"Daahng!"

As you can tell from the vids, Sage is growing up fast and making a lot of progress in the basic departments: starting to talk baby talk, starting to stand and wobble by himself and is starting to understand when Mom and Dad are happy (or not). It is so much fun to watch!

His first word seems to be "daahng" which we believe to be is for "balloon" since he loves balloons and circular things and points and says that whenever he looks at one. So there you go. Also his recognition of vocabulary is growing a lot now; when we say "Where is Puppy?" (his puppy blanket that he loves to 'kiss'), he will look around for it. Same with 'Mousy Mouse.' Jo and I just sit with him in his little play area and love it.

Anyway, here are some recent pics.

Sage is seemingly not satisfied unless the entire play area floor is covered.


But playing is hard work! Here is Puppy - he loves to suck on his nose....


Which butterfly do I want?


Sad baby (after he said he could not play with the garbage can)


but still cute...


Rarin' to go!


Getting to 'cruisin speed'


Get Winnie!


Got 'im!

Oh, no, now Dad's got me!


But he can't really get me in my secret spot! (He loves to run to this spot and peek out the side, or over the table to the computer)


Yup, so much fun


He was scared of this duck at the beginning, but once it laid the eggs, he was all over it (this was a gift that we got)


Here is Mousy Mouse - the perfect size for a bite!


Who needs three hands?


I don't!

Here is Sage running to his Secret Spot
(we missed catching him laughing a lot)

Here is his little duck