, I wanted a song for my little girl. In fact, I loved the idea of her song being something like Goodnight My Angel by Billy Joel. It's a nice song that is sung in the 1st person from a father to a daughter. I loved the lyrics and was wanting to use that, until I found out that I wasn't the first to think of that. There is everything from a song to a childrens book with the lyrics. Seems great, but then I just felt that I was jumping on the bandwagon. Not what I was after.

So Lynette and I went to The Capsules. It's a local band that has released 2 1/2 albums that we enjoy. They were skeptical they could deliver what we wanted. But they took the challenge and sure enough. Today Lynette, Sophia and myself had dinner with Julie and Jason Shields to get the song. They sure came through with something great. In fact, I have 2 opinions.

Personally, I love the lyrics and the sound. It's dripping with The Capsules sound that Lynette and I have grown to love. It has Julie harmonizing with herself (which I love in their other songs) And the repetative scales (think Ave Maria) only adds to its childish charm (I think that phrase may be taken the wrong way. I only mean that it is meant for a baby, as it is)

Professionally (I know I'm not a professional) I was actually surprised that I was analyzing this song. Yet I couldn't help but notice the bold, yet confident steps they took with minors and incidentals. It shows development in style and more than an expected level of maturing. It only makes me more excited in hearing their next CD (which is still a ways off)

Without further ado. Here is Sophias song.

The Capsules

One Bright Shining Star

Shorter story for you: The shirt you see Sophia wearing is a gift from my friend Nigel who lives in Ireland. Yes, Sophia has an Irish shirt from Ireland. Anyway, Irish labeling says the size is 0-1 I assumed the shirt was equal to a 6-9 mo. But when we put it on her, we realized its 3-6 months and she's going to be grown out of it soon. It took me a bit before I agreed that she could wear it at all. Now I'm sad that she'll only be able to wear it a short while before it becomes too small.

Just like daddy

We went garage sale-ing a few weeks ago and I found a couple of hats for Sophie. I figured we should get something to put on her head since its getting colder and she still has NO hair to keep her head warm (She's going to be starting Kindergarten by the time she has hair at the rate it's growing now) Anyway, this hat reminded me of Ken and it was so adorable that I just couldn't pass it up.

Just a reminder of us

OK, if this is how I spend most of my day. In fact, I'd say 70% of the time that Lynette is at work, how is she able to grow and develop her muscles?

But she can. I don't know how, but she does.This morning SOphia was happy with sitting and watching some TV, she didn't want to take a lazy approach to it all. So she decided to sit up to get a better view at the TV.

So pictures is what you're after, pictures is what you'll get.

Sophia has been doing 2 new things. 1 is smiling at anyone who smiles at her. The other is learning what her tounge does.

Here is her in both poses.