Nickerson News

This blog post should probably be the “after pictures” of our new bathrooms, but I haven’t got around to taking those pictures yet. Next post…maybe.

This past weekend we FINALLY had our baby girl’s big hip party. It was a celebration! We have been wanting to do this for her for a very long time. Most of our families were able to make it so that was special. Thank you everyone who came. Sage had a blast!

Her daddy made the invites.

Almost all the kids.

She refused to take a picture unless food was in her mouth. That’s our girl.

Not sure what face this is that she is making.

Thanks to Sage’s “adopted Grandparents” Rick & Annie for supplying all the fun party toys.

Thanks Auntie Ali for making the yummy cupcakes!

My niece who will be ONE on March 9th!

More nieces!

Thanks everyone who has prayed for our girl! She now has FANTASTIC HIPS and we PRAISE GOD for His healing!

What did I get myself into just 4 short months after my kitchen renovations were complete? We decided on a whim to get both bathrooms upstairs renovated. The problem is when you do updates in your house, you realize other areas in your home need to be updated (esp. if you live in a 1960′s pad). We’ve been wanting to do it for awhile but of course, it can cost lots of money for bathroom updates. Thankfully, we ended up getting a great deal that we couldn’t pass up. So, here we are in the midst of chaos….again. We have one toilet sitting in the hall and the other toilet sitting in our bedroom floor.

The front yard looked like this today. Thankfully, it has been cleaned up.

It is really hard keeping a busy toddler out of all the mess. Sage is obsessed with “Mr. Mark” the contractor and she asks what he is doing all day long. Hopefully, by the end of Friday, our house will start to look back in order. I will just have a few days of some hard core cleaning to do.

In other news, Sage had her hip check up yesterday and her hips are still fantastic! Her doctor told us she calls Sage “Fame Sage” and shares her success story to other HD families. That make me happy. We now don’t have to see her doctor for 6 more months. This is the longest we have gone. It comforts me to know she will be checked the rest of her growing years.

The other day Abel looked so handsome in his church clothes and I begged him to let me take his picture. He told me playing cars is way more fun than having his picture taken. You can tell in these pictures just how painful it is to him.

However, he LOVES to use my camera. He is getting really good too. Here is a series he took of Sage. She was actually willing to let him take her picture, but not me. I did nothing to this pictures but brighten them a bit.

She is wearing her brother’s police badge.

And sweet story time together. She loves to sit on his lap and have her big brother read to her.

Look at her crazy hair!

It has felt like Spring here so we have been taking advantage of the gorgeous weather.

I wanted to get a picture on their bikes together and before I knew it they were kissing. Abel wanted more kisses and Sage had enough. (ignore Abel’s blue lips. He just had a ring pop from his Valentine’s candy bag.)

He still loves playing with his trucks in the dirt.

I was in the 6th grade and I walked into my classroom and saw a hideous vase with one rose sitting on my desk. I remember being embarrassed and then really mortified when I found out that it was from Stephan. A 6th grader boy who I thought was gross. I immediately tried to hide it in the teacher’s lounge hoping no other classmates saw it was from him for fear of them thinking I actually liked Stephan.

I got home and threw it away. Then my mom told me how nasty I was being and she pulled it out of the trash and asked if I even said “thank you” to Stephan. Ummmm. No. She then displayed the hideous vase & flower on her kitchen counter all week to remind me that I got a sweet Valentine from Stephan.

It was a good little life lesson and I think Stephan would be happy to know I still remember that he gave me one of my first Valentines (beside my dad, who always gave us chocolate).

Here are my little loves wishing you some love this month…

Sage has a huge piece of chocolate wedged in her mouth, hence the funny smile. Bribery is starting to work with her.

I honestly don’t think I would care if I found out no one reads my blog. This blog totally keeps me on track with taking pictures of my kids and the latest happenings in their life. Let’s face it, I haven’t been the best at keeping up with their baby books, but I feel like this blog will save me in the future when they are giving me the guilt trip of not writing too much in their baby books.

Winter is my slower season with the business so it has been so lovely spending more time with the kids. I can’t get enough of them. Sage is a bundle of fearless energy. The girl is a dare devil. I can’t believe it. I never dreamed after having such a wild little guy that my girly girl would be so daring and bold. Even though she loves a good wrestle with her boys she just as much loves mommy’s make up and jewelery. She reminds me now to put a “pretties” in her hair. ha!

The other day after running errands, she started crying when we pulled into our community letting me know she wasn’t happy to be home. She kept shouting, “no home, more shopping mommy”. She pushes her little grocery cart around saying “I’m shopping.” I’m not even a huge shopper at all,  but she loves being out and about and meeting new people.

Here are some recent pics…

I did set up the backdrop earlier in the week for my niece’s photo shoot. Sage is obsessed with this white chair so she immediately jumped into the set. I actually adore this picture of her crazy hair.

Speaking of crazy hair…

Help! Sage is stuck! (this wasn’t pretty after I snapped this shot.)

When Sage naps, I make Abel have quiet time of some sort. (more like, let mommy rest and get a few things done without kids talking to me and pulling on my leg.) He sometimes likes to get out the little shuffle and listen to music. I walked in and saw this…awesome sauce!

His shirt is fitting, don’t you think. “Born Wild”

Sage’s buddy, Levi, came over the other day. Aren’t they cute together.

My niece is turning one soon! She is a feisty one and full of energy. She’s extremely expressive and busy (and quite talkative too. It must be the Italian in our blood that has our babies talking so early). My sister wanted one good shot for her one year picture. Let me tell you, this 11 month old had me working hard to get these pictures.