Living... Well as much as we can.

I only say that because work... Is hard stuff! I only get an hour after I get back home from work. And it's really hard. I hardly get time with my sage and Kyle. And there is no time to go to the gym. Or get any projects done. Or anytime for relaxing.
But with all of this hard and negative stuff. There is a lot of real positive stuff!
First. Sage is such a crawler! We need to start baby proofing major! She gets into so much and pulls herself onto everything! She also... Is starting to throw temper tantrums. When she doesn't get her way she immediately starts squealing to get what she wants and she arches her back. It's really funny though when she does it. Sometimes I laugh. But. I'm not really sure how to deal with it right now. Just because you can't really reason with her much.
Second. My friend Jessica is getting married May 11th! And we went and got her dress yesterday. It was so much fun. And I absolutely love! Her dress. It was the one that I liked the most. But being a good friend I went along with a choice for a while that she was thinking that she wanted. But! Thank goodness she ended up with the one she got. It is absolutely perfect! She is so beautiful. And I can't wait till her and Luis are married. It's going to be so amazing!
Third. Even though work is hard and it isn't what I thought that it would be I am glad that I will be getting more responsibilities this next month. And it makes it enough to make it a little bit exciting.
Fourth. I just love sage. She is just so new and exciting. And she has new tricks almost everyday. How can she be only 7 months. And. Doing all of these things? I swear. She is going to be walking in the next couple months. She is a sweet little spirit.
Fifth. I also just love Kyle. He is the best daddy in the whole world. He has stepped up so much and is supporting us in so many different ways. I love that he takes care of sage when I sleep at night. And will wake up with her in the morning. And when I'm having a hard day. He is always there and I can rely on him making me feel better and being able to listen. Plus. He does a lot of small little things for me that I really should be doing for myself. And I really appreciate that. Alot more than he knows.
Even things something's are hard. I know that when I count my blessings they far outweigh the downers.

Christmas in pictures.

We had a wonderful Christmas! Sages first Christmas and it was great that we got to spend it with family. Especially with our mathias family. We have missed them!

sage made the nice list!

I thought that it would be a good idea if I wrote down our christmas list for sage this year. she has too many grandparents that want to buy her stuff.

http://www.target.com/p/sit-to-stand-learning-walker/-/A-10533876#prodSlot=large_1_13

http://www.target.com/p/playskool-poppin-park-giraffalaff-tumble-top-toy/-/A-14062202#prodSlot=medium_1_20

http://www.target.com/p/fisher-price-stand-up-ballcano/-/A-14050695#prodSlot=medium_1_28

http://www.target.com/p/b-parum-pum-pum-drum/-/A-12026425#prodSlot=medium_1_51

http://www.target.com/p/playskool-poppin-park-elefun-busy-ball-popper-toy/-/A-13437083#prodSlot=medium_1_8

http://www.target.com/p/skip-hop-zoo-playspot/-/A-13861883?reco=Rec|pdp|13861883|ClickCP|item_page.vertical_1&lnk=Rec|pdp|ClickCP|item_page.vertical_1

this is one that we really need. she is starting to crawl. and. she keeps hitting her head on the tile. and she gets sad. then. i get sad.

we would also like. books!! tons of them. but. in particular. i really like dr. suess books. so. if we could get some of those. that would be great!

http://www.target.com/p/tangled-2-discs-blu-ray-dvd-widescreen/-/A-13272701#prodSlot=medium_1_5&term=tangled

or really. any disney movie. we need to start building up our collection.

http://www.gdiapers.com/shop/little-gpants-diaper-covers/genuine-vanilla-bean-little-gpants

we also. are going to start doing cloth diapers. and these are the ones that we have finally decided were going to be it. we want to try them out first. and this little cover is so cute! she would need a medium.

http://www.usababylv.com/babysdreamrenaissance.php

we are also working on getting her a crib. and we dont need someone to buy it for us. but. if they wanted to help donate then that would be good.

and last but not least. any cute little thing for her to wear. she is a 9mo in jammies and pretty much everything else.

So. if anyone wanted to get her anything. here is her little list of somethings that she might need. or. want.
thank you. :)

...zombie.

Started work last week. Don't get to sleep as much anymore. I'm the walking dead for sure.

Update coming real soon.
(No promises tho. )

Quote: daddy

I have to show you a secret. From my past. That you don't know about. I got a tattoo.

Las Vegas.

So. For those who do not know. Our family is currently living in Las Vegas. 

It has been such an adventure. and also a trial. I haven't written about it yet. because it hasn't seemed like the best decision for us. 

But...

Today it has seemed like it was all worth it.

