Our active toddler

Sophie is into everything and anything these days. She's practically running and loves to explore our condo. She's also very interested in books and continually picks up her board books and holds them up to the nearest adult, asking to be read to. In fact, reading to Sophie is pretty much how I spent all day today.

Here are a couple of photos showing our dishes-washing, book-loving, paperclip-scattering 14 month old. Enjoy!

What are the odds?

Holly and I were just looking at a list of songs that are good for running, and I pointed at one - Coolio's 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New) - and said "Sophie likes Coolio", and started up our (homemade) mp3 player program on our computer to play the song for Sophie. This mp3 player gives us access to all the songs on our computer, and by default, it randomizes the order, so every time you start it, the list of songs is in a different order. This time, the very first song was Coolio's 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New). The very first one! The odds of that happening are 1 in 3090 (the number of songs we currently have in our music directory). It's like winning the lottery, but without the financial gain.

And yes, Sophie did indeed dance to Coolio. And Joan Osbourne. And Journey. We'll see if she likes Korn.

First trip to the dentist and more pics

Helping with the laundry

Sophie helps Daddy fold his socks into Tribble-like balls