Spotlight on Sophie

We thought it was time to actually write down the story of Sophia's name. No, we didn't look at the list of most popular names in 2009, and bet that Sophia would be #1 in 2010 - that was just a fun coincidence!

Back in June, just as we were starting to talk about the new baby, Georgia was talking to Daddy about "Sophie Sophie Sophie." We'd both heard her talking about Sophie before, but didn't know who she was because, surprisingly enough, there were no Sophies in her classes at school, church or music class.

So Daddy asks her, "Georgia, who is Sophie?"
Georgia replied, "Sophie's in Mommy's tummy and she's coming."

Later, she was watching a Sesame Street Christmas program (in the summertime, but no one's keeping score), pointed to the muppet playing the baby Jesus and said, "There's Sophie!"
So Daddy asked her, "Who is Sophie?"
Georgia replied, "Sophie's my sister and she's coming at Christmas!"

Yes, she later named the baby "Coaster." And she was upset when we confirmed that the baby was a girl ("NO! I want a bruhduh!"). But initially, Georgia knew she was getting a Sophie at Christmas.

We're glad she was right.