Christmas with the Mortensons

Saturday the 26th we went over to Josh and Jill's to celebrate Christmas with Grandpa Cliff. After a long week of spending time in CR, it was nice to be home again and just relax. However, after all of that time with family, we managed to bring a cold back home with us!

My Christmas Best

I took a long afternoon nap so that I could be ready to open presents on Christmas Eve. It worked! I was up until 1 am watching all of the chaos with my cousins. I let Mommy and Daddy open my presents this year, but next year I want to help!

Cousin Caden

My cousin, Caden, really loves me. He likes to make sure that I am doing alright. He's an empathetic little guy--when I smile, he smiles and when I cry, he cries.

New Faces!

I got to meet Uncle Lucas for the first time! He is stationed with the Army in Hawaii, so he hadn't been home to see me until now. He thinks I have "meat-sleeves". I'm just big-boned... I also met my Aunt Kris from San Diego, but we didn't get a picture together. :(

Spending Time with Grandma

Music Time with Daddy

I just happened to find Ross serenading Sage with a little guitar music one Saturday morning. She was so happy and interested to hear Daddy playing!

Christmas with Friends

On the 18th we hosted an informal Christmas dinner with good friends. I don't think Sage got put down all night. :)In Kate's defense, she just came from an ugly sweater party... :)

Like the canvas, Ashley? :) She's grown up a lot since then!

So Innocent

Barely Surviving This Blizzard...

Picture Time!

Our new camera came today--time to play around and we have the perfect little participant! :)

Tis' the Season

Pre-Christmas shopping warm-up. :)

Step 1: Christmas onesie and festive shoes.

Step 2: Take a nap while Mommy gets ready.

Step 3: We're off!

Showered with Love

Over Thanksgiving break, Sage met a lot of her extended family at two separate baby showers thrown on her behalf. The first was hosted by my stepsister, Kim, and my sister-in-law, Cammy, at Carlos O'Kelly's. We had a great time playing games and catching up on life. I will pass on those pictures as soon as I receive them.

The other shower was thrown by my mom for her side of the family--The Schumachers. Well, as Lauren could confirm, Schumacher actually means "Shoe-Maker" so the theme was shoes, shoes, shoes. My mom decorated with all of my old "fancy" shoes that I wore to school dances and then found shoes for Sage that looked like her Mommy's. It was adorable. :)

Aunt Trina helped me show off a pair of my new shoes that just-so-happened to match the cute outfit that I wore on my big day.

Great-Grandma Schumacher

More pictures showing how big I am getting:

My cheeks look like the little critter's cheeks on my shirt.

This is where I take A LOT of naps.

Brian, this picture is for you! :)

I'm not really into the book Opa is reading--Perhaps if it had a few more pictures.

So happy!