She loves to glue, paint, play in the sand, and digging in "whatever" is a good time for her. At school if they are on the playground, Sofia is digging with buckets pretending to cook or build, anything having to do with digging! Inside she likes dress-up play, dolls and kitchen play. At home she wants to help in the kitchen, cooking or in the sink, cleaning or just playing in the water with dishes. Books and being read to are still among her top favorites, we have a not-so-small library of her books that we add to far too often! Dislikes are any kind of sandwich (nothing cold please). She doesn't like to wear pants ever, though occassionally it happens. And still she isn't into outdoor play equipment, trikes or scooters very much.

The integration into our family has truly been the most amazing part of this whole process. Sofia appeared comfortable and trusting from the very beginning. It has only increased by the day. She is very loving and affectionate, but still maintains her independence at home and at school. She will go upstairs alone and play in her playroom by herself for sometimes an hour at a time, mostly she is in the same room as us, but she does enjoy some alone playtime once in a while. She recently acquired some pet hermit crabs, after a weekend at the beach, so now along with our two dogs (her best playmates) she spends time talking to, feeding, watering and bathing, Hermie, Henrietta and Sampson. Always singing as she goes, did I say ALWAYS?!

Sofia is loved and adored by all our family. She spends a good deal of time with three of the four older siblings, 19, 25, 26. They come here to our house weekly and she will often go to theirs. Without a doubt, adopting Sofia was the best decision, along with having our own homegrown children, we have EVER made! Thank you for making this happen for all of us.