Lazy Tuesday

Auggie didn't sleep very well last night so we really didn't get out of bed until almost 2 p.m. From 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., we both were able to sleep soundly. I just feel bad for Tim. I just talked to him and he sounded super tired. I'm sure he'll take a nap when he gets home.

Our weekend went well. Saturday we went out to the Texas A & M rugby game. They played Life University. They're a chiropractic school... funny, huh? I wonder if they treat each other after rugby games?? Afterward, we actually went to a couple stores.. All 3 of us! Auggie slept some of the time. When we were in World Market, an employee asked if the band around Auggie's head was part of the car seat... HUH? She thought it was part of a new restraint system. LOL- I can just see that in the future... riiight!

Tomorrow is the beginning of our 2nd week with no bread products! The first week was hard! lol. I know, that's pretty sad. But if you know me well, you know I love bread and pasta! We tried out quinoa. It was really good. I was surprised. Tim had it during one of his domino nights a few weeks ago. I could definitely see us substituting it for pasta more frequently. I've been trying to eat more healthy, too. I've been eating a lot of yogurt. I added a crunched up granola bar to the peach flavored one. It was good. I'm not a fan of peach or blueberry yogurt so the granola has definitely made it better.

He sleeps so well when he's in our bed
March 11

Getting some sun on those toes! He did not enjoy that big bright ball in the sky Saturday
March 12

Sleeping with Daddy
March 12

Yummy hands and rings!
March 12

Hi everyone! Mommy found my outfit she's been looking for since we got home from Dell
March 13

Mommy's hand is the best thing to hold onto when I try to sleep
March 13

Wake me up later, please
March 15

52 Fridays- Felt Rosette

Sorry this one is late! I couldn't find the photos of the cards I wanted to show off yesterday.

So I have this shirt that I bought from Kohl's a couple years ago and it's perfect! It's a dark teal... you know how I am about that color! The sleeves are short but longer than the usual girly tops. And then the shirt is long! I love long shirts!

So imagine my disappointment when I pull it out of the closet one day and there's a hole right in the middle of the shirt!!

Lately, the shirt has made it to the front of our closet and I want to wear it oh so bad. I've worn it a couple times with the hole but I'm always conscious of if the hole is showing.

I've seen a new trend: fabric flowers! They are so cute and there are so many different ways to do them. I would love to decorate part of the shirt with some flowers to cover the hole.

Tidy Mom: http://tidymom.net/2010/how-to-felt-valentinerosette-flower-pin/

Prudent Baby: http://www.prudentbaby.com/2010/02/diy-fabric-flower-hair-clip.html

Prudent Baby: http://www.prudentbaby.com/2010/10/no-sew-rolled-fabric-flower-baby.html

So this afternoon I made the first rosette. It's a little too bulky for my shirt but it could make a cute headband!

Unfortunately, black felt is the only material I have that would make a rosette and I didn't think it would photograph that bad! But here is my rosette! It was really easy to make and I used the tutorial over on Tidy Mom to make it!

Thanks for stopping by!

You're Taking It So Well....

... Well how are we supposed to take it?

Crying all the time?

Not asking questions?

Not researching in our spare time?

Not living our life?

We're doing what we can to try to live our life like its supposed to be lived with a 4 month old. We may not be able to go out, meet friends and family or even do every day grocery shopping but we're dealing with it. We get out separately and sometimes together. The weather has been nice so we've been able to take walks (Thank goodness College Station has a nice parks system!). We have been taking advantage of being able to spend all this time with Auggie, especially me. Not many families are able to have a stay-at-home parent now.

It just gets tiring (at least from my end) to hear how well we're dealing with Auggie's procedures and doctor visits. I don't know how people wouldn't be able to handle this situation. Tim's my rock and the go-to guy for all the questions but do people just not handle these situations? Of course, Tim understands all the anatomy lingo (mastoid, mandible, cochlea, microatresia, etc) because of his experience with animal biology and I can understand most things through context clues and visual cues.. but what do people do when they don't understand? Is that when they don't "take it so well"? If I didn't understand things, I know I'd be lost but that would motivate me to research what Auggie is going through. I'm sure that would even help deal with the news of a syndrome.