Because. I GOT A JOB!!!

i'm so excited. I had a group interview for Carter's and that went so bad. I never have had to interview before. and when she asked to explain ourselves. I explained who i was personally. not professionally. and of course. I was the first one to go. so i told them. that I had just had a daughter and that me and kyle were new here. Nothing. about how i could perform. So everyone else goes. and i just felt so stupid. and then we had to go pick out an outfit. and. i forgot the shoes. so. i knew after that i wasnt going to get the job. So. i wasnt too heartbroken. At least i leaned from it. the only good thing that came from that. 

and anyways. if i had gotten the job. i would have had to quit because i got this one! :)

So. this is almost the same job that i had when i worked at the power plant in Wisconsin. and. i really liked that job. So. i know that i'm going to like this one. I'm so excited. I dont know when i'm going to be able to start. hopefully. sometime next week. 

But. i am so grateful that heavenly father has answered our prayers and that we are going to be able to overcome this trial. I am just so thankful! 

:) so today was a good day. i got a job. and a little panda express. and. some fun pool times with my husband and baby sage. probably the best day we've had since being here. 

Quote: daddy & sage

Knock knock
Who's there?

Interrupting sage!

RRRRRAAAAAWWWWWRRRRR!!!!

Sweet potatoes and sippys

Today we are trying out some big girl foods. We had sweet potato baby food. And she did really good! We had tried some foods before when she was three months or so. But then I thought it was too early and the doctor said to wait till she was 6 months. And we are a week before she is that so we decided to let her eat foods. She did pretty good before but would always push it out. But this time she swallowed right away.

I also researched some and they said you could start giving babies water now and to help start her on sippycups too. So we went and bought her two different kinds. She liked it when she had water but when we put her milk in it. She would just chew on it. It was cute. But she didn't really catch onto it tonight. Hopefully she will soon tho.

Quote: daddy + sages gets another tooth.

It's like they are a saw. Or a steak knife. Or jaws.

That was Kyle's comment on sages new tooth that she got while she was biting him. She just woke up with another tooth this morning. Not a happy girl today but. I'm happy she is getting her teeth. :)

Quote: mommy

"I look like Jabba the hut!"

recent adventures

happy girl! 

Sitting pretty! 

oh! camera. mine!

Baba 10-24-12

SAGE SAID HER FIRST WORD! She said baba. :) she has so many new tricks. It's just so amazing.

I was watching a movie and I had her on my lap and she was yelling and chatting away. And then it was like something clicked and she caught that she made the b sound. And then she just kept going. And then I started paying more attention to her. And she smiled like I caught her doing something. And then she said it a couple more times and by the time that I got the camera to record her she has quit doing it.

She is such a chatter box. And she seems so aware of everything and wants to be in the conversations. When she gets started she never wants to stop talking either.

:) she is just so awesome.

Sage's first tooth! 10-23-12

Sage's first tooth broke through! YAY! It's so exciting! Its her bottom right tooth and I think that her bottom left is close behind. I think that I only felt the one. And she doesn't like me picking at her mouth trying to get a peak. I hope that now she will be able to start sleeping better. Which would be a great relief I'd love to get back to that. :) it's so exciting. She's such a cutie. I'm so glad she is mine!

Shush baby. And go to sleep!

Happy birthday Kyle!

Kyle turned 24 yesterday. And we had a really nice time. We were tempted to make a rash decision and bolt to idaho to see Kyle's family. But we ended up staying here in Vegas and going on a date. My parents gave us money for his present so that we could go out. We went and ate at chili's and then we went to the mall. Kyle is VERY particular about things. And he was very picky about getting a belt so we ended up not getting one and we will keep shopping around for one. Such a silly man. After the mall we went bowling. It was really fun. I love bowling. Especially with Kyle. Every time we go it reminds me of our first date. :) I won the first game 109 to 107. And then after that I never got over 100 and Kyle won them both. He is really good. And it was really nice when we got home. We moved Sager's bed in with my mom and dad and they watched her since we were going to be out. So we got to relax and not have to keep getting up with her every couple hours. Which she has been doing a lot! ( and thats not annoying at all...)
But. It was a nice day. Kyle got peanut butter Rice Krispies and we had cake for him today so we could sing happy birthday. This next year coming up is going to be a big change for us. And I'm excited. Nervous. And scared. But I know that I have Kyle and he is amazing and he will be able to support me and Sage and take our family where we need to be. I love him and I'm grateful for everything that he does for us. He is such a special person.

Date night

Tonight. We went in a group date with my parents. It wasn't anything special this time. All we did was go to this delicious bakery. And we got a strawberry shortcake. And it was scrum diddly umptious! And then we went to fry's electronics. It was fun. And surround sound is so loud. We went into one of their little booths and my dad yelling and we couldn't even hear him. It was crazy loud. And. I don't really like those 3d tv's. they just hurt my eyes trying to get focused in on them. And I'm really excited for when we can get our own place. I love looking at the washer and dryers picking out which ones will be in our dream home. And in our home which will be soon to come. (Still praying on some things. But will update later on a decision)
It was a nice mellow day. Sager's was only a little fussy. And she's still rolling like a tumble weed. I'll have to post a video sometime. And we are getting so excited for Kyle's birthday tomorrow.
He had got a text from his dad asking to go to twin falls, ID and we almost went. It was really tempting. But we were a little uncertain about it so we decided to stay here and we will enjoy his birthday tomorrow night as planned. :)

Crawling soon?

