Christmas Books!

Sage got a package in mail from Aunt Sandy, Uncle Al, and Elizabeth.  Sandy wrote in the card to open the presents now so Sage could enjoy them before Christmas.  When we got home from church yesterday Sage was all about opening the presents.  They were the only presents under the tree.  I am afraid to put all the presents I have wrapped under the tree.  Sage is really into opening presents right now and a tree full of presents might just be to much for her to resist!   I don't really want to wrap everything twice.  She had lots of fun with these presents!

 This was us trying to get her to smile for the camera!  We were oh so successful!

She was loving her new Christmas books. 

 She was dancing to the Christmas song at the end of the book.  

More dancing!

Chatting away!

We got home from church this morning and Nana called to check in.  Sage was chatting away with Nana.  Our girl loves to talk on the phone - wonder where she gets that??  It is a beautiful winter day, the sun is shining and it is chilly outside.  I think we will end the day with a tour around town to look at Christmas lights.  Sage loves to look at the lights and asks for MORE Christmas lights as we drive around.  It's the little things that make a 2 year old happy!

What a difference a year makes...

Sage got the cutest outfit last year from Aunt Lynne.  I liked it so much I went and bought it when it was on clearance for this year.  Looking at these pictures it is amazing to see what a difference a year makes.  Sage looks so little in the 2010 picture and she looks like such a big girl in the 2011 picture.  Time goes by way to fast. 

2010

2011

Daddy!

Reese was traveling most of this week.  I am not sure who missed the other more Reese or Sage.  All week she would ask for Daddy and I would remind her that he was traveling.  She would look at me and say "Cago"  Yep, Daddy was in Chicago.  What a good memory she has!   When he got home Wednesday night we all cuddled up and watched a Mickey episode.   There were lots of kisses and hugs for Daddy.  You can see from this picture that they were both glad to be home together. 

Relaxing

Sage was playing with the Kindle Fire on Monday morning and she kept asking for a pillow.  I had no idea what she needed a pillow for.  Well I finally got her a pillow and this is what she did:

She need to get comfy to play on the Kindle - to cute!  The battery was low so I had to have it plugged in and she kept trying to unplug it.

Wings

Aunt Shelley got Sage these wings for her birthday.  They came with a cute tutu as well.  Sage hasn't tried on the tutu yet, but she loves the wings.  They only stay on for about 5 minutes and then she needs help getting them off.  She was trying to multi-task yesterday morning and talk to Nana and wear the wings at the same time.  It didn't work out very well and the wings needed to come off immediately! 

Color Wonder

Sage got two books of Color Wonder for her birthday and she loves them!  She has so much fun coloring.  She likes to use as many of the markers as she can.  So there is a lot of taking the top off the markers and then putting the top back on and searching for just the right color! 

 She usually starts with her Princess book and then switches to her Mickey book!

Christmas Lights

We went to the zoo on Friday night to see their Christmas light display.  It was a fun family night.  We got there around 5:30 and it wasn't very busy.  It was cold but not to bad.  Sage wouldn't keep her gloves on but she kept her hands under her blanket.  We walked around and saw a few animals - not to many were out.  Reese and I split a hot chocolate and that helped keep my hands warm.  We also took a train ride.  Sage didn't want to get off the train.   She only wanted to sit with Daddy and she wouldn't sit on his lap, only next to him.  Our girls knows what she wants!

Not bad for a self portrait!  Don't be scared by my dark circles and no make-up.  There just wasn't any time to get ready Friday afternoon.  There might have been time if I had put down our new Kindle Fire while Sage was napping.  But I was having to much fun playing!

Winter

Well winter has officially arrived and I wasn't really ready for it.  I have been wearing a scarf and gloves and finally had to bring out the winter jacket this week.  I also got out some gloves and mittens for Sage.  She will usually let me put them on but you never know how long she will keep them on.   The first time she wore the gloves was with Reese at the park.  She very patiently let him help her put on the gloves and then kept them for almost the entire time at the park.  Here she had her mittens on in the car and they lasted about 5 minutes!