Productive Weekend!

The weekend was great! Tim went down to the coast with Kent and Dustin for a weekend full of fishing. Don't think they caught much but I'm sure just being out in the water and outside for 3 days was enough for them to enjoy it!

Tim with an undersized Red Fish

Photos by Kent Fricke

I went to La Porte for a couple days while Tim was gone. Thursday night I met up with Shannon & Sydelle for dinner. Friday evening I ate dinner with Heather, Jessica & Stephanie. It was SO nice seeing friends again! I came back Saturday afternoon so I could make sure Charley & Aussie were behaving themselves. I didn't hear from the neighbors, so I assume they did.

My mom came to College Station Monday and helped me get the house organized. Oh- it is SO much better! We also put together Auggie's 1st piece of furniture!! My sister, Lindsay, let us borrow her changing table. I just can't wait til we get to order the crib! :)

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New Blog Layout :)

After I got my iMac, I got on our Blog and saw there was an AWFUL color... that yellow color? ullg.. Why didn't anyone say anything? It looked more like an off white on my laptop- my poor poor laptop. Well, hopefully, the red is a little better :) What do you think?

I had my 28 week Doctor's appointment yesterday! It went well. No ultrasound this time- I definitely miss those appointments- but he did listen to Auggie's heartbeat for a little bit. It sounded great. What I do love about the dopplers is that when I felt Auggie kick, you could hear a "BLOOP!" I got to hear it three 3 times in a row. :) After being in the doctor's office for a while, I went down to the lab to get my Glucose Test done- a.k.a they screened for Pregnancy Diabetes. It was a nasty drink- kinda tasted like flat & super sugary Orange Soda. And I kinda liked Orange Soda until I drank it :( I waited an hour- more like an hour & fifteen minutes- got my blood drawn and was sent on my way. I'm supposed to hear back today if I failed it. The girl in the office said if she didn't call today then that means I most likely passed. **EDIT- Still no call on Wednesday**

and here's the latest Belly pic...

I'm off to Hobby Lobby & Michael's to shop for Auggie's baby book! :)

-Kelsey

Friday, August 20, 2010

Happy Birthday to Jamie! Hope you have a good one!!

We haven't been up to much lately. Tim has been busy with his deer spotlight surveys during some evenings.

While he's been gone, I've been making sure my craft closet (lol.. the closet in August's room) is completely organized. I also started and finished the letters that will be on his wall... I'm not sure where yet.

Sorry I haven't been posting regularly... once there is something to post about, I'll start posting every Tuesday & Thursday.

I'll be sure to post again on Tuesday- Monday I have a doctor's appointment. I'll be getting my Glucose test done.. YAY for yucky sugary drinks.

late late late- Ohio Trip Details

So it's been a little over a week since I posted- SORRY!

The trip with Mom, Jamie, Cole & Nathan went well. It sure was a long car ride up to Ohio but I thought we all did well- especially Nathan. It took us a little longer than planned to get up to Toledo because they closed down I-35 (both ways!) for quite a distance. We were in traffic for about 2 hours on 77. We got to Toledo around 6 p.m. Sunday, July 25.

Monday we hung out around the house- kind of relaxing after the long drive. That night we went to Perrysburg to see Gwen, Grandma Rigby and Ava. My cousin, Andrew, was in the hospital so we weren't able to see the rest of his family.

Tuesday we went to the lake in my grandparents' neighborhood to keep Cole busy. It was my cousin's (Jenny) birthday so we drove to Bowling Green to her, Tom, Samantha and Elli. Elli was about a month old when we saw her :) We had dinner and cake at their house.

Wednesday, Amy came over to have lunch with us. She was leaving that day to camp on Lake Michigan. I'm pretty sure when she left, we went out to the lake.

Thursday was the day we spent at the Toledo Zoo. It was fun but pretty hot for Ohio. Of course, it was nothing like the heat and humidity here in Texas. The zoo was nice- plenty of active animals and the flowers were gorgeous (as you could see from the last post). They had a 9 month old polar bear named Siku. He's the only polar bear cub in the U.S. He played around in the water while his mom paced back and forth.

Friday, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa & Louise went to Port Clinton for a memorial service. While they were gone, Jamie, Cole, Nathan and I went to explore Sonic! Sonics have just started popping up around there. They're crazy busy and kind of weird! We pulled in and a guy walked up to the car to ask us if we wanted drive thru or a stall. Me and Jamie just looked at each other and laughed. We guessed they had too many people not knowing what to do. Before our Sonic trip we ate lunch at Chipotle (a must for Jamie and me). When we got home, we went swimming at the lake.

Tom, Jenny, Samantha and Elli came over on Saturday. They spent the day swimming with us. Samantha spent the night with us.

Grandma, Grandpa, Louise, Samantha, Cole, Mom, Jamie, Nathan and I went for a picnic along the Maumee River at Farnsworth Park Sunday after church. The river was so pretty and really shallow- it was about ankle deep all the way across! We watched a few people walk out there. The little ones wanted to play in it so bad. I have always thought the Toledo area had nice parks. Here's an excerpt from the Toledo Metroparks website:

"Farnsworth is a narrow park along the Maumee River overlooking Missionary, Butler and Indian islands, which are owned by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. The park is at one end of the Towpath Trail and has a boat launch and fishing access. The trail connects this park with Bend View and Providence Metroparks. The Interurban Bridge, which crosses the river at Farnsworth, is partially built atop Roche de Bout, a large, protruding rock in the river that served as an early landmark for native people, European explorers and armies. The abandoned span, once the world's largest earth-filled, concrete reinforced bridge, was part of a commuter railway system."

