Pizzo Family

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

January 2010

The month of January was great! The holidays were over so James was able to spend more time with me and Sage. We started going on cold walks when it was not raining and did a lot of just hanging out inside.

At the beginning of the month Sage started holding her head up while on her tummy. She was only 7 weeks old! What a strong baby we have...

Sage with Daddy after a bath. She is so cute in her little ducky towel...

This was the first time we took Sage for a walk in a stroller. Before this we would only walk her in the ergo carrier (the thing you wear). She was very happy and eventually fell asleep which was awesome because it was another way to get her to go to sleep!

These pictures were taken by Kim who was our wedding photographer. When she came over to give us our wedding pictures she brought her camera along. They were taken a few days before Sage turned 2 months.

On January 13th Sage turned 2 months old. She weighed 12 1/2 lbs. and was able to lift her head and grab at her toys. She was growing up so fast!!! The next two pictures were taken on the 13th and show an ordinary day at the house...

Two days later Sage decided it was time to roll over! The first time she did it I missed it. I put her down and walked away to check the mail. When I walked back over to her I had to do a double take because I couldn't believe it and thought to myself... Did I really put her on her stomach?! I grabbed the camera and I guess I did because she did it again...

James decided to celebrate by doing squats while holding Kaya on his shoulders!!! And this is not an unusual thing he does. Sometimes he tries to lift her while on the exercise ball. It is amazing to see Kaya letting him do it without moving to much. I am always scared that somebody will get hurt or something is going to break. Cross your fingers, it hasn't happened yet!

Silly girl sucking on one of her fingers.

Finding her voice was one of the cutest things to observe. She would move her mouth in many ways and make tons of different sounds. She enjoys this very much!

Yay for the Bumbo! I felt so bad leaving Sage on the ground or in something low to ground while James and I would eat dinner. The bumbo let's us put her on the table and in the action while we are eating meals.

Sage with her best friend...

Here is Sage's first ponytail...

The last day of January was beautiful :) We spent some time in our backyard and I was so happy to put a hat on Sage to block the sun. A little early to celebrate good weather but was thrilled to get a glimpse.

At the end of the day Sage enjoyed herself in Daddy's chair. She was so happy and started cracking up for no apparent reason.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Christmas Dinner

For Christmas dinner we went to my Dad's house to celebrate. I thought last year was hard trying to stretch between two families, but this year was even more difficult with a baby! There was a lot of traveling but well worth it in the end.

These first pictures are of us opening presents and enjoying the family. My cousin Heather has two kids, Keira and Jacob who kept everybody very entertained. They were dancing around and having a great time. It is so nice to have kids around to keep the excitement in the air.

Once dinner was ready, Sage was fast asleep and looking very cute in her Christmas dress.

Here is most of the family sitting down for Christmas dinner. The people missing would be James, my Sister, and myself. We were sitting at the end of the table and just didn't make it in the picture:( From left to right: Jean Ann, Grandma Haley, Jeremy, Heather, Jacob, Uncle Ken, Aunt Vickie, Keira, Gabby, and my Dad.

Here is a cute picture of my Grandma Haley and her best friend Jean Ann. They have been friends for more than 30 years!!! The two of them and Jean Ann's granddaughter flew to California from North Carolina. We don't get to see our Grandma very often so it was so nice to spend the holidays with her. And Sage getting to spend her first Christmas meeting her Great Grandma :)

Mmmm Cookies! After dinner I set up a table for decorating cookies. I made tree and stocking cookies and the frosting for the kids to have something fun to do. Here is Keira having a great time frosting and eating the cookies. Jacob (not pictured) was so funny. He had frosting and sprinkles all over his face.

While most of the family was frosting cookies or Skyping Uncle Doug in Texas, James and Sage were doing what they do best... Sleeping!

At the end of the night we tried to take some pictures by the tree. Boy was that hard to do! When kids are involved you just have to be happy to have them all in the picture, even if they are crying or not looking at the camera. Here is our attempt: Heather, Keira, Danielle, Jacob, Sage, and Me...

Then the kids were acting super silly. I am pretty sure they had to many cookies!

After everybody left we were able to get a few pretty good pictures. Sage was getting super tired and started crying and eventually fell asleep. Considering all of the chaos happening through the Christmas Eve party to Christmas dinner, I'd have to say that she handled it really well. Thank you Sage for being a great baby :)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was an early one! In order for all of us to get together we had to wake up extra early before going to other family events. It was so great being able to spend the babies first Christmas together. Even though they were all born in 2009, they are so far from each other when it comes to development. It is amazing! Cassidy walks or shall I say runs, Donovan sits up and is on the brink of crawling, and Sage, um... holds her head up. They will soon seem closer in age, but right now it seems like such a difference. How amazing it was to have them all together. We have all been very blessed this year (2009)!

The three babies wide-eyed and ready to open presents!

Sage, with help from Daddy, opens her favorite present

ever from her cousin Donovan. He knew exactly what to get her.

Cassidy ripping open one of her gifts. I love this picture with

the fire in the background and all of the presents under the tree.

Donovan tears the wrapping off one of his presents with excitement

Delighted to have all of these new clothes to throw all over!

Here is Sage with her Uncle Aaron. Look how big his

hand is compared to her! Before this picture was taken he took

her away for a little one on one talk from Uncle to niece.

I am sure he was giving her great advice and telling her wise things :)

Christmas Eve

At the Christmas Eve party Sage was able to meet more family. The party was so much fun and Sage was great with everybody holding her. She also somehow slept through all of the comotion during the gift exchange. She was in the middle of the room sleeping on her Daddy while people were loudly laughing and having a good time. She is already taking after her Daddy by being able to sleep in any situation!

Here she is "finally" getting to meet her Aunt Joanne.

What a wonderful time getting to see her cousin

Cassiday and Uncle Aaron as well (no pictures captured).