Sager's has perfected rolling onto her tummy from her back. I am such a proud momma! She also turns and scootswhichever way she wants to go. Like in the picture she turned 90 degrees. She gets frustrated because she tries to get to things right in front of her and she just flails her arms and tries to grab onto anything she can to get her there. But she really really hates being on her tummy.

Silly Sage

I know I haven't talked much about my baby. But starting today. I plan on blogging at least one thing about her everyday. Because I have so many ideas on Pinterest but. I need some money's to be able to make them. And this is so much easier and free. And I can still make it creative.
So. Lately Sagers has been a bit of a pill.she is teething so she keeps waking up in the night. And willingly stay asleep if we are holding her. Which can be pretty tiresome. We also are trying to get her to fall asleep without the boppy. And she wakes up every time we put her in bed. So long nights for us.
Even though its hard she still has some pretty silly moments. Today she was being zombie baby and attacking uncle Phil and eating his chin. She also loves to play and anything around her she needs to have. So she tries to bend down and pick it up. But she bends at the waist. So it is really cute.
I love my little growl monster.

26 weeks.

25 weeks

24 weeks

23 weeks

it felt like sage was learning some new tricks this week. woke me up with what felt like her rolling around over and over again. 

22 weeks.

This is what I look like this week. I'm getting huge!

our peanut. is a little girl named sage!

We found out what peanut is. she's a little girl! i got what i wished for. :)

her name is sage elise allen. and she is either going to come out being a ballerina or a ninja. most of the time i think that its most likely going to be a ninja. she's a pretty active baby. 

i do love her very much. but. she is giving us a little bit of a scare. we went in for our ultra sound at 20 weeks. and. i was super nervous. i was freaking out the whole time. and kyle could not get me to settle down. i felt like i was having a panic attack. then. we get back there and there is no messing around. you lay down on the chair thing. and they squirt a glob of that stuff on. i was afraid that it was going to be cold. but. it was heated up. and. wasn't bad at all. and then. i looked at the tv that they have set up for you to watch. and bam. there's a baby! 

it was amazing getting to see her and watch her squirm around. that was my favorite part. just watching her kick. it felt like i was spying on her. and. it was kinda cool. it was really hard trying to understand how she was laying. because on one side of my tummy she would be looking at the liver. and then. she was checking the head. it was weird. i have no idea how those things work. but i was just wanting to get to the exciting part. they checked everything like the heart and measured her arms and legs. it was great trying to get a picture of her feet. they were moving around all over! there was no way she was going to stay still. and then after peanut moved around a little bit they got to see what the gender is. and then they said that we were going to have a little girl. i was so excited. i almost wanted to cry. it was just overwhelming knowing what we were having. 

then. i almost wanted to cry. (well. i did after a while.) the doctor came in and said she wanted to talk about some of the pictures that the technician had taken that was kind of alarming. so she looks and in between the nose and lips. and because of where peanuts hands were they had put a shadow there. and. they thought that maybe she might have a cleft palette. and it was kinda scary for me. because its on her face. and i dont want something to be wrong with her pretty little face. that would be scary. but. the doctor said that it must have been some bad pictures. because she didn't seem to find a problem. when she looked. and then she also looked at my uterus. and she found that i have a scar and she said that it was unusual for me to have a scar there. but. depending on how it moves when my uterus grows with the baby. i would have to have a c-section because they are afraid that with the labor that they scar would burst and then i'd have a lot of bleeding. and. i was really scared. because. i don't want to have a c-section. they scare me. and. i'm afraid that it would limit how many kids we can have. 

then. we went to the regular doctors appt a week later. and. she was the one that scared me the most. she said that i have a low placenta and she put me on pelvic rest. so no exercise or heavy lifting. and. i didnt really know what that meant. or. what i did wrong. or. why i couldn't have just been normal. i was scared. because. i looked online. and. it was all scary stuff. but. really what it all came down to saying was that. you can bleed and go into early labor. but. basically. you just plan to have a c-section around 37 weeks. if there is no more complications. but. i called my mom. and told her about how i'm so scared. and told her all my horror stories. and. i love my mom. but. she scared me alot too! haha. i should have just told her that i got put on pelvic rest. and a low placenta. not how i was scared. haha. because vicki called me up and she said was like.' i want the true story. are you going to die?' and i was so scared. and i guess mom had told them that it was a possibility. and. i just wanted to be like. no. but. thats not true necessarily. we dont really know what is going on yet. i have another ultra sound in 2 weeks that will determine where the placenta is. and if i will need to still be on pelvic rest. and if i will still need to have a c-section. and when that c-section will be. so. we have some big stuff coming ahead. and how and when our little family will come to be. and. even tho i'm scared of what i dont know. i'm really excited to be a mom and to start raising sage and being a wife and a mother. it just seems perfect. and. it seems like i should have been in this role for forever. its just right. :)