That evening Amy, Rick, Ben and Sydney got back from camping so they stopped by for a little while. Sydney ended up spending the night with us.

We spent Monday at the house and around the lake for a while. Amy, Rick, Jenny, Tom, Samantha and Elli came back over for dinner. Ben eventually came over (he went out on a date with his girlfriend). No one stayed too long after dinner because most of us were getting up early Tuesday.

And then Tuesday we all headed back to Texas! This time, we made GREAT timing. Instead of going straight south, we headed over to South Bend, Indiana to see my great uncle, Robert. He lives at the University of Notre Dame. It was good seeing him. I haven't seen him since Jenny & Tom got married- 6 years ago. We couldn't stay long- Nathan wanted to run around and Uncle Robert had church. We made it all the way to Joplin, Missouri before we decided to stop. We almost drove all the way through but we were all pretty tired.

We got to Krum around 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Zach welcomed us with a little dance on the corner of their street. We stayed just long enough to unload Jamie & Nathan's belongings and then drove down to College Station. Kristopher was nice enough to meet us at our new house to pick up Mom & Cole.

Since I am on my new iMac (!!!!!), I don't have any pictures uploaded. I'll update this post after dinner :)

-Kelsey

Teaser

Click the image above for a larger picture

I am in the process of going through my pictures from the trip so I'll update probably August 10. We'll have more to update then, too- Monday is my next Dr.'s appointment.
-Kelsey

ok, so I missed a day

My mom came to CS Thursday to help me unpack/organize a little bit. I'm pretty proud that I put a big dent in our boxes. We still have boxes (and boxes... and boxes) at Jane & Sherwin's but we will get them out... soon.
Tim & I are back in Nacogdoches for the day. Tim is meeting with his major professor for his thesis. I'm hanging out at the Rec (sfacampusrec.blogspot.com) until I meet with Liz & Lauren for lunch. We'll drive back to CS around 3 and then I'll be leaving for either Houston to pick up my mom & Cole or to Denton to pick up Mom, Cole, Jamie & Nathan... then we'll be headed to OHIO!
Can't wait to be there!!

Slowly but surely, things are getting settled

Tim and I had a nice weekend. Tim went bow fishing in Johnson City with his cousins, Joseph & Jordan. I went to La Porte to get my registration done on my car (finally).

Drake (16 months) and Nathan (17 months) sitting in the living room at home. Jamie spent the week in La Porte and got to see what its like to have twins! LOL

Tim took the Canon to Johnson City so he could show me what it was like. Here's one of his pictures.

While Tim is working this week, I'll hopefully be able to get the house in order. While in La Porte, Mom, Jamie and I decided to take a trip up to Ohio next week. We'll probably leave Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning (we'll see though). We'll be back August 5th.. Just in time for our busy August weekend schedule to start (Fredy & Jenna's wedding!!).

Back to unpacking/organizing!
-Kelsey

We're finally in!!

We moved into our side of the duplex yesterday (Wednesday)! Jane & Sherwin came up from Giddings with a trailer to help us move our stuff over. Luckily, it was only 5 blocks from the old place to the new one. We still have a few things to move over but we'll do that next week. The inside is all painted- Tuscan Beige- with white trim. We have a pretty green wall in our room. We're going to leave August's room plain since I have an idea of how I would like to decorate it once we get his crib. We spent our first night last night.. Boy! What a difference! Tim came home from work this afternoon and we could actually talk to each other from the kitchen to the living room without yelling or saying "HUH??" The old place was too closed in.

We went to the doctor on Tuesday for a regular check up. Dr. Meduna said everything looked good. He even commented that I still had ankles! YAY! He also said that it looks like it's a normal, healthy pregnancy and baby! I haven't had access to a scanner to scan the last ulatrasound picture but here are a couple from the 20 week ultrasound:

This one is of his head (the round part) with his hands to his mouth (like sucking his thumbs or praying).
This one is of his hand fully extended (like a wave) near his head.

I guess I better get back to unpacking!
-Kelsey

Rainy Day in La Porte

Some of the outer parts of Hurricane Alex are hitting the Houston area today. It should be a rain filled day and I'm supposed to be heading back to College Station. :)

Friday's 20 week sonogram went well. We are officially having a boy! The technician said that he was very active and looked healthy. We were given 5 more ultrasound pictures. I'll try making digital copies this weekend so I can post them next week.

Tim & I will move into our new house next week! Tim finally got a hold of the tenants and the family is moving out by the 8th. We'll have a busy couple of weeks getting things moved 5 blocks down. We'll definitely start next week but we have a wedding reception to go to in Dallas on the 10th. Tim took off part of the next week so we can move and hopefully celebrate our one year! I can't believe it has been a year already! :)

I'll hopefully be posting sometime next week
-Kelsey

Under Construction

So I am in the process of working on a blog so everyone can stay updated with The Siegmunds! :) As soon as we have internet, I will definitely revamp the look and get things organized. I'll most likely post Tuesdays and Thursdays.

So things are going well. We're in College Station... together, finally!! We're currently in a rented duplex. We closed on our place on Monday but there was a mix up with the leasing company and the original owner, so we won't be able to move in until late July.

Baby Siegmund is doing well. We will be able to confirm what we are having on Friday (20 week sonogram). I'm sure everyone will know as soon as we know!

So stay tuned for more information!!

I'll post soon
-Kelsey