What's in a name?

I have decided to blog about why we spelled Sofie's name the way we did. I have had a lot of people ask me why we spelled it this way. Nathan last night said "yeah why did we do that?" When I was pregnant with Sofie Nathan and I could not choose a girl name, boys names were no problem but girls were a different story. I was reading on a baby site (i am not sure which one) where you type in a name and they give you the meaning and spelling and also people's comments about the name. A couple people had written that when they were little other kids would call them soapy instead of Sofie. So to save her from that we spelled it differently. Well guess what she still gets called soapy. These kids can't read so it must just be the way it comes out of their mouth. and I have to admit I have said it a couple time too, it just comes out wrong. Although it is cute when they call her soapy I just hope that it won't scar her for life, but having to spell it all through school might. So that is why.

Also our neighbor called last night and asked if I would watch her son every other Friday for a couple of hours in the morning. I said yes and He came over today. He is really good with Sofie, puts up with her taking things from him constantly and very gentle with her so I think it might go well. Here is a picture of the two of them together.