Christmas with Mom and Dad

Here are some pictures of exchanging gifts with my parents. Sage scored quite well with them. Below is her prissy doggy that she can carry in a purse. That is right up her alley.
Sage carrying my mom one of her presents.

My mom was probably pretending to be surprised, since the moment we walked in the door days earlier, Sage had been trying to tell her what it was. She said, "Where is your rug?'' Mom was like, "What?" And I'm whispering in her ear, threatening her with whatever I could come up with. It's a THROW RUG, so Mom probably really had no clue what Sage meant, but it wasn't without effort on Sage's part.
A watch for dad
This picture makes me laugh because there is a hint of surprise here. Sage didn't KNOW about this gift. It was a giraffe that my mom had wanted for a really long time. Being a little wiser, I went by MYSELF to pick that up.
Santa dropped a gift off for Sage at my parents' house too.
Her FAVORITE is Rudolph. This has every character that's even halfway mentioned in the movie. Too cute.
Her most favorite gift of all: the CHEERLEADER outfit. Even lying in bed that night, Sage said, "I'm SO excited I got a CHEERLEADER GIRL OUTFIT!"
Those pom poms light up too.
How funny is that? Oh, and in case you're wondering, 'B' is for Barbie.

Boo boo in front of the tree
And a shot of baby at almost 14 weeks.

Christmas with Mema

Travis had a game to shoot the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so we had to do Christmas with my family before he left. This was at my Mema's house.
She loves to open presents.
A doctor kit. She gives me a shot when she's mad. She'll say, "Fine, I'm just going to give you a shot."
A lenox Tinkerbell ornament for me.
This is how Sage says thank you. I love that.

Thanksgiving

This year Thanksgiving was at my aunt Robin's house. It was nice to have so much room with multiple levels, TVs, and food. Here's some pictures from the day.

Sage and Mikayla. She is my cousin Lindsay's daughter. Lindsay and I were best friends growing up, and Sage and Mikayla have about the same age difference between them as Lindsay and I did.
Mema, aunt Rosie, Lindsay and Mom
Papa
Mema, Mom and Me
Robin bought a small tree for Sage and Mikayla to decorate after dinner. She had these ornaments with their pictures in it.
A lot of this was going on all day.
We did Christmas with my parents that day too, and Sage got that dog Mikayla is carrying from Mom. It has a purse to carry the dog in. It was SUCH a fight between those 2 with that dog all day. Finally, I told Sage if she couldn't share, we'd put it in the car. After that, she did quite well. This is Mikayla coming in from outside because "the dog had to use the bathroom.'' haha.
I dominated in ping pong, but unfortunately there aren't any pictures of ME playing.

Travis and Robin.
Decorating the tree. Notice the dog is STILL in the picture.
Ta-dah! Didn't they do a good job?
Girl cousins
Rosie and Amanda

Quick Laugh

I've been out of town visiting my parents (I still am), but I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I'll post some pictures when I get home. I wanted to take a quick second to tell what Sage said the other day. I had just gotten her bathed, dressed, and her hair fixed. She stood up, smoothed her clothes down and said, "Mommy, I look prettier than I should." HA! I was like, "Did you just say what I THOUGHT you said?" There's no denying it: she is JUST like Travis. :)

13 Weeks

Here's 13 weeks! Isn't that amazing? I'm kidding with the first one. It's actually the only one where you can't see what terrible bedhead I had from the nap on the couch, and I like my makeup, to be honest....AND I just got my hair done so I don't have roots. It's a rarity, okay?

Anyway, I'M starting to notice a difference, but honestly it looks like I just ate more than I should have (which is kind of how I feel), or maybe, to you, it looks like nothing. I would never classify myself as skinny, but what I do have is a flat stomach. I pay for it in other areas, but my stomach is normally flat, okay?! :)

I haven't talked about it much, but this pregnancy has been very different from my first. I was really nauseous for pretty much the first 9 or 10 weeks. NOTHING sounded good to eat, and then when I would decide, it was terrible. What did turn out to be good one day was terrible the next. Smells made my stomach turn. The THOUGHT of certain foods made me gag. I tasted whatever I chose to eat ALL day long. About a week after I took a positive pregnancy test, I did not sleep through the night without waking up once, if not twice, to use the bathroom. How is that possible for something that weighs NOTHING? I had a terrible backache for weeks. I know it sounds crazy. I was kind of annoyed with myself, but it was also very real, but thankfully, just as the doctor said, it went away. I could drink a gallon of orange juice a week...though I refrain. I can't stand my dogs...wait, that's normal. Joking.

