Six Months Old

Sage is six months old today - a whole half year, flown by so quickly. She continues to be such a treasure, just like her big brother and sister.

What are we doing at six months? Sage now sleeps till almost 7 in everyday (it depends on when her siblings wake up and make noise). She eats (still nursing exclusively, although she is VERY interested in what is on my plate at mealtimes - we will wait until we get to DC, but boy, is she ready!), and then plays on the bed with Sterling and Siena competing for her attention. She usually has a shorter or longer nap in the morning, then eats again (notice a pattern?), plays around, sitting up now (for quite a longish time before she falls over), grabbing at toys and grunting quiet little grunts. We usually walk the kids to afternoon school, and then she comes home, eats and takes what we hope will be a nice long nap (on great days, this can be three hours! Yippee for Mommy time). After her nap, she, don't be surprised, eats, and hangs out with the rest of us through dinner and clean up. Bedtime is usually at 8, and then she enjoys a "dream feed" at ten, and, for the first time last night, slept through until seven! Hurrah for good night sleeps for everyone!

Isn't that the life? And what are the rest of us doing? Continuing to purge and purge from our house, preparing ourselves for the awful day when we have to stop purging and start packing (I'm putting it off until the end). The kids are loving school and playdates and the fact that the sun is still shining, even though it is October (what a gift that is!). Chris is traveling a bit for screenwriting symposiums, and gathering insight and materials for moving on to the next phase of his story-telling work, The Story Collective.

And to leave you all with two of my favorite photos from Sage's sixth month "birthday" photos: