Sage will be an animal for Halloween 2012, and it will be a Treasure

It will be Sage's first Halloween! You all know how much I love Halloween :-) I started thinking about it months ago, and trying to get ideas as to what we all could wear: I wanted our costumes to have a theme together.  Anytime Costumes is letting me review a baby costume, and I am so excited for the opportunity! I went to their website and I started to look and get inspiration. Their website is very easy to navigate, they have great prices, they carry every costume I could think to look for and their customer service responds quickly to inquiries.  There are so many ideas out there! I was drawn to the animal costumes for Sage, and let me tell you, Anytime Costumes has all kinds of animal costumes! It was hard to choose, they are all so cute! I'm excited for when Sage starts to discover animals as she gets older. It will be fun :) After much contemplation I chose one of their little monkey costumes, because it was adorable and I call Sage my little monkey sometimes. 

At first I debated with myself about which size to get, because the newborn size says it is for 7-16lbs, and she's over 10 lbs now... I'm glad I decided on the newborn size though because it's a wee bit big on her. I feel like it will fit her for months! 

But that doesn't bother me, it is adorably loose

 The little booties have elastic which is nice and will help them to stay on her feet

 I love her face!

The little ears are so cute, aren't they? 

I'll add a little pink bow on Halloween so that everyone will know she's a girl

 The fabric is really soft! when I put her in the costume for these photos I didn't feel the need to put a onesie or anything underneath because the inside material feels like it will be soft on her skin too

 Diaper changes will be really easy too, as the jumpsuit has a snap closure on the bottom

The headpiece ties under her chin, and it didn't seem to bother her at all

 Here's one of her laying down, you can see the tail attached at the bum

And here's a shot of her on her tummy, so you can see the back! On Halloween I probably will put a onesie underneath just to make sure her back stays warm, as there is a gap. But I don't think that will be a problem at all! We are really pleased with the costume!  She looks adorable, and comfortable, the costume arrived quickly and without any problems. 

She was such a trooper during the photoshoot! I would definitely purchase from them for future costume needs! Now we just have to decide if we want to be Tarzan and Jane with a little monkey, or jungle explorers with a little monkey. Any thoughts?

Lazy Sundays are a Treasure

I just love her little face

 Sage and I hope you all enjoy your Labor Day weekend!

And with that here are some photos

Sage being a star at 3 weeks old

Sage rockin the faux hawk!

The Nursery is a Treasure

I realized I never posted my 10 month photo:

 Here it is!

And here are some photos of Sage's nursery. 

It is not as organized right now, and Sage doesn't sleep in the crib yet, but we do diaper changes on the dresser and I often nurse her in the rocking chair :-)

the window

See that cute ant stuffed animal? My sister Amber made that for us! Cute, huh? 

Michael loves ants :-)

 I got a little crafty and made this picture

I got the idea from pinterest
And that cute stuffed animal? Is from my sister Helena

Amber also made us a bunch of awesome vinyl

 Those monkeys and butterflies? All her!

 Our little diaper station!

I also did the "I am a child of God" photo, and Amber and I decorated these shelves

 More butterflies! 

they are throughout the room

 Another crafty moment

I hung her hair things from ribbon I attached to this little pink hanger

 More butterflies by her mobile

Her crib and mobile

Her awesome rug that my sister-in-law Annie gave us!

Her room is pretty small, as you can see. This shot is from the doorway. But we make it work :-)

 And I had to include an adorable picture of Sage!

My Little Girl is a Treasure

She's here!

Well... she's been here for 6 weeks ;-)  I've just been too busy/tired/lazy to blog about it.

(this is her favorite place to sleep)

Sage was born July 17th, 5:17am, and she was 6lbs, 14oz and 20 inches long

We sure do love her! (The above photos were taken when she was 4 days old) She is so fun. 

She makes the best faces.  The kissy lips is like her signature look

She was a pretty happy baby -this one was taken when she was around a week old

But my poor little girl became rather colicky around 2 or 3 weeks old. It's getting better, but she is fussy a lot. It is hard when I can't make her feel better.

She loves her daddy :-)

It is quite an adjustment, but we can't imagine life without her!

And, she's starting to smile socially now!  It is adorable

 Oh! and I got a haircut :-)

We love our pretty little Sage :-)

SOOO much!

Sometime I'll write her birth story

and I have tons more pics that I will share from our professional shoot as well as more from my phone, so stay tuned! 

Pictures are a Treasure

I wanted to get some pictures of Michael and I together before the baby came, but I never set anything up. So one day when a friend was visiting with us I asked her to take some photos with my little camera 

So we went outside to get better lighting and I just did a few filters on picmonkey.com

They aren't professional quality, but I think they are cute!And since I really wanted pics, they are definitely better than nothing :-)