Fall Leaves

Here are some pics that I took last week out on our front lawn. We didn't make it to the pumpkin patch this year, so these will have to do. Sage is starting to put 2 words together when she talks now. This morning I was in the kitchen and she walked up to me, put her arms up, and said "Hold Me". I just about died with love.

Daddy Day

Scott is on vacation this week. I worked today, so he was home with Sage. Check out her outfit...he obviously dressed her. They did lots of playing in the dirt too. I took some great fall pictures yesteday evening. I'll post them sometime this weekend.

Girl Time

I got back from my weekend scrapbooking retreat yesterday. Wow, what fun we had. There were 13 of us total. We laughed so hard we cried, we scrapbooked, and we ate lots of yummy food. Carma's spinach salad and Janie's soup were my absolute favorites. I was up until 2am both nights. I haven't had that little of sleep since Sage was a little baby. It was my first time away from Sage for 2 nights. I missed her like crazy, but she had a great time with her daddy and at my parents house. We have another retreat planned for January and I already can't wait. On the Sage front, she is totally off her bottle now. She doesn't really care and has never asked for it. Now, if only the binkie was that easy.

Love You

She says "LOVE YOU" now. It seriously melts my heart. She also always points to her nose when she says "PLEASE". She thinks it is the sign for PLEASE. It is so funny.

Potty Time

A few day ago, I put a potty chair in the bathroom so Sage could become familiar with it. She was immediatly very interested in it and wanted to sit on it. She has peed on it a few times which she has been greatly rewarded with M&M's. Today, she sat on it before nap time and I kept asking her if she was ready to get off it and she kept yelling NO at me. She finally hopped off the thing and low and behold there were 2 huge turds in it. I couldn't believe it. She got a whole mini bag of M&M's for that feat. She loved watching it being flushed down the big toilet and even waved goodbye! She is nowhere near being ready to truly potty train, but I am so proud of her. She's growing up!

Saying Goodbye To A Friend

It has been a really rough week. A friend died unexpectedly on Monday. Valerie was a big part of the scrapbooking community, having owned my very favorite scrapbook store NO BARE PAGES. Thanks to Valerie (and her best friend Carma), I was given the opportunity to meet and become lifelong friends with the group of women I scrap with. We are such a diverse group, who never would have met had it not been for Valerie. Valerie leaves behind her beautiful 15 year old daughter. My heart is breaking for her. I would appreciate good thoughts sent her way.