Sage turns 7 months old!

Today, our little sweetie turns 7 months old!!! Every day she has a new expression, sound or movement and Landon and I say she is becoming quite the "little person" ~ not just a baby. She is starting to do so many things and seems to really enjoy life! Some things she is now doing are: ~ She has sat up, on her own, twice this month. One time was just last night and she held herself up for quite awhile before falling over to the side. We cannot wait until she can sit on her own. She does sit up straight in her swing (no more lounging) and chills out by placing her arms on the tray. She just stares at us and the two Maxes. ~ She still has just one tooth coming in. It is breaking through the gums. It does not seem to bother her, at all, with exception of a low-grade fever earlier this week. She is not crying nor fussing and teething has not disrupted her sleep, yet. ~ Sage STILL sleeps through the night...now she sleeps close to 11 hours each night. We usually put her to bed around 8 or 8:30 and she wakes around 7 or 7:30. Some mornings, she wakes around 6 or 6:30 and starts babbling and making noise. She usually goes back to sleeps or just keeps herself entertained until we get her out of her crib. She is so sweet in the mornings ~ always happy to see us. ~ She has learned to escape from her bouncy seat. This just started this week and we are tightening the straps. Until we get it escape-proof, she stays in her bumbo and swing. ~ A new favorite activity is we place a quilt on the floor and she just goes to town playing with all her toys and books. She tries her hardest to crawl and now has the back end movement down. She is working on figuring out her arms. She loves to roll on her quilt....looks like she is rolling downhill! One day, I looked away for 1 second and she was almost under the couch. We keep very close watch on her. ~ She giggles like crazy at a lot of things we do and at funny people. We have a very "animated" neighbor, who stopped by today, and she was talking and talking and talking. Sage was smiling and started giggling at her. It was pretty funny and the neighbor had no clue why Sage was laughing. ~ She LOVES reading ads in the newspaper....especially the Macy's, JCPenney's and Kohl's ads. She intently studies all the sale items then crinkles up the ad...page by page. She will be a bargain hunting fashionista! ~ She has an unusual fascination with Al Roker (the weatherman on NBC Today Show). We try our best to keep her from watching TV but we find her watching him with a lot of interest! Sage at 7 months... Update from Sept 25: We had the following 4 pictures printed at a local store. When we picked up the pictures, 2 lab workers came running to see "the most beautiful baby" they have seen in their line of work. Pretty impressive and, of course, I agree and was very proud. Being the ever cool baby, Sage appeased her fans with a slight smile which seemed to make their day.

"I still love my hands!"

"Oh...Solo...Mio"

Sage...our very own Mary Lou Retton!

Sage in her wicker cart...full of all her furry friends!

Sage and her ballerina doll...