Erin and I called our niece, Sophie, last night. After quite a lot of baby talk, family talk and wedding talk I think Erin got a little home sick and wanted to touch base. She also really wants to keep the close bond she gained with Sophie over the two weeks we were over there. Matt, Liz and Sophie weren't in so we left a voicemail and sat down to watch some of series 4 of the American Office. Before going to bed Erin checked email which said Liz had been trying to call us back as Sophie wanted to speak to us. We duly returned the call. That little girl's mind seems to have grown in one week as fast as she was developing when all the family were surrounding her with their affection and attention. Her new words were Pillow and Princess. She didn't seem to put either in context but that didn't matter as Erin and I just repeated what she was saying. She also continued our little joke of when we would ask if she was sleepy, she would reply by shaking her head and shouting PARTY. I'm not sure how useful this is for her parents but it certainly makes Sophie, Erin and myself giggle. Without the context of bedtime, tiredness and a word of warning 5 minutes before going to bed we didn't know if she would react over the phone the way she had when we were at her house, but sure enough there was around 2 minutes of Sleepy from us in the UK and Party from her in the States.
Simple Minds hey? And that's just Erin and I.
