Lance smiled "Of course." he said happily. After the 3 of them spent some time just chatting Lance left for the night and soon Max put Charlie down for a nap and she and Sage went to bed shortly after. A couple weeks went by and Charlies birthday rolled around, since she likely wouldn't remember it anyway Max thought it was a good time to announce that they were expecting a new addition to the family. She was busy decorating cupcakes for the kids to eat whilst Sage put up a few light decorations while Charlie slept she was quite pleased with how the cupcakes were turning out and she couldn't wait to see Charlie make a mess of hers.

Sage was more than happy to sit and talk until Lance left. He stopped by often over the next few weeks, probably to make up for the time he hadn't been there. No one minded though....everyone liked the guy. He was putting up decorations happily while Max was working on cupcakes. Once he was done, he scooped up Charlie from her crib, so they could greet people as they arrived.

Travis and Hailey were the first to arrive with Oliver and Riley in tow Oliverr giggled and hugged Sage's legs "Hi uncle Sage!" he chirped "Hi Charlie!" he laughed happily. "Hey man! long time no see!" Travis laughed as he brought Riley in in her little carseat.

Sage grinned and opened his arms for Oliver to run and jump into like he always did. "Hey little man,* he chirped. He chuckled lightly and nodded a hello to Travis and Hailey happily, getting them as best he could with their firstborn in his arms. "Tell me about it," he groaned. "It's been crazy," he chuckled.

Oliver giggled happily hugging him tightly before he slid down and ran to the kitchen to see Max who picked him up and spun him around as Travis and Hailey greeted and hugged Sage "Yeah no I get it don't worry." He assured happily.

Sage let the boy go happily, humming lightly and nodding in response to Travis's comment. 'well, it's good to see you now," he chirped, waving the couple into the kitchen happily. "Max wants to watch Charlie make a mess of a cupcake that I'll have to clean up after," he noted with amusement. He didn't mind, and it would be funny, but he was sure Travis had been in very similar situations before.

Travis smiled at his friend "Yeah it definitely is!" He said happily before laughing "we made the mistake of getting Oliver a cake for his first birthday and let's just say most of it did not wind up in his mouth... in fact most of it wound up everywhere but his mouth..." he laughed "At least it won't be as big of a mess to clean?" He pointed out.

Sage hummed lightly and nodded with a slight chuckle. "The little ones do tend to make a mess. Probably half of what she eats gets smeared around on a daily basis," he hummed, shakinh his head on a fond but amused manner. 'i suppose so," he hummed. "Though, well probably just toss the outfit....it'll probably get stained. Or shell just have an extra set of pajamas," he chuckled. Then he shrugged. "its amusing to watch though," he admitted with a chuckle.

Travis gave a nod of agreement and laughed "Of course." He laughed happily before Hailey gave him a hug and went to help Max in the kitchen. "They'll have fun nonetheless" he laughed as they headed over to the couch. Once Quinn and her twins arrived all they were waiting on was Lance but he said he was running a bit late so all 5 of them just sat around chatting and laughing while they watched the kids.

Sage hummed lightly and nodded. He waved at Hailey when she wandered over to help Max. "I would go help them, but Max would probably just shoo me out," he noted with fond amusement. "Apparently, everything has to be perfect for Charlie, who won't remember this three years from now," he chuckled with a shrug. He really didn't mind...he could let Max do what she wanted to do. Then he nodded. "They have fun with everything. Wish I could do that," he noted, eyes sparkling. He enjoyed catching up with everyone while they waited for Lance...it was nice to just sit and talk with friends. Charlie sat in his lap, looking around at everyone with big eyes, occasionally letting out a babble into the stream of conversation.