Sophie Jane

Dear Sophie, I love you so much! You have a lot more control over your hands. You can grab things and bring them to your mouth. it is not as easy for you to fall sleep in my arms any more, but luckily you still will. I love just getting to snuggle with you. I miss you so much if I have to go more than a day or two without seeing you. Luckily your mom will call me to FaceTime most days. The other day she was trying to do her makeup and she wanted you to do tummy-time so she just set up the phone in front of you so I could chat with you…. Summer flew by. Miles and Lila are back in school. Upper mama starts her job at Primary Children’s as a float pool nurse a month from now. You will miss being with her all day every day, but I look forward you getting to spend more time with you! I love you so much. You bring peace and joy to my heart!

Last Sunday, July 27th, was my mom’s 89th birthday. We planned a big veneration to hold in her backyard. For my gift to her (from me and from the whole family, really) was a video of all of her children and many many grandchildren and great grandchildren wishing her a happy birthday and saying things that they remember our love about her. I don’t know if YouTube will even be around when you receive this book/blog, but here is a link to it. You are in it a couple of times. And I love it because it gives a good picture of who my mom is overall: https://youtu.be/lj9m9ADCa94?si=_fwMVYHUjSXy7mCX Here are also some photos from the day. Here you are with your great grandmother Sharon Richards Wallace’s Allred. And here are some more photos of the day. I tried to get a photo with my mom but more and more people kept jumping in… And here we tried to get everybody, but still missed a few… I’m glad you were able to be there and I’m glad I made the video to show you when you are older so th...