A lot can happen..

..in 6 months.

Today, while I was updating my iphone, I was also importing about a gazillion pictures to iphoto.  Some of these pictures dated back to last summer.  I'm a little behind I guess.  But holy cow.  Sage has changed so much since we moved into our house (can you believe we've already lived here for 6 months?)
Then I decided to go back to six months before that.
And six months before that.
About a few months after she was born.

Check it out. (Especially make note of her hair growth over time..she's got one thick head of hair.)

 At 3 months Sage was just barely starting to support and lift her own head.  Crazy!  She was 11 lbs. 2 oz. and 25 inches long.

 At 9 months Sage had been crawling for about 2 weeks and had callouses on her feet and knees from being on the move so much.  She could pull herself up, feed herself, and empty the garbage can.  Gross!  She weighed 16 lbs. 5 oz. and was 29 1/2 inches long.

 At 15 Months, Sage was not only walking, but running. And fast.  She just started talking (a little) and would sign please, thank you, and more.  She understood quite a bit of what we were saying but was still just catching on.  She weighed 19 lbs. 8 oz. and was 33 inches long.

Loved the escalators in Vegas.

At the aquarium in Vegas..she LOVED it there.

At 21 months, Sage says a lot!  Some of her most common words are: Kitty, Meow, Hot, Juice, Please, Thank You, Cookie, Mama, Dada, Bob (cat name), Clark (cat name), Ball, Book, Milk, Nana, Grandpa, Eat, Night-Night, Hi, Bye, etc.  Her phrases incluce:  Down there, In there, On there, What's that, I need it, and most recently..What's that down there :)
Don't ask me where she learned this. I have no idea.
She understands every request and instruction we give her, and will usually tell us when she is ready to go to bed.
She can unlock our iphones, scroll through the pages of apps, and find exactly what she wants to play with.  Her favorite thing to do is go into netflix and find "super why" to watch.  I'm not sure how in the world she figured out how to work that!  She's definitely technology savvy..something she must get from her dad.
She is starting to understand that she can make her own choices and that she is her own person.  I kind of love this..but I mostly hate it.  She is becoming SO independent and sassy.  She's definitely going to suffer through the terrible two's..(or maybe it's me who will be suffering.)  She throws many tantrums when she doesn't get what she wants, and thoroughly enjoys saying the word no. :)
She weighs in at just under 23 pounds and is 34 1/2 inches tall.

We're currently getting her ready for potty training (WHAT?!) and trying our hardest to get her to sit at the table during meals.

She's such a funny little thing.

And boy do I love her.

20

Last week Sage turned 20 months and next week I'll be 20 weeks pregnant. 

Where is the time going? Seriously?

Sage is turning into quite the drama queen and is quite frequently visiting time out.  She throws these awesome mini-tantrums and slams her head into whatever is nearby, in order to get her way of course.  This has resulted in bumps and bruises on her head, my head, and maybe a few dings in some chairs (just kidding.)  

We usually send her to time out when these tantrums occur..but..she LOVES it.  What?  Why would she love time out?  I don't know.  But she runs, or gallops, down the hall laughing and plants her nose in the corner.  Then she comes back just giggling.  It's the cutest and most irritating thing in the world.  

See what I mean?

Time out :)

She also really, and I mean really, loves to draw and color.  She's got amazing pencil/pen/crayon/marker holding skills for a 1 1/2 year old.  It surprises me every time she picks one up how good she holds it.  Awe, see how cute?

This next picture is somewhat of an embarrassment on my part.  Basically, I had to run to the store for something, Quinn was gone, and Sage was already in her pj's for the night.  So I just bundled her up, threw on some boots, a hat and coat and out we went.  I still can't believe I took her out like this.  At least she has no recollection of it..right?

Maybe I should have thrown in these sunglasses to make the outfit complete, eh?

And here is a belly shot.  I feel huge.  This was taken 2 weeks ago at 17 weeks..so you can imagine how much it has grown since.  Luckily we found out today that there's only one in there..heaven forbid I have two on top of the crazy one I already have...although twins would have been fun ;) 

Oh, and did I mention it's a girl? :) 

I'm thrilled!

It's been awhile...

.....since my last post.  But I have some reeeally good excuses. 

1.  I'm pregnant. We all know what that entails..nausea, vomiting, extreme exhaustion, and in my case this time around, major headaches.  Combine this with an overly active 18 month old and you will begin to understand my lack of writing.  But I'm 1 week away from my 2nd trimester and things are easing up dramatically (except for the headaches..sympathy is welcome)..so hopefully the writing picks up again.

and..

