When you become a parent there is an unspoken license to state the obvious and not have it held against you. I will exercise this right now: Piper is growing up before our very eyes. She just turned 3 months a couple of days ago and surprised us the other morning when she was rolled over on her stomach in her crib! Since then, her turning over has been a little like a comet (you know what I mean? You know it exist, but see one rarely). So this has brought about some increased tummy time and during this tummy time we have seen her strength:
On the flip side of things - Sophia is showing more and more personality. This morning she asked me to fix one of her favorite breakfast items: scrambled eggs. But then she began to move her table and chairs out onto the deck so that she could watch the birds while she ate. I was working in the kitchen making pancakes for em and I.
She would call me out: Dad, DAD! (yelling like her hair was on fire)
Me: What Soph? (seeing that the hair was not on fire)
Soph: Nook at dat bird! Wass he doin' Dad?
Me: He's a woodpecker babe - he's peckin the tree.
Soph: Oh... Wass he doin' Dad?
Me: He's a woodpecker Soph - he pecks on stuff with his beak.
Soph: OOOOHHHH....Wass he doin' Dad?

This went on for some time until I told her that I needed to check on the pancakes. This is not only limited to birds but to almost anything that her eye finds. She will ask what is happening, we will answer, and she will ask again - so on and so on. I've tried to turn it into a game for myself to explain it different ways every time - but after about 7 times, I run out of synonyms.
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We went to go get pics taken of the girl today at Picture People. It was a great experience. I really like the people there and we were really happy with the pics that we got of the girls. These were the first of the girls that we have gotten taken professionally.
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Some time this week I am going to start a new section called "Sophia Geddes" - Sophia has started taking pictures with the camera and believe it or not she has captured some of the greatest photos of Piper, Emily, and I. Grant it, there has been a lot of feet, torsos, and carpet - but all in all she understands how to use a camera and use it well.

This is going to be the definition of a mixed bag:
You see that thing up there? You see it? A couple of days ago a trainer at Emily's gym told her that she should get a jump-rope and jump 10 minutes a day. Emily suggested then that I do the same. I tried it and felt like an idiot. I could only jump for about 30 seconds straight if I was lucky - this due to my being out of shape and lacking coordination.
My gut instinct was to get mad at the rope. My contention was that it was not weighted enough and if I just had a better rope it would have gone smoother. But the reality is that it has very little to do with the rope (maybe some?) but has everything to do with me. I think I do that all too often - blame my inability on things outside of me...anything other than me. So, not only have I resolved to jump-rope 10 minutes a day - but to also look inside first and then at my circumstances.
On a slightly less serious note - Emily and I have come up with about 4 different ways to jump-rope. Through some observation we found that I had a highly inefficient jump.
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We are thinking about purchasing a new digital camera...does anyone have a digital camera that they really love or hate? Leave us a comment and let us know so that we can make a good decision or avoid making a terrible one.
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Piper update as of a week ago: 13lbs. She isn't sleeping through the night yet, but has made great strides in that direction.

It is crazy getting to know her and even crazier thinking about the fact that she wasn't even here 3 months ago! We can't even remember life without her and yet she is so young. Happy 3 month birthday popcorn!
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In case you didn't know - this is the best show on television. Watch it. I will write more about why later - but case in point - we just went from a tribal dancer in formal dress (a little TOO formal) to an amazing tap dancing blonde girl.

As promised yesterday: get a bucket b/c your heart is about to melt. Let us know if you need us to send you a new one - we will go halfsies with you. It is impossible to get Soph to do stuff for the camera - repeat impossible. This was taken at 6:45 am - she started singing and I asked if she would do it for the camera - she said yes. I rushed downstairs and back: