Cousin Adelie is with her mommy!

Hi Friends and family!

We at the Jodock home wanted to say how excited we were that little Adelie Wartman is now with her mommy in China, and will soon be home with her whole family. Here is the Wartmans' adoption blog, Journey to Adelie. She's absolutely beautiful! We're so happy for you Nancy Ann and family!

Oh, and since we're here, this is another picture of Sage with her mommy:

Doin' The Walkabout

Sage's walking is improving drastically every day. Within the past hour she figured out how to consistently stand up by herself from sitting on the floor, which means that crawling is really no longer necessary. When she falls down, she can just get back up and walk some more! She's quite amazing. I think today, I would really and truly call her a toddler. Oh, and she's definitely got the dancing feet (or hips, as the case may be). She loves any and all music, but especially if its got a good beat! Check out this video --it's sooo three days ago as far as the walking goes, but it's just about the cutest thing Aren and I have ever seen. :-)



We're all excited about Grandma Jan's visit this weekend! It's such a great time to come see Sage!

Auntie Em's visit

Sage had a visit from Aunt Emma this weekend, and has really had a blast. She calls her Ma, and absolutely adores her. Emma is really wonderful with Sage. Here are some pictures of them playing together in matching outfits:




Emma took this picture of Sage and mommy in our new babywearing poncho (christmas present from daddy!) on our walk this afternoon. There are two head openings! One for Sage and one for mommy!

And a quick update on Sage's walking: She can now take upwards of 20 steps per trip (some times), and I have to say that as of yesterday, walking is now her preferred method of locomotion. Crawling is still much easier, but she usually starts out walking, and then falls back on crawling when walking doesn't take her all the way. Another cool new skill is standing up all by herself without anything to pull up on. She can't do that consistently, but she can sometimes.

Christmas and the new year

Happy new year from Sage and the whole family, folks! I am dreadfully sorry that I have taken so long to put up Sage's Christmas pictures and recent updates. I really have been remiss. But here they are anyway. Some of the pictures are from my parents camera and some are from our camera.






Sage had a really lovely Christmas, with really amazing presents from everyone. I have to admit, she got a little tired of opening presents at some point, so we had postpone opening some of them until later. :-)

She enjoyed very much spending time with the White family and mommy's wonderful cousin, Rebecca during Christmas Country Dance School. Here she is napping with Rebecca:

And here she is napping with grandma Alice at the New Year's Eve banquet:

Sage took a little break from walking during Christmas and CCDS. She didn't really take any more steps until after we were back home. Now, however, she's really going to town. Last night she walked all the way from mommy (sitting on the love seat) across the room to daddy (sitting on the couch). I think I've counted 12 consecutive steps at this point, and 12 steps can take you pretty far! Her other new skill and pastime is throwing/rolling the ball with mommy or daddy. Her throwing arm(s) are pretty amazing for an 11 month old!
Till next time!