2.  Once Sage turned one, I really just skipped out on the monthly updates. 

So now, I'm going to write about both..my monthly updates and Sages..with some pictures of course.

This month has been fairly exciting and different than most months, really.  We set up Christmas, which Sage loved and was confused about at the same time.  We heard a sweet, yet strong, tender little heartbeat, and we've finally cut out the binky from Sage's daily routine.  Phew.  That was a lot.

Chillin.  While watching Tangled of course.

The diva.  What's more stylish than sunglasses and an elmo phone?

Here's the rundown.

Stats:
Last appointment Sage finally got out of the "underweight" category and measured at the very bottom of the curve.  This is such exciting news because she has always been considered underweight. 
At 18 months she weighs just under 22 pounds and is 33 1/2 inches long. 
She still comfortably wears 12 month clothes and some 9 month onesies.  And is slowly creeping up to a size 5 shoe..but still fits in all of her 4's and some of her 3's.
I still worry about her small, petite size and her lack of appetite, but she's growing strong and healthy and is a very active and happy (most of the time) little girl.


Teeth:
Sage now has 14 of her 16 baby teeth with one more on the way.  Woot!  One more tooth to go and then all we have to worry about are her two year molars.  Oh, how we dread that day.  Her teething has been fairly manageable with the exception of her first 4 teeth..so hopefully her molars don't cause too much discomfort for her (or me, for that matter).

Eating:
We're still struggling to find food that Sage really likes and will stuff herself on.  Currently, her favorites are eggs, gerber cheese puffs, freeze dried fruits/veggies, and chocolate.  Give her any of these and she'll pretty much eat most of what you give her.  However, it's still a fight to get her to sit down, finish a meal, and get full.  She's usually too active or uninterested to eat and therefore has maintained such a low weight.  The doctor doesn't seem too concerned so we'll just keep doing what we're doing and hopefully one day she'll learn the joy that comes from eating ;).


Talking:
It seems like all of the sudden Sage really wants to talk to us.  She jibbers and jabbers for everything and most of it we don't understand.  However, she does have a wide range of words we do understand.  Every morning she wakes up, points to the living room and says "on" so we will turn on the Christmas tree lights.  Anything that gets turned on, she points to and says on.  She also says up, off, please, thank you, grandpa (pumpa..suuper cute), nana, kitty, meow, dada, mama, uh-huh, uh-oh, no No NO, hi, and bye.  And if there is something she wants but can't say she'll come get us and take us to what she wants or point to what she wants.
And as for understanding things, she practically knows everything we ask/tell her to do.  She'll go get a diaper/wipes for us, she throws things away, she goes to time out, goes to her room, gets her blanket, goes to the bathroom to take a bath, gets my phone, gets her milk, gets a cup for treats, responds to yes/no questions, gives loves when asked, gets her coat, cleans up her toys, puts things back where she got them...you get the idea.  She understands EVERYTHING.  It's seriously so nice to be able to talk to her and have her get what we're saying!

Awesome things you do right now:
We've been one entire week without a binky.  Seriously, this is a HUGE accomplishment.  Sage had to have her binky for naptime and bedtime without fail, every day.  Finally, after multiple failed attempts, I cut the end off of her last binky, gave her a new stuffed animal to take to bed with her and that was all it took.  Granted, the first few days weren't pretty, but now she goes to bed with a little cry and she's out.
Awesome job baby girl! 
And she loooooves grandpa Doug and her nana.  I don't know what it is about those two that she loves SO much but she can't get enough of them when they're around.  Here's a picture (or two) to prove it.

I really can't believe that my baby is going to be a sister and that she's old enough to do all that she's doing right now.  I really love the age she's at right now and can't wait to see what more she has in store for us.

Wow, that was long and wordy, congrats if you made it through.

And sorry if i bored you to death.

Your fault for reading it all, I guess.

Over and out.

Merry Christmas!

Ok, really.  Bye.

Halloween

Last year at this time I thought Sage's Halloween costume was SO cute.  But it didn't stand a chance compared to this year's costume.

Compliments of my amazing mother.

And as usual, they are all blurry.  But this time you can blame Quinn.  He took the first two.  And the last one is blurry because that wig came off about as fast as it went on..so I had to hurry. 

But the blurry pictures aren't what matters.  Doesn't she look SO stinking cute?!

Suga Suga Suga Coooookies.

