Sophie is 9 mths!
Dearest Sophie,
This is a photo of you turning towards the CD player and "dancing" to the song! Everyday we’ve been playing you the same CD and you love it and can recognise it each time we turn it on. You’ve started learning to dance and move to it. So cute! That’s you on the right watching TV.
I can’t believe it. 3 more months and you’ll be a year old. It’s amazing how time flies.
We’ve been doing a lot more this month coz you’re staying awake longer, getting more mobile and constantly taking everything in. We go for walks, go out with friends, go shopping, do a bit of singing and dancing, experiment diff foods and recipes etc.
You are really well behaved most of the time and I really thank God for that. You can pretty much manage sitting in the stroller when we’re out shopping or out for walks. Once we took you out with our friends to East Coast for seafood till 12am and you did so well! You took a little nap before we went and lasted thru the dinner in the high chair. Hee… but you had a major meltdown just before we got to the car to go home but once the car started, you were fine.
You really enjoy being in the company of people. As long as there are people around, you’ll be very happy.
Jimmy trying to take a pic w you while you were awake. You were not very pleased but he was i think. hee…
On Sat nite, we had friends over. At abt 9 plus, you were asleep but i think you heard us laughing and started to cry really loudly. I tried to rock you, nurse you (YA!) etc… but you just wouldn’t go back to sleep. Finally I took you out to meet everyone. After 1/2 hr, we put you back to sleep and you slept on your own, totally satisfied that you’ve seen the crowd. You are so funny. 
You love it when Uncle next door says hi or when the kids come running. You’ll SMILE at them. Actually most times you smile at most people, esp those you know. Really cute. The auntie downstairs calls you smiley gal.
You are starting to really enjoy the company of your grandparents. Oooo they love you SO SO MUCH! Grandpa wants to carry you all the time. He has successfully put you to sleep a few times. Ye ye did that too recently. Ma ma and occasionally Grandma has been looking after you while mum n dad go on dates or out with our friends. We actually are starting to have a life again. Woo hoo!
What are some of the new things you’ve been doing this month?
1. Sitting with us at the dinner table for meals. This is great coz when we go out for meals, you will happily sit on the baby chair and play.
2. Experimenting with finger foods and practising your pincer grasp (using the first two fingers to pick up things)
3. Clap. Ok… you don’t actually clap but you recognise the word and will hold your hands up and sometimes together. Think you haven’t quite figure how to put them together and release them. Hee.
4. Wave bye. I’ve seen you do this but you don’t do it all the time.
5. Stand. You love standing. You are still crawling on your tummy using your hands to pull yourself forward and you can’t pull yourself up yet properly BUT you love to stand. You just want to stand.
6. Fascination w buttons, strings, zips
7. Talking to other kids. You’ve started trying to "talk" to other kids but not many "talk" back coz they are all busy moving around. Since you can’t move much, you talk. Hee.
8. Laugh and scream really loudly. Your voice is quite soft, at least that’s what most people say but recently i noticed that you’ve been laughing loudly and screaming, just for fun. Hmmm…
9. You’ve dropped one nap, so down to two.
10. Your tooth has emerged!
There must be a million more new things you’ve done and Mommy is struggling to keep up with you!
That’s you preparing to go to sleep.
You are truly a joy to have around. Such a blessing… Everyday we thank God for you my darling…
Love
Mommy