Sensory Overload

We are all about sensory overload at times here. Thankfully, most of the toys have been hand me downs or gifts, so the overload is not in debt, which is always nice.....

Here is Sage playing in his (currently designated) toy area:

Ok, I'm tired. Let's call it a day...

Some Sand Art

Over the Chinese New Year (when it was not freezing cold and rainy), we were able to head out to where our friend and tenant Peter grew up. Very close to his parent's house was a sand art celebration, so we went to check it out.

Here are some pics.













Happy Sandy New Year!

Sage's 2 Teeth

Ever since I read that some babies get their teeth when they are 3 months (all the way up to over a year), every time he got a little cranky I always thought a tooth was coming out. Sage even had my parents and us fooled over Xmas when we thought we felt something on the top of his mouth, that turned out just to be his gum.

But, over the last few days, one, then two teeth have popped out and Sage is doing remarkably well. He is sleeping less and drooling more, but we have a plethera of toys to keep him busy.

After many unsuccessful attempts at trying to take a picture, we got lucky with one.

Here are Sage's first two teeth!



And here's to many more!

Some Vids (redo)

Some vids did not make it out for some reason (at least on my machine), so I am redoing some.

Here is Sage and I playing Tickles





Here is is trying to sit.




More of the same




Gettin there




Sitting is tough.




Some cookie action.




He's a cookie monster...




...and a foot monster

Random Sage and Family

Things have been hectic the last few days before Chinese New Year, but even so we have been trying to take more pictures and videos. Here are some randoms over the last few days.

Enjoy! (we did)

Sage has been eating more and more from when we first started a month ago and he is getting much better and quicker in downing his vittles. His favorite time of course is....


...Cookie Time!


His gets very excited and concentrates for the whole time he is stuffing his face...


What? No more?


Here, mom has taken nail cutting to new levels of professionalism and gets the job done.



Sage just hanging out.



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And playing with daddy..


Jo and Mom are hanging out.


In mom's comfy lap.


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Playing in Mom's lap


Wait a minute - is it....Cookie Time?


YES IT IS!



Yum!

Lay another one on me daddy-o!


Thanx!


Thaz right, I'm cool.


We took out our built in bath tubs since they were old and leaky, so we just created a large flat space to take a shower in. We had planned to get a wooden soaker tub (which are popular here) but they were quite expensive. So when we saw this huge plastic monstrosity - I mean bathtub at our equivalent to The Home Depot, we impulsively bought it (since it was also a fraction of the cost). Here, mom and Sage are the first ones to try it out!



Yeah! It is comfy!
Yes, that is green water since we use an organic bathsoap for Sage that turns water green.


Sage looks comfy!

We enjoy our plants as well.


Ok, mom, I am all clean now!


Oh, Hi there! Just hanging out here. Wanna play with me?


Yeah! Great!

Here are some VIDs of me!


Trying to sit



Trying to sit


Trying to sit



Trying to sit



Trying to sit


Ok, I'm tired from all that sitting...gotta rest.


And play with my feet some more...

Happy 3rd Anniversary

Happy 3rd Anniversary to us!

It has been 3 years - seems longer - since we agreed to be with each other and start a new life for both of us. We did not really know where we would be at this point, but we are very happy where we are and what we are doing.

Very simply, we went out for a great lunch at our favorite (and ol' Standby) restaurant here and ate til be burst. We brought Sage along with us, which lessened the romance of the mood, but we figure he should come out as well (maybe when he is older, we will splurge on a babysitter). Course that left little time for a picture, so alas, no pic for blog.

Anyway, things are well and we are looking forward to a good Chinese New Year, which is just around the corner.

Drooping, Pooping, and Poohing

It has been a hectic few weeks recently and it does not seem that we returned to Taiwan from a great vacation over Xmas only 3 weeks ago.

For starters, we got a new car (will post about that later) and I got a new good part time gig working at Tung Hai University High School (will explain later).

Plus, Sage has been eating solid foods recently (as you know) and just turned 7 months old. Gramma just had her birthday and turned a few months older as well.

Happy Birthday Gramma!

Anyway, here are some recent pics and vids that you may enjoy.

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We have been trying to let Sage sit on his own (with pillows when not on our water bed) and he is getting better at maintaining his balance. Here he just lasted for about 10 seconds...


Onto eating. He is doing pretty well and not that picky at all, course he does have his favorites (bananas, radish, broccoli, and sweet potatoes). But he absolutely loves his cookies (crackers really since they are not sweet) since they are easy to hold and melt in his mouth. To me they taste like cardboard, but he does enjoy it!


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After eating so much, he still has to get used to getting it all out. Here is his 'poop' face when he is working his butt muscles hard...



After that is a little Pooh-time. Yeah!



Who's coming?


Yeah! Pooh!


Gimme that ear!


Nom Nom Nom...



Better than the cookie!



Oh yeah!



Here Sage is giving Pooh a zerbert...musta learned that from me...


Ok, let's get ready for bed and bath!


Bye!

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Getting ready for the strip down before our bath...

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Quick play before the bath....