Sage turns 17 months old! (July 24, 2010)

On Saturday, July 24, Sage turned 17 months old!  On her "birthday", we took her to Citrus Park mall for her 1st ride on the merry-go-round.  Every time we go to the mall, she stares longingly at the merry-go-round, points and says "Oohhhhhhh".  Sage was so excited when Landon placed her on a pink seahorse and she loved when the music and ride started.  We had to go a 2nd time, this time with the entire family in a carriage! 

Sage continues to amaze us with all of the things she understands, does and words she can say.  She has so much energy...sometimes I feel like I am unable to keep her busy and active.  We go to music class at Gymboree, story time at the library, visit different play areas, meet friends for lunch and head to the park for playing.  We also play at home, a lot!  Sage continues to love her books and "reading"! 

Sage can say so many words and some new ones are "boats", "shoes", "hats", "hot", "bath",  "NOOOO", "nana", "papa" and for some reason "caca"!  She still says "baby",  "hi", "bye", "whee", "ohhhh", "bobo", "meeeoww", "mama" and  "dada".  I might be forgetting some.  She also can imitate almost any word we say and loves to do this.  This is bad as we (Landon!) really need to watch what we say.   Sage loves to blow kisses, too!

Sage is no longer a baby...she is a full-fledged toddler.  Of course, she's still OUR baby!  She is becoming a very independent little girl and wants to walk everywhere.  She knows when we are leaving the house and marches straight to the door leading to the garage.  She tries to open it but we're not there,  yet (thank goodness!).   All day, she follows me around the house and I try to let her help me with things.  We are working on trying to put away our toys and one day it took 30 mins to put about 5 toys in a basket.  So, I am learning to have a lot of patience with her as I am so used to doing things so quickly.  Sage understands most of our directions and things we say to her. 

We are having so much fun with Sage and love this age!  I hear that's how it goes with every age. 

Sage at 17 months...

"Oh no...the paparazzi is always after me!"

Sage & "Dada" on the merry-go-round!

Playing near her favorite turtle!

Sage fell in love with this little piggy at Dillards (we had to distract her to extricate him from her hands!)