new tricks

Last night, Sage's nanny was trying to get Sage to show me how she had learned to 'walk like a model'. Sage, however, was far too busy to engage in such tomfoolery, as she was engrossed in alternately scattering then collecting the tiny faux bubbles from her miniature dollhouse bathtub. So she ignored her well-meaning nanny, who nevertheless persisted in pestering her: "Model, baby, model for Mommy!" Finally, I gently told our much-beloved nanny, "Diovine, hindi naman siya aso. (She's not a dog.) You can't make her do tricks whenever you want." I'd thought Sage was too busy to pay attention, but at my words, she turned around, looked her nanny in the eye, and affirmed: "I'm not aso!" That's my girl.

Sage's milestones
Sage displayed her first non-gas-related smile when she was a little over a month old, on March 23, 2002. It was the first time we realized she had three dimples-- one on each cheek, and one on her pointy little chin (though the chin dimple has all but disappeared now). It almost seemed as if she were living up to her name, because the smile came just in time for her christening on the following day. Could it truly have been some sort of prescience that allowed her the wherewithal to properly acknowledge her guests at her very first public appearance? Sage refuses to confirm or deny.