I have my moments where I don't "take it so well" and I feel terrible for even thinking things are bad because things can be so much worse.  I feel like I don't "take it so well" the majority of the time so I guess its a little comforting to be told we "take it so well." But not comforting enough to make me feel better.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

Shoving the teething ring in his mouth

Yummy hands

Sitting in his Bumbo before bed

Wednesday was an awesome day.

Well, if you don't count Tim's sleepless night and my 3 hour sleep before we left for Austin at 3:45 am. We were supposed to try to keep Auggie awake. He was wide awake when we left College Station but he loves car rides so he didn't last too long. He was in a deep sleep when we got to Dell Children's around 5:40. He was dead weight when we tried picking him up and getting him awake. It didn't happen.

Auggie woke up on his own around 7. He was such a happy baby! We were glad because he wasn't allowed to eat anything. The 3 hours before his bronchoscopy were brought to our minds when we were told he wasn't able to eat anything after 4:30- he cried so much because he was hungry.. and there wasn't a thing we could do for him. But yesterday was a completely different story. A little boy named Eli was there for a procedure and Auggie just loved seeing him. Eli played peek-a-boo with him for a little bit. It was the first time we saw Auggie light up immediately to someone. Eli was so cute!

Once we were called back, Auggie was dressed in his hospital gown and shortly after fell asleep. He was so mad when we woke him up to administer the oral sedation. He fell asleep within 5 or 10 minutes and then they started his test.

The hearing test was pretty quick. They attached 3 sensors (one behind each ear on that hard bone- the mastoid- and one just above his forehead) and then they placed a metal headband with a hearing aid on his head.  The hearing aid emitted noises at different decibels to test his nerve function.

The audiologist was able to give us his results when his test was over.

He has enough nerve function to have a BAHA! 


I teared up just knowing Auggie will soon be hearing our voices for the time (properly). Now we just need to make an appointment with Auggie's ENT specialist to go ver the results, measure his head and order his BAHA. Yes! 

Tim and Auggie waiting for his hearing test to begin

Auggie and I waiting for his hearing test to begin
Notice.. he's sleeping.

After his hearing test was over. He was groggy but he still ate like a champ!

Sleeping just like Daddy

As I've probably said before, I usually write my posts Monday and Wednesday nights when things have settled down. Or there are those occasional early morning posts when I wake up and go "Crap! I forgot to write a new post!" and so I sit at the computer at 3 or 4 am and write out a post while I pump. Gotta multitask!
It is Monday night and I feel completely drained. Auggie did not have a good day. He woke up a happy baby and then something changed... I have no idea what it was but it all started after Auggie's headband slipped over his eyes while he was laying on his gym mat. He was not a happy baby.
He fought his naps- 2 less than 15 minute ones.
He fought his bottle for a little bit.
and most of all he fought me.
He didn't want to be set down.
He didn't want to sit in his Bumbo.
He didn't want to stand in his exersaucer.
And surprisingly, he didn't want to watch TV!
He looked like this most of the day

Crabby Baby!!

So then he took his less than 15 minute nap....

I hoped it was going to last just because I knew he was tired. I set him down- big mistake there! He was only semi-content when I was holding him. Around 4:30, he ate and we both fell asleep. I had to hold him close to me in order for him to stay asleep. Sometimes even that didn't work. He woke up 5 or 6 times between 4:30 and 7 when I finally got up. Here's to hoping Tuesday's a better day!

Over the weekend we were able to get a few things from Jessica & Stephanie. Stephanie was able to find headbands in a neutral color for Auggie. His speech therapist recommended getting him used to having things on his head since he'll be wearing a headband for his hearing aid. The ones Stephanie picked out are perfect! Hopefully once he gets his hearing aid I can make him a few coordinating headbands. Jessica let us borrow her Bumbo she had from Ben. Auggie likes it.. a little bit. He'd rather stand up! I'm sure he'll really like his exersaucer once he can really touch the bottom. Right now he has to stand on a pillow.

