Today was...

Sage's 4 month Birthday!! We celebrated yesterday with family here in Cali, but today baby girl is 4 months old!! Tomorrow we have a Dr. appt, so we will have all of the latest measurements to post then :)

Today was my first day back to work since Dec. 3rd....4 months off, and I felt like I was starting all over again. Everyone was very welcoming for my return and was nice to slowly ease into the day and new project.

The day started out sadly, I was dreading getting ready and taking Sage to her new sitters house. We all love Nicole, Bryan, and baby Kate....but letting our baby girl go was a very hard thing to do. We all got ready and headed to Nicole's house. We sat with Sage for a few minutes and talked about her schedule, and then it was time for me to go to work :( I cried all the way out the door and to my car. J and I decided to go to Starbucks to unwind a bit before hitting the freeways to work. I cried a little there, and that was my last breakdown of the day :) I did surprisingly well!!

Sage had a great day, better than me I am sure...Nicole texted and sent me pictures to assure me things were going well with my baby girl. She had a report in her notebook today that said she was "Happy" all day :) that is what mommy wants to hear. Here is the picture of her at Nicoles house....this makes me feel so good about her being away from me, if she has to.

J picked her up early and put her to sleep while I was on my way home...she slept for over 3 hours, before I had to wake her...we know she will hardly sleep tonight now after that long nap.

I am so glad we both had a great day!

Sweet Dreams Sage Elizabeth xo

4 Month Birthday Party!

Well Miss Sage will be 4 Months old tomorrow!!!!  - Wow, seems like yesterday we brought her home.

We had a great day at Mamaw Jan's - we had Sage's 4 month birthday party a day early...so everyone could be there and well, I start work tomorrow :( but we aren't going to think about that, because it kilss me to.

So instead we are going to talk about the party and great time we had today.

We got to Mamaw Jan's pretty early, and Jason and Mamaw Jan made a Crepe Suzette for Sage's birthday cake! Auntie Michelle & Auntie Ellen came to visit and party with us :) We all had a great time visiting and enjoying a extraordinary dinner (Salad, Lamb chops, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and homemade sourdough bread) Everything was so, so, so good...we all ate way too much :)

We wish we lived closer to Mamaw Jan and to Mama and Papa Smith as well. But we are lucky to have them all as family no matter how near or far they all our at the moment. Lucky for Sage she gets to visit so many different places.

Here are some pictures of the day!

Tomorrow is your actual 4 month Birthday! & Your first day at your babysitter's - I hope you and I both have a great day. I will miss you more than you will ever know!!

Sweet Dreams Sage Elizabeth xo

Sweet 16...Weeks!

Sage turned 16 weeks yesterday!!

Crazy to think that 16 weeks ago she was just born. The time seems to fly faster these days.. I wish they would slow down, just a bit. I enjoy her so much and sometimes I feel like I am losing time with my baby girl - How can that be?, I spend every waking moment with her ;)

She is looking so much older these days (not the baby we brought home at all)
Her cry is different, not that newborn cry anymore.(I hope I never forget that cry)
She fills up that bassinet, when before she looked so tiny laying in it.
She is getting a personality - she plays this game while I am rocking her - she will talk to me and I talk back and she smiles and she will tuck her head (it's her shy girl game) and it is so funny.

I am enjoying her and all of her new changes.

Happy Sweet 16 weeks Sage Elizabeth!! xo

What a week.....

It has been one busy week...with Celebrating Jason's birthday, looking for daycare and trying to get everything done before I return to work...it feels like we have been running for months...

Monday - Wednesday we spent our days calling daycares and nannies...I think we have found one that really works for us, but I have a few more questions.

