Watching Sage turn two felt both sweet and surreal, and celebrating him with a Winnie the Pooh–inspired party felt like the most natural choice. Sage loves Winnie the Pooh, so “Sage’s Two With Pooh” party came together in a way that felt personal and meaningful rather than overly themed. We kept the color palette soft and neutral, letting thoughtful details speak for themselves and creating a space that felt calm, playful, and full of heart.
We’ve been doing so much traveling together as a family this year, which we absolutely love, although traveling with a baby certainly comes with its challenges! We just got back from our trip to Detroit, which was our first flight this year, and we have another trip coming up to Colorado in June, which we’ll also be flying for. We drove to our other travel destinations earlier this year, so we were able to bring a bit more with us. But when you’re traveling through an airport, it’s definitely easier to pack lighter. This inspired me to share our minimalist travel essentials for flying with a baby. I hope this blog post is helpful for other jet-setting families!
This post is long overdue as Sage is now almost 15 months old! The past several months have been so busy with family travel, work, and life with a baby in general. This post has been on my to-do list for so long, and I decided that today was the day I would finally sit down and write it. The monthly photo updates were such a challenge, for a few reasons! The first reason was the dark lighting during the winter months and the second reason was this little wiggle worm who refused to lie still for these photos anymore! I would always shoot these on the bed, but at this point he was such a big boy that it was hard to get all of him in the frame. I had to recruit Andrew to help me get these shots from eight months on to keep him entertained while I snapped away. It was tricky, but I am so glad we did it, and have these photos to look back on!
12 months of Sage Wylder! I’m so glad I was able to capture a photo of my baby boy each month, although it was quite the feat at times, especially once he started rolling over. He also got so long towards a year so it was hard to get all of him in the shot! I was a little relieved after his 12 month photo because I knew we would no longer have to keep this wiggle worm lying down in these shots, but it was bittersweet. I know I will cherish these photos of Sage and how much he changed in his first year.
We celebrated Sage Wylder’s first birthday party a few weeks ago and I’m so happy with how his party turned out! I knew I wanted to do a camp theme, and Andrew helped me come up with the ideas for “Sage’s Wylde One In The Woods”. The decor for his party was DIY, thrifted, or items that we already had. We worked on projects like the signs and banners a little bit every day for a few weeks to get everything done on time! We invited around 30 guests and about 25 of Sage’s guests were able to make it. My brother, his wife, and his nephew as well as my sister and her boyfriend flew in so my whole family was able to be together which was really special. A few of my mommy friends and their babies came and it was so cute watching Sage interact with them. The party went super smoothly and everyone had a great time!
We just celebrated Sage Wylder’s first birthday party a few weeks ago, but I still wanted to get two more update blog posts, his nine & ten month update and his eleven and twelve month update! Momma feels like she is sooo busy all the time now. At nine months, Sage started pulling himself up to sit. On Halloween, he started crawling after weeks of trying on his own without our help. Whenever we tried to help him, we didn’t really get anywhere, so we kind of just let him do it when he decided to. A few days later he started pulling himself up to stand! Ever since then, things have been crazy around here!
Before I became a mom, I would see these adorable wooden play kitchens and I knew that I wanted one for my baby one day! I am so excited that Sage is finally old enough to play in his baby play kitchen from Lalo. When Sage and I were living with my parents, he loved watching his abuelita cooking. Now, he loves watching my partner Andrew in the kitchen. Andrew is a chef, and we have already started involving Sage in the kitchen when we are cooking. When he is old enough, he has a wooden tower that will allow him to work at the counter with us. For now, he seems to really enjoy banging around his baby play kitchen with his food and toy sets he got for Christmas!
I am just now getting Sage’s seven and eight month updates up, the months have been flying by! He had his first cold at seven months which was super tough because I was sick too. He started sitting up, and rolling on his own, which he was very pleased about! He also started taking swim lessons, and he loves splashing around in the pool at my parent’s house. This boy was definitely meant to be outside! I couldn’t wait to spend more time outdoors with him when it cooled down here in Arizona. At eight months old Sagie had four teeth and several more are popping through. He loves eating his homemade blends, and going on walks! Nighttime sleep was super tough, and at the end of eight months he was down to two naps during the day. I was super excited to take him on some fall trips, and to experience his first holiday season (my first holiday season as a momma).
When we moved into our new rental house, I was so excited for Sage to have his own nursery! While Sage and I were living at my parent’s house, we had to share a room. Luckily the room was big enough for me to have my bedroom space on one side and his nursery space on the other, but I was really excited to decorate a true nursery room for him. His furniture set from Dadada Baby is so perfect for this modern neutral nursery for baby boy! In this blog post I will be highlighting the furniture and other decorative aspects of Sage Wylder’s new nursery.
I was really excited for the holidays to come up this year because I knew it would be so fun experiencing them with my baby boy Sage for the first time! Andrew and I took Sage to his first pumpkin patch last week and even though it was soooo hot here in the Phoenix area the day we went, we had a ton of fun. The farm we went to had a little petting zoo with goats, cows, horses, sheep, a llama, and even zebras! Sage does seem to love animals, especially Andrew’s dog Arlo, but he wasn’t nearly as excited about them as he was the big orange pumpkins! Those really put a sparkle in his eyes lol.
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