Vrrooom!

Sage LOVES to vacuum! She shrieks with laughter when we vacuum together.

So proud to be "helping" Mommy.

She's very thorough as well!!

La-de-da! I'm such a big girl!

Spending Time at Grandpa Mortenson's

Presents!

Sage wasn't into unwrapping gifts as much as I thought she'd be. She was more interested in what everyone else was doing, so it took a bit of coaxing from Ben to get her to open up the vacuum that he had gotten her. :) Ben was a great helper!

Gingerbread

Pillow Time

One of her favorite pastimes these days...

December

Just a few more pictures from December that have missed the blog. We are amazed at how much Sage grows, learns, and changes every day. She's such a big girl now...becoming more and more independent.

Just Hangin' Out

I was just going back through old pictures and found this one from a couple of weeks ago. It is so much fun to have Matt, Lauren, and Claire right down the road from us. The girls LOVE playing with each other. Daycare together has been great!

Reading with Grandpa

Reading is Delicious!

Tis the Season

I know what you're thinking...it's not even Thanksgiving! However, I never even got to decorating the tree last year, so I thought I'd start early. :) It's so much more fun when there's a little one around to enjoy all of the lights.

We have a Charlie Brown ornament that, when you push a button, the little stage lights up and Linus tells the entire Christmas story. Sage is simply fascinated by it. I've probably played it for her at least ten times already.

She also really likes all of the sparkly globes.

"Mommy, may I please have that one, right there?"

Of course. :)

Fall Days

Sage has been battling a bad cold over the past week, which she has kindly passed on to me. However, we made sure to get out and enjoy the leaves before they are all gone! I wish I had the flip camera for this little moment because Sage studied the "cliff" for a good 30 seconds before turning over and back-pedaling down. Once down, she still wasn't convinced that she had cleared the ledge, so she continued to back pedal across the lawn, scratching her legs side-to-side like a dog would do after he/she is done taking a poo. She did the same thing when she needed to get down the "hill" in the backyard--she dropped to a crawl and scooted backwards a good ten feet.

I think we are going to have to keep the swing up through the winter. Sage LOVES to swing!

Pumpkin Patch

I think it's safe to say the girls had a lot of fun and they were sure tuckered out by the time we left! I can't get enough of this beautiful fall weather. It was the perfect day to spend outdoors!