We've been through a roller-coaster of a winter. Sophie gained a new cousin on November 23, 2007. Kai Thomas was born 12 days late, weighing 9 lb 10 oz, and extremely cute. My sister Chris and her husband Simon have a blog for Kai, and when I figure out how to do it, I'll put a link on the side of Sophie's blog. At first Sophie wasn't too impressed with this disruption of her "Auntie Chris" time, but now she's quite keen on her "baby Kai" and she's even shushed us for talking too loud near the baby. On the other spectrum of life, we all lost my brother Evan unexpectedly on November 28. We'll make sure Sophie learns about her uncle, and how excited he was about her, even before she was born. Christmas was nice. We pulled Sophie around Hawrelak Park in her old-fashioned wooden baby sled, and she loved it! She was intrigued by all the toys coming out of her stocking. I'm back in school this month. It's a heavy load, but we spend most of our home time watching Sophie make-believe, dance with her shadow, "conduct" to Baby Beluga, and goof around. There's no shortage of laughter around here.