Today has been a great day, and I mean reeeallly great.  Quinn has been gone to Boise for the past two days and rather than be miserable that he's gone, we've really lived it up.  Yesterday we went out to lunch together and went shopping and today we've read books, watched a movie, ate LOTS of treats, and, you guessed it, made sugar cookies.  

It's been so fun watching Sage talk and play lately.  She's really getting animated in the things she says and does and it's hilarious to watch.  She does everything I do and loves to do things with me that I usually wouldn't let her do. 

Like sit on the table and help me make sugar cookies.  It's evident in the pictures that she loved helping me.  Take a look.

 

Spreading out the flour.

Rollin the dough.

Who doesn't like little fingers in their cookies?

Mmm..don't mind if I do.

She loved the cookie dough..but seriously..who doesn't?

Flour power.

All done mom!

Helping clean up..until....

...She spotted the frosting top.

Because who doesn't love a little frosting?

Or in Sage's case..a LOT of frosting?

Then we got back to cleaning up.

Can you tell which ones Sage helped cut out?

  

We finished off our cookies with little orange frosting and some reese's pieces.  It's so fun teaching Sage to cook and clean..now if I can just get her to do it all the time.  Then I'll be set. :)

Happy Halloween!

Soda Girl

This girl loves soda.  Now, all you mothers out there, don't go accusing me of being a bad parent.  She only gets it on occasion and it's only a little bit.  She knows what the good stuff is and here is proof.

Going...

Going...

Gone.  

No soda was consumed in this photo shoot.  The can wasn't even opened, but somehow she got her fill.

Hypnosis..do you believe in it?

When I was in junior high I remember a hypnotist coming and doing an assembly for us.  I wanted to be chosen to go on stage SO bad, but didn't get the chance.  I vividly remember him putting the whole audience under but he warned us that if we didn't believe in hypnosis it wouldn't work.

Guess what?

It didn't work for me.

However, a few years ago, when Quinn and I were first married, we went to a hypnotist show and guess who got chosen out of the audience to go up?

Yup.  You guessed it.  Yours truly.  And it worked.

So I posted about this right after it happened, when I didn't have any readers. (Do I have readers now?)

If you'd like to watch ME under hypnosis (videos are terrible but still comical) go here.

And leave some comments..because, well, I'm funny and you want to tell me about it.

Today is..

..the day Sage almost got...-gulp-...{beaten}.  

Did I just say that?  

Yes, in fact I did.

Here I was brushing my teeth, like I do most mornings, and Sage was off playing by herself, like she does most mornings.  But today was different.

Today Sage went to the garbage can, got out a half eaten cup of yogurt and splattered it, threw it, spread it all over the house.  

Oh my carpet.

I cringed inside.

So I threw the yogurt back in the garbage can and proceeded to clean up...my brand. new. carpet.

Once I was done and feeling really proud of myself for not losing my cool, I got up, went to put the rag in laundry, and found Sage with the yogurt cup again.  

I. was. not. happy.

I was ANGRY.

What should I do? Should I spank all the skin off her hide..ooh I wanted to.  

But I spared my child's behind, placed her in her crib..screaming..and left.  I then cleaned up the rest of the yogurt and sat on the couch to re-gather my thoughts.  

Oh dear carpet..I hope you're ok.

3 Months in the Making.

Lately we've been busy.  And I mean super busy.  In the past three months, we've packed up our apartment, moved, unpacked, lived, packed up our rental house, moved, and are now in the process of unpacking/living/getting settled again.  

I'm tired. Really tired.

Thankfully, I have an amazing sleeper who has slept 11-12 hours every night for the past 3 months.  Except last night.  I tell ya, being up every two hours is killer.  How did I survive the newborn stage?

So, anyways, here are our last three months.  In photos.  Photo overload ahead.  Proceed with caution.

We...

Looked out the window half naked.

Climbed Ladders.

Played with our cheeks.

And sticks.

Went swimming in Sun Valley.

Ate cheerios. (Well attempted to at least.)

Went to the Moon.  (i.e. Craters of the Moon).

Saw cracks and crevices.

And caves and big holes in the ground.

Played in the mud.

And chewed mom out.

Went to Park City and snuggled.

Came face to face with the cement.

Ate corn on the cob.

Brought our kitties home.

Got bread from new friends.

Discovered this toy wasn't scary. (It only took 9 months.)

And played hide and seek.

It's been a great 3 months.  I hope yours has been as good as ours.  And we hope your Labor Day weekend is fun fulled and relaxing.  We're off to the State Fair :)