We met Uncle Justin (who's birthday was also Thursday) Tia Teresa, and Stashia to help shop for the nursery decorations...we did a great job. We found everyting in one store!
Then J, Sage and I went to eat and shopping for Sage...lol - I had wanted a few outfits for Sage and well I finally got them here are a couple

Thursday was Jason's birthday...Sage and I had lunch in Long Beach with Zoe and Grayson while J was at work. We had a good day, we were so late with the traffic and feel so badly that Zoe and Grayson had to wait for us, but we had a good time, once we got there.  The drive home was another story...we left around 2ish and got home around 5:30 :( Sage had a meltdown on the way home (only 20 minutes from home) and nothing was consoling her..but we stopped and played for about an hour until she was in a better mood for the 20 minutes left of the drive...lol

We made it though, and J and I  celebrated by eating out at the Yardhouse and a bit of shopping, while Auntie Missy watched Sage for us :)

Then Friday, J got his new Iphone for his birthday, he is loving it as much as I am!
While we were out we decided to go look for bigger beds...we ended up hitting a sale and voila a new bed.
Sage had a giftcard still from a good friend so we went and got her a new toy, her exersaucer...with her always wanting to push up standing, we are sure she is going to love this.

It has been busy week, but a great one at that!

And one milestone today....

We have been searching for daycare for Sage closer to us, since I am going to be working closer to home now...no luck so far, so the search continues. Hopefully we get lucky and something comes up that is perfect for us.

So this evening while getting Sage ready for her bath, we were playing with Stashia (our niece) and she was giggling, and dancing and then I put her on her tummy for some tummy time....she was holding that head steady for a long time!! Then she started to flip over, and got to her side, and just as Jason came to see what was going on she turned to her back!!!

She was tired after that, but we were so excited...we tried again, but she just fussed...and was ready for her bath.

We will try to capture it on video tomorrow.

Sweet Dreams Sage Elizabeth xo
(hard to get pictures without her hand or clothes in her mouth..lol)

Baby Baby.....

We had a lazy morning today...we had got home late last night from visiting Tia Teresa and Uncle Justin and we took time to rest up.

At 12:30 AM Sage's baby cousin Justin William Fleck arrived weighing in at 5lbs 3 oz. and was 18" long...he and Tia Teresa are doing great! He is the cutest little guy, and we are anxiously awaiting their arrival home :)

Been a busy week and it has finally wrapped up...I had thought I was returning to work tomorrow...We had daycare all lined up and things were a "Go" till Friday afternoon, I was asked why I wasn't returning to my original project to pack up...I had been told I was needed elsewhere but then things soon changed...I got emails Saturday that I was needed closer to home, which is good (I didn't want Sage in all that LA traffic anyway) but now we have to find another daycare and tell the one we love that we aren't going to be coming that way for a while. :(
We finally had found someone we all liked and now we have to start the process over again, but then that means more time off with Sage to look - so that isn't all that bad, now is it? ;)

Sage is finally outgrowing her 0-3 month clothes and is in 3-6 month clothes. She is growing so fast!!!

Mamaw Jan bought her this pink outfit                                for her 3 month birthday and it looked huge at the time, well still does...but I thought we would try it on, since nothing else seemed to fit her long legs anymore...and IT FIT!!  I was happy and sad at the same time...I had just looked through her newborn pictures and was packing her newborn things that were neutral colors for her cousin Justin and couldn't believe she was once that size!!
I remember like it was yesterday that tiny girl that we welcomed to the world.

She is growing more and more beautiful by the day.

                           4 Days Old

15 Weeks 1 Day

15 Weeks, 1 Day Old

Glad to be home at a decent hour tonight and it is raining out so we are all warm and cozy inside! 

Sweet Dreams Sage Elizabeth xo

Busy Busy Week...

Wow...I haven't posted in a while...but we have been having fun with Miss Sage and keeping busy.

We had a good week, we had dinner with our good friend Al in Seal Beach and we had a fun St. Patricks day!

We have been busy trying to help Justin and Teresa (my brother & sister in law) prepare to bring baby Justin home...We were going to have a baby shower next weekend for them, but Baby Justin decided he wanted to come to the party too...Teresa's water broke Wednesday night and now they are monitoring them both...everyone is doing well, but they are trying to keep the baby from coming for a nother week. (34 week mark)
So please keep them in your prayers to keep Mom and baby safe and sound.

This has also been my last week at home with Sage :( so we have been having a lot of 1 on 1 time :) 
I start back to work on Monday. I haven't been told where..so we may stay here and help pack my old job up (that means I would have to take Sage too) Not a bad idea if you ask me...lol
We shall see.

Here are some pictures from our week.

Sweet Dreams Sage Elizabeth xo

Happy Weekend Everyone!