friday rest

after a friday morning and afternoon of work and errand running, sage and I came home and gave into our bodies' need for rest. 

that and these colors explain our friday evening.

Friday

Love at first sight

My world of motherhood

Ever since entering the world of Motherhood, most of my days have been spent alone. 

Alone, though, in a happy and content way for me. 

I really actually don't feel alone. And while technically I'm not alone because my baby girl is usually by my side. I'm alone in the since that I'm not around many adults during the daytime hours ( or until Kyle gets home from work).

But, like I mentioned above, I'm happy and content with this.
I've always been one to need "alone" time. Actually, I think every friend I have is like this as well. After spending hours and hours with each other, we all needed our time to just think to ourselves and organize and regroup. 

 And perhaps it's for those very same reasons I am welcoming this time in my life so much.
My time and energy these days is meant to be with my baby.
She won't be this small forever! And everyday she seems to get bigger and bigger...
I find myself just staring at her a lot..
and just studying her little features.
Oh, those lips..
...and those eyes..
and those little finger nails...
I match up her little foot to my fingers to see which finger is the same size as her foot.
My index finger is the perfect match.
Such a cute little foot...oh gosh, and those toes!
 I'm realizing how overwhelming this constant growth period with babies is in the first year. I mean it is all so wonderful to watch them grow and change, but it happens so fast...too fast! I'm scared I'm going to forget it. I mean, seriously. Sage just learned to sit on her own, but now Baby Girl is making moves like she wants to crawl! Lately, I feel like I've been walking around trying to keep my eyes opened extra wide
...I don't want to blink...
I want to take in everything...

So, taking it all in is what I've been trying to do with my days of just Sage and Momma. We have been spending a lot of time outside. Of course, that stroller of mine is a necessity in my life right now. That sucker is always in the trunk of my car. I'm becoming a pro at taking it out, and.. BOOM!.. opening it up!

 Stroller why do I love you so much?
Oh yes- because you make it possible to go on pretty walks in pretty places :) 

My beloved wheels

my sweet Sagiepoo

Sage and I take in the pops of color spring has brought our way.
This spring has made me realize how much I love Red Bud Trees.  They make me want to paint a room that pretty purple pinkish color.

And I've said this many times before, but these seasons are a marvelous thing.
 Change is a marvelous thing.

 and with no worries of snow storms anymore

we now have those spring thunderstorms to watch!

Yesterday that blue sky turned dark and gray

 The air started to smell like rain

The clouds rolled in.

And so did that thunder...

Lightening put on a little show for us over the mountain tops

And the trees started swaying

Back and forth. Back and forth.

Ahh ...afternoon thunderstorms are my favorite:)

 We watched the whole storm from our deck door.

and

then

look!

That blueness and sunshine came back!

This mix up of weather seemed to parallel with my own life.

As my "alone" time days ended because family came to town!

I decided to become a more social creature

and wheeled my way to my Grandmothers to visit with my beautiful cousin Krista.

 Sage loved being in her arms, and decided to take a little snooze:)

Harvest, Krista's daughter also came along to visit...

Look at this cute thing!

Such a pleasant doggie. She is so gentle and sweet.

I wish Simone wasn't so hyper, so I could travel around with her more.

She will be two in August, and I hear dogs kind of grow out of their crazy puppy stage around then, so maybe soon she will be more calm around other people..especially strangers, and act a bit like the wise and beautiful Harvest:)

I love my dog, though. She may be sassy and energetic at times, but Sista is ambitious!

She knows what she wants.

And watching her carry this branch around the yard just made me love her that much more.

Finally,
I
end

with 

this.

I was given this for free!

We can now take the baby on hikes.
Sage loves it!
We love it:)

The gift was a good ending to the day.
Maybe I will give my stroller a break and start getting Sage and I around town in this device.
Hey, if it makes her happy, I'll do anything.

Color!

You are my thing right now. I love you. I can't stop admiring all of your pretty shades!  I'm not sure if it's because this warm air has allowed our winter to be a colorful one. Or if I've been thinking about my future house, and how I can't  freakin' wait to paint my kitchen a pretty shade of green or aqua blue. In fact, the blueness of the sky today drew me outside. 

Sage and I went for a walk and then for a drive. I showed her my old stomping grounds--we drove down the roads and I admired the landscape as she cooed and awed in the backseat.

I thought about how things have changed...it has been almost six years since I use to travel around with my friends in this area. But then I realized things were also very much the same. I was driving...I had my camera by my side...I had music on that made me feel good...and most of all I had a happy travel companion with me:) And for all the things that were different- it was just fine! I mean it has been six years! If things were still the same I would be upset!

With that said...along we went:)

It wasn't long before Sage turned her coos and awes into little whimpers and cries. She wanted out of her car seat! Ahhh and I was about 15 minutes from home! I got back on track for home and turned up "Honey Bee" the Muddy Waters song I had playing in my car to try and soothe her...

 "sail onnnnn, sail onnnn my little honey bee, sail onnn. I don't mind you sailing, but please don't sail so long."

My sweet little baby went right to sleep:) Oh, I was happy! A crying baby in a car does not make for a happy spirit.

Oh gosh, I just went way off track!! Now- back to my color talk!
Color has also been showing up in my life through fabric. I got the urge the other day to start a fabric collection.

It's not very large, but soon I want to learn how to make clothes for Sage. This will be hard for me to do considering I don't even know how to sew, or have a sewing machine for that matter.  But I'm going to try to make it happen, somehow.

Anyway, I was determined to use these fabrics. I decided to hand stitch. The other night I cut out a little design I wanted to stitch onto her onesie.

I started hand sewing.
And created this!

She looked so cute in it this morning. The stitches really look sloppy up close, so I prefer everyone to take a few steps back to look at it:) I just gotta keep on practicing!

Also, before I sign off, I would like to state that today was day one of trying to roll over.....

My baby girl is a thumb sucker...she loves it! today it distracted her from our objective...
We finally managed to get to this position..

 but with a little help from Mommy.
We shall try again tomorrow :)