Licking the toy on his exersaucer

Sitting up in his Bumbo from Aunt Jessica and sporting his headband from Aunt Stephanie

Eating his blanket

Checking out the monkeys on his feet

Still looking at the monkeys

He scratched his nose pretty bad on Sunday

The reason why Auggie won't be wearing his hearing aid to bed

Holy Moly- Auggie can scream!

Tuesday's appointment with the dietician went great. She was really excited with how well Auggie is gaining weight. He's growing right along his growth curves.

We all had a pretty uneventful Tuesday and Wednesday, though.

Tuesday night, however, Tim & I woke up to Auggie crying. He went to bed around 11 and hadn't really eaten since 7:30 so naturally we thought he was hungry. Well, he didn't want to eat so we changed him. And then he started screaming bloody murder! He cried and cried and screamed and we couldn't do anything about it. We tried "Shhhh"ing him and that obviously didn't work. We tried rocking him and that didn't help either. I ended up crying because there was nothing we could do. I felt so helpless. I just felt like we should have been able to comfort him with our voices or help rock him back to sleep but nothing helped. I was able to get him to eat a little and then he went back to sleep. Tim looked up some information and now we're thinking it could have been a night terror. Could it have been?? It was obvious nothing we did helped calm Auggie down. and that's what I read on Wednesday- inconsolable, asleep but crying, screaming, over tired. I just hope we don't experience it again. I felt so bad for him. Luckily, he slept til about 10 am Wednesday and he was a happy, smiling baby, too!

Rolling around with a blanket crocheted by his Great Great Great Grandma

He loves those blankets!

Staring at the fan

Tummy time is a great time for farts and burps

Wearing short sleeves and shorts for the first time

How far can my finger go into my mouth?

Good morning, Mommy

I'm beginning to like seeing myself in the mirror

Sure, March is here.. It'll be gone before we know it!

Woke up this morning to Auggie crying. He would cry just a little bit and then sleep a little bit and then cry a little more. Tim took him to bed and he's been silent ever since. I can't believe how Auggie can sleep so soundly when we're right there next to him. I hope him sleeping with us in the morning hours doesn't escalate to him sleeping through the night with us. We did that for a couple nights and I could barely sleep. I was comfortable with myself- I knew I wasn't going to roll over or anything- but I just couldn't sleep right. If you know Tim, he slept perfect. He rarely ever sleeps bad even on the floor!

The Speech Therapy visit went well on Friday. Auggie showed off a little for Mandy. He sat up well and kept control of his head. He even proved us wrong when we told her he still didn't like tummy time. Tim & I are learning some signs so if Auggie doesn't have his hearing aid, he'll be able to communicate with us. I brushed up on my alphabet and colors. Mandy gave us a DVD of a program called Sign & Times for babies. It was cute. We learned cat, dog, horse, frog, bird... and maybe a couple others. Man, I have a lot to get used to- I've never been a big fan of small kids' shows!

We told Mandy that we had been trying to keep hats on Auggie... but you know how warm it has been lately, we didn't want to over heat him. She recommended maybe buying a girl's headband. You know, nothing girly... just a plain neutral colored head band.. Do you know how hard it is to find one?? I went to Target and then I've been looking on the internet, too. I just want a blue, black, white or even red simple non-girly head band! Let me know if you see one and where... oh and not too expensive.

Jason, Staci & Kiley came over for a short visit on Saturday. They were in town for the day. It was nice seeing them. I can't believe how big Kiley is getting! I mean, I see her pictures Staci puts on their blog but seeing her and holding her... She is such a cute little girl!

Tim went fishing with a some high school friends all day Saturday. I tried not getting mad that he didn't get home til 11 that night.. and by trying not to get mad, I made myself even more mad... and then he got home and all that "mad" disappeared. I mean, I wanted to be mad but I realized it was stupid to be mad about him coming home that late. Melanie called me in the afternoon and told me something along the lines of "You're a good wife, staying at home all day on a Saturday even though you stay at home all week." HA- I hope Tim remembers. ;)

Auggie is starting to roll over from back to tummy now. Apparently (according to Tim), he's been rolