uncle ralph

This is Sophia and her Uncle Ralph. Ralph lives with us and he and Soph have a pretty special thing goin' on. Sophia was the first baby Ralph ever held and he was pretty green in the whole baby dept. before her. He is now the uber-Uncle and has graduated through various bouts of diaper changes, nose wiping and baby sitting. He's the only other person besides us who has ever put her to bed. This may not seem a big deal, but those of us who knew Ralph BS (Before Soph) have to really reign in our desire to make all kinds of noises at how great he is with her. (Said noises would probably please and annoy Ralph simultaneously)

Tonight Uncle Ralph reached a new plateau of childcare. Ralph introduced Sophia to miso soup, and she seriously takes after her father in her love of asian soups. (The above photo is of her eating Hot and Sour Soup last Monday. Yep. I couldn't believe it. What 20 month old eats Hot and sour soup?) So, tonight Sophia got to have her first big bowl of miso soup all to herself, then Wade and I went out. I guess Soph and Uncle Ralph were running around and Soph gets sick...which is odd as she hardly ever pukes, even as a tiny baby...but really it was just one more thing for Super Uncle to add to his resume, puke-cleaner-upper and he then taught her how to say "Ralph Rocks!", though aapparently before bed it sounded like "Rocks! Alph! Yeah!". I couldn't agree more.