-25F

Great Personalities!

If there is one thing that my kids come into this world with it is a happy temperament. Both T and Sage smiled literally from day one and from that point on it has taken very little to get an ear to ear grin from either. I am grateful for their happiness but I am finding that happiness also means mischief later on!

Dads and their boys

The ranch provides a lot of opportunities and one of the best opportunities is to create strong ties between dads and their sons. Little boys don't love anything more than cows, horses, and working (playing) outside.

T is always teasing Trey, even at work.

Spence is teaching Hayes how to rope.

Spence lets Chase watch the action in the next corral.

Jay and Colten open the gate to let the worked cows out.

It took all the men to cut a horn off a grown heifer.

Our newest addition to the Trickey Family

Tessie Brook and Sage are monstrous babies (especially compared to Ben).

Rafino Benjamin Domingues is three days old in this picture. He is a very nice little baby and we all laugh that he is whiter than my babies!

Ben sleeping. Notice how long his fingers are. At birth his hands and feet were longer than Sage's and she is twelve weeks older.

Halloween

T as a "skeleton monster." I definitely waited too long this year to think about Halloween costumes. Needless to say, T got to pick out a Walmart special.

Sage was a cute little bumble bee. She got to borrow a costume from Kristen.

We went trick or treating with all the Platt cousins. The best house of the night was the Whiting house. Both Jane and T were scared of the goblin sitting by the tree as well as the witch sitting on the stairs handing out candy. T would not leave Trey's side but when we got outside the gate he told Trey that he wasn't scared of those monsters!

Sage survived T's homecoming

Sage had some adorable newborn outfits but unfortunately they only fit for a few weeks.

T loved the flowers that Maren gave us from Sage's shower. Thanks again!

I thought Sage looked so cute at her baby shower.

I think that our little Sage is and always has been adorable, but she sure can make some funny faces! (If you'll notice her umbilical cord is still attached at this point. I think she was four or five days old.)

When we first had Sage my Mom, Jac and Broo were nice enough to keep T with them during the day and even at night. T loved it, but it was hard on me to leave him at night. The first day T came home for good he jumped on Sage, poked her eye and pulled on her hair. He wasn't being malicious but is just a rambunctious little boy. I, like most mothers with two year olds and a baby, have to hide Sage while I shower or do anything that pulls me away from a within seconds response. Luckily Sage is tough and T has gotten softer!

Sage and T

Our baby came a week early and was a cute little girl. We named her Sage Trickey Platt. Her coloring was just like T's when he was born and she had just as much hair as he did.

Trey was at work a lot when Sage was first born so when he was home he enjoyed time with both kids any way he could.

No matter how crazy the days get, when nap time comes along I am grateful for both of my kids!

T has not been too jealous of Sage and is mostly cute with "his sister." However, we occasionally have to spank him for hitting, pinching or jumping on Sage. She is going to be one tough little girl.

When Mac was born T seemed like a monster compared to him, and so Sage seems with Tessie Brook. A few months later Mac was quite a bit bigger than T, so I guess time will only tell if all of Jac's kids pass mine in size.