July 28th

I had planned on writing about Sophie’s birthday, how terribly bad it was and how bad she was. But I’m not going to get into all that. I will say that the day got a whole lot better when we got home. I do want to tell you a little about our now three year old. She loves her family. She even tells me about the dreams she has, that I am driving her to Oklahoma. She remembers everyone, even family she hasn’t seen in awhile. She cries when her daddy has to go back to work. Even though she ignores his affection when he’s here. As soon as he says bye she comes unglued. He tells her he will be home in a couple of hours for dinner but it doesn’t matter to her. I think she feels safe and secure when we are all at home together. Sophie would love to have friends. While we were waiting to get inside the aquarium today she met a little girl in line. She sat right next to her and started to talk. The conversation went like this:
“Hi, I’m Sophie! That’s my Momma! That’s my sisiter Haley! That’s my sister Ruby! That’s my brother Daddy!”
And then she puts her arm around the little girl and gave her a hug. It’s moments like those that make her trantrums seem small.
I love to watch her and her Daddy play together. He will talk in a high voice and she laughs at him and say’s he’s silly. And then demand he continue in their make believe game.
Haley is so many years older than Sophie, so some times it’s really had for her to see things the way Sophie does. But there are moments that I see such love from Haley that it amazes me. Sophie was sent to bed for disobeying me and she was very upset about being alone. But I stuck to the punishment and made her stay in bed. Haley went it there and laid down with her and made her feel better. I think she told her a story or something, but at the end I heard them tell each other that they loved one another. You don’t hear that too much.
Even though my Sophie makes me earn it every day, I wouldn’t want to have her any other way. She wouldn’t be Sophie. I love to see her smile. Not the silly one you see in the pictures I post but the one she has when she’s happy. Maybe one day I will catch it on the digital screen. Anyway, here’s to being three Sophia Elizabeth Kay. What I hope for you this year is that you will continue to grow and learn to handle things that you don’t like. And maybe we can find you a friend to play with.