When I put this shirt on today, I said, "SAGE! Look at my belly!" And she ran over and kissed it. SHE can tell.


Look at that sweet girl. She is adamant that it's a girl, and if you mention a boy, she says that we can have 2...and a boy can be IN ADDITION to a girl.
I know this is random, but I just saw it on the camera and liked it. The other tree pics didn't show the pretty lights...and our coffee table/ART table.

Doctor's Appointment

Today was my second prenatal visit, and it was cool BECAUSE I got to hear little miss/mister's heartbeat. It was so sweet at a "sluggish" 158 bpm. I told Travis, "You know, if you're into those old wives tales, they say 140 and up is a girl." He said, "Yeah, that makes sense since you all are so high strung all the time." Ha.

Dr Collins was in surgery, so I saw Julie, the nurse practitioner. I said, "I've got a question. My stomach is normally really flat, and it's starting to poke out a bit, BUT I can suck it in. So if I can do that, that's not baby right?" She then said, "Feel this? That's your uterus. It's growing up and out, and as it grows UP it pushes everything else up and out, so yes, that's from baby." Then she said, "With first babies, your stomach stays flat for longer. You're lucky. Your's is still so flat, but with your second, you'll be poking out much more at this time." I said, "This IS my second." She was like, "OH! Well...how is your stomach so flat?!" It was kind of funny and flattering. :)

Then I said, "So, when are we going to find out what this is?" She said, "Well it's too early today, but next time you come in, tell Dr Collins and he'll come find me because he's a sucker for looking early." So in 4 weeks, we'll know what we're having! That will be so fun! I also took a dive off of our porch today on my way to the doctor's office. It was so random. My heel (I WEAR HEELS ALL THE TIME!) got stuck in between the porch and the brick of the top of the first step, and I was on the sidewalk before I knew what happened. It was pretty painful, but before I could concentrate on pain I had to look and make sure no one saw. I thought my knee and legs would be bloody, but thank God, I wasn't. So, I will probably just have some bruises to my legs and pride, that's all.

When I Like Dogs

The moments I like dogs are when I can entertain myself at their expense....like last night.


*Sidenote: About these lights, I LOVE them! Travis HATES them. We've argued about them since we've started decorating as a married couple. They're so BRIGHT and BIG and colorful! How can you not love them? After Christmas last year, I bought a TON of them at Target, much to Travis's dismay. Travis says they look like they're from the 1970s. I wanted to put them on the tree, and he said, "NO WAY." I'm pretty sure I'm right though. That's fine though. Since we're not putting them on the tree, we'll have TONS to put on the outside of our house for all to see and enjoy. hahaha.

The Sweetest Pictures

These pictures are from the park last weekend, but I kept these separate because I thought they were so precious, especially the first one! It's interesting, the one of her hand, because yesterday when we were putting up the ornaments, I found one that Sage made in 2006 at school. It was a little gold ball with her handprint on it. I had her put her hand up to it now, and it was at least twice the size of what it was. It was so sad! Looking at that, I know that in too short of a time, that hand right there will soon look so small.

O Christmas Tree

Yesterday, we got a jump start on the season and decided to put up our Christmas Tree. This is the earliest we have ever put our tree up, but for some reason, I was just ready this year. Sage had a blast. Everything was new to her all over again, and she kept saying, "This is fantastic! Awww, that's so cute!"

That, of course, is an outside Santa. We didn't put outside lights up yet, so in the meantime, she has carried that thing all over this house. He was actually her dance partner last night, and it was hilarious.
Tah dah!