Sage turns 9 months old!

Today, Sage turns 9 months old and oh how things have changed! Sage is crawling everywhere and can return to a sitting position from crawling. Sometimes this leads to a backwards tumble if she sits up too fast. Of course, a backwards tumble always leads to a short crying spell. Sage wants to get a hold of everything that is in her reach so we try to keep things off the floor. No matter what, she manages to find Max's toys and bones and enjoys them more than her own toys (yuk!). Sage is still very easygoing and sweet-natured and for this we are very thankful! I have read a baby's disposition is sometimes determined by the age of 6 mos. so I hope her sweet personality is a sign of things to come. In lieu of taking her picture today, I am using her holiday pictures we had taken yesterday. I am not including ones we plan on sending in our holiday cards. Landon went with us and we were all pleasantly surprised as this session went extremely well! Sage even acted like she enjoyed having her picture taken. The photographer was amazing with her and really got a lot of smiles out of her. Unlike October, this was a very easy time. Some things Sage is currently doing: ~ Crawling everywhere and getting into everything...especially things she should not get into. ~ Can return to a sitting position from crawling ~ she loves to do this. ~ Sage has 3 teeth - 2 bottom front teeth and her top right front tooth. She looks so funny when she smiles big. ~ Eating 3 meals + 1 snack/daily. So far, Sage loves every food we have given her...she came around on peas. I even feed her some organic meat dishes (she can decide if she wants to be a vegetarian). ~ Trying to master the sippy cup and picking up small pieces of food. While drinking, Sage will hold the sippy but has yet to figure out how to tilt it when it's almost empty. She is just becoming curious about holding her own spoon but not interested enough to try it all of the time. She can pick up small pieces of food but just crushes them in her fist. I guess she's working on her "pincer grasp". ~ Babbles and giggles A LOT. She mostly says "ba ba ba ba ba" and what sounds like "da da da da da". We cannot wait for her real first word. ~ Sage loves books and loves looking at all the pictures and words. We hope this continues as we teach her the joy of reading. ~ Loves her Gymboree classes that we go to 2x/week. All the other babies are boys and she flirts with all of them. ~ Sage is becoming a little wary of strangers. She will not smile as big as she used to but sometimes gives a stranger a big electric smile. She can get a little frightened a large crowd of new people yet she usually warms up after awhile. ~ One funny thing Sage loves is to watch me to run up and down the hall really fast and squealing. She can see from her exersaucer and this gets her going. She jumps, squeals and giggles really loud. It's good exercise for me, too! Here are some of Sage's holidays pics...enjoy!