Auggie's Adventures

Thursday, January 12, 2012

NYE Pictures

I'm pretty sure I said it before but we rang in the new year in Giddings this year. We got to hang out with family and pop fire works! What better way to welcome 2012?!

We played a little Kinect for XBox 360 and then popped fireworks. Well, mostly watched the guys pop them. We started them early enough for the kids to see. Auggie liked them for the most part.

I'll leave you with some of my pictures. We got about 20 minutes from College Station when I realized I left both of my tripods! I was really disappointed but I did what I could when I tried to get some firework photos.

Tim and Auggie checking out the Christmas lights

Jacob lighting a sparkler

Laci and Auggie watching the fireworks

family

I just love Ben's face

this one reminds me of an angel

Sparkler love

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Look! It's a Bird! It's an Airplane....

Nope! It's just Auggie signing away!

He's signing "more,""outside," "bird" and "airplane!" Auggie's version of outside is a little different but he definitely gets what he wants across. He is in love with birds! I can't believe how much he likes them... but then again, Tim and I love birds, too. Auggie likes to sit or stand at the back door and look at the White Wing Doves, House Sparrows and Grackles on the fence, bushes or power lines.

Auggie is also eating more! Can you believe it? It only took him 8 months to start liking and eating solid foods! This morning he had a little bit of waffles for breakfast. He enjoyed them with and without syrup. He kept shoving all the pieces in his mouth and then spitting them back out. When he's done eating, he usually signs "all done."

He's also been eating cheese nips, 'nilla wafers, dried cranberries and he even had a few Frito chips on Sunday! I am definitely loving that he eats but I hate having to clean up all those little pieces he leaves on the floor. Guess I better get used to cleaning our floors more often!

Sunday brought the College Station area some cloudy weather which turned into rainy weather on Monday. If you're from Houston, you know what I'm talking about. We only got about 0.4" of rain here but some Houston areas got up to 6"! No thanks! I don't miss seeing some highways flooded. Monday turned into a good day to hang out at the mall. They have an indoor playground at the food court so I took Auggie there for an hour or so. Once he figured out how to go down the slide, it was all he wanted to do! He only had one fall which knocked off one of his BAHAs but once it was back on, he was on the move again. There were 2 little girls a little older than him and then 2 older kids (probably 7 or 8) so the playground wasn't that busy. I was surprised.

Since I am oh so late in posting actual camera pictures, I'll start from where I left off- Christmas!

Auggie and Delaney had a little playdate while we were in La Porte
over Christmas weekend

He wanted to see what Cat was up to

The Wrights

Daddy and Auggie opening up a present

Cole in his Christmas gear

He stole Drake's hamburger patty (it's fake)

Drake and Nathan got Nerf Tommy Guns from Uncle Kristopher

Auggie, Drake and Nathan playing with Drake's grill

The day of New Year's Eve, we met up with Jen, Dan and Zane at the Brazos Valley Children's Museum to drop the ball at noon. It was fun. I know the kids had a great time playing in the "under 3" area. Here are some pictures.

Playing with the boy in the mirror

Why the long face, bud??

Zane!

Auggie and Zane playing at the Children's Museum

Hi there!

What is THIS??!

He likes to lean back

The "crystal" ball the Children's Museum
dropped at noon on New Year's Eve

Auggie eating a wafer cookie

I'll have another good post for you on Thursday- more pictures!

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Happy New Year!

Between going to and from Giddings and La Porte last week, I decided to take a break from blogging. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We spent Christmas weekend in La Porte with my family. We had a great time seeing all the kids anddd of course, staying up til 2 or 3 in the morning having some good ol' adult conversation!

Auggie had a few firsts while we were seeing family. He had his first ever Sonic drink! We get 'em hooked early in the Rigby family! Haha. He drank out of Gramma's cup while no one was watching. I was surprised he actually got something from a straw that long.

He's also started to sign bird and say "quack quack" more often. He's even started saying "GO!" when we're playing with his pop-up toy. I'm hoping to get a video of it soon. He always seems to stop just about the time I get my camera going!

Auggie's also working on all four of his premolars. Poor bud! He's been chewing on everything. Luckily he sticks to mostly toys and stays away from dirt, rocks and other yucky stuff. Only one has popped through the skin so I'm sure the other 3 are working their way out. I hope they don't cause too much trouble for him.

We spent New Year's Eve in Giddings. We spent almost 2 hours popping fireworks and playing with sparklers. Auggie liked the fireworks as long as he was in my arms. It was nice being around family for another holiday and even better that Auggie slept through the night in the pack-n-play! We've had some rough nights in pack-n-plays.

I'll have more pictures for you on Thursday but here are some from my phone.