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I won’t forget the day. Sage was 17 months old and walking around in her jammies one morning carrying her little pink Bible that she received the day she was dedicated to the Lord. She loves that little Bible and says “Bible, Bible” when she carries it. Then all the sudden out of the blue she started singing “Jesus Loves Me”. Mind you, up until this moment we had never heard her sing this song, not even in pieces. And that morning, while holding her Bible she sang all the words to Jesus Loves Me. I grabbed the video camera as fast as I could, but it was low on batteries and shut off!

She sings that song ALL the time and she also loves to sing “Away in a Manger.” I finally was able to capture some of her singing the other day when she decided it was her time to shine in front of the camera. Seth can back me up on this…the girl sings ALL DAY LONG and I’m not going to lie, it makes us happy.

My mother in-law said Sage can carry a tune too, which is quite impressive considering this momma who always sings to her isn’t too musically gifted. I mean, I’ve got nothing people in that department. Somehow, I was lucky enough to marry into a family who has musical talents up the wazoo. If we ever did a Nickerson family special, I would be the one shaking the little egg shaker. along with my brother in-law, who I was happy to find out, is also musically uninclined.

So, here is our girl in her jammies with her crazy morning hair singing her little heart out just for you. (Ignore the array of toys, the nebulizer sitting out and the mess on the table!) Take note, she was very concerned when Seth stopped watching her so he could grab a tissue. She had to stop her singing to make sure he was watching her. Clearly, she is a performer!

I was cutting it close this month. The end of the month is fast approaching and I didn’t have my sibling picture. It was a gorgeous day today, which was a nice surprise since yesterday was extremely gloomy, cold and rainy. Abel is getting a little easier each time I ask him. He’s starting to get it and how much it means to me.

He is really excited that my birthday is approaching and he talks about it all the time. I told him what I really would like for a gift is a picture of my two kids. I prepped him while Sage was napping that I wanted to take their pictures when we went out for an afternoon bike ride. I guess I should have been more prepared and fixed his hair, but this is a typical look for him. He actually is starting to get curls and it will just curl up on the top of his head (it didn’t help either that his bike helmet smashed his hair). Something I’m sure he will hate when he gets older. Plus, it matches his sister’s hair right now. She is starting to get curls too and one seems to pop up on top of her head every once and awhile and I absolutely adore the curls. I wish I would have appreciate my curls more when I was a little girl.

I love this car in our neighborhood and it was sitting in the perfect spot today. (Thanks to our neighbors who distracted Sage or else she would have been running away!)

I mean, really just don’t smile Abe if it is going to look so fake and forced. (I only meant it was getting easier to have him stay still for a picture, not actually look happy about it.)

I am in love with this picture of her!

Abel has been helping me in the kitchen with dinners and some baking (I only bake because he loves it). It has been great! We have some neat talks and I hope his love for cooking continues.

I do try and remember to thank God everyday for giving us a new kitchen. It blows my mind away that this kitchen is ours and how much God knew we needed it.

You can’t hear her, but she is saying “Sage hold it!” Back in the Fall, she was told she needed nebulizer treatments whenever she gets a cold because it turns into a bad cough. And she has been getting colds non stop lately. Good ole’ winter gem bugs. Well, she refuses to let me hold it now.

Abel love to plays the card game war and he is really good at it too.

He is some sort of a dragon. All I know is that we hit up the Target clearance rack after Halloween and we scored bigtime on some costumes for him.

He insisted on taking pictures of me while we where playing cards. I guess it is only fair that I let him since I have been shoving the camera in his face for over 4 years now. I was really nervous as our cameras our like my other children, but honestly he did great. The focus is a little off, but it is a hard camera to figure out so I was impressed.

That’s all for now. Yay! I took some pictures this month. I decided to leave it sitting out on the counter to get me to take more pictures during the day. If I have to go digging it out of the storage trunk it is much more of an effort.

I can’t believe I am saying this, but I think I kinda forgot how hard toddlers can be sometimes. I mean, I know Abel was T.O.U.G.H. But those people who say “you forgot” they are kinda right. Or maybe because I wasn’t expecting it from Sage since she is so sweet and “so I thought” calm. When girlfriend hit 17 months, those awful “terrible twos” entered her little body.

Today, I felt like she was whipping my butt! By 9am it was like I was battling her in a war. Don’t get me wrong, she isn’t blatantly rebellious like Abel, but she thinks she is really funny (and she can be) and it seems to get her in trouble. She also runs and climbs non stop, which how can I complain. The girl had Hip Dysplasia! Together my kids are a great work out program….so maybe I should be thanking them?

But look at this face. PRECIOUS!!!!

I have barely taken my camera out of the bag this month except for business. (so this post will be lacking!)

In the winter, it is harder for me to get motivated and take pictures of the kids since it is so cold outside and I don’t want pictures always in the house. We have been enjoying our slower pace of life right now as the business is usually a little quieter in the winter. So, I am loving spending as much time with the kids as possible.

In other news, we joined a gym and it has been just what I needed. Every mom needs to carve out some “time alone”. They have an awesome kids room for the kids and I sneak off and get a great workout in. Abel thinks it is awesome & Sage likes it as long as her brother is there with her.

Why “popcorn”? I couldn’t think of another title and right now the kids are loving our homemade popcorn. Sage thinks she is all grown up and likes to hang with Abe and his friends. At least for now, they let her play with them. She can hold her own too. Don’t even think about taking food from Sage. She will make sure she gets it back. We call her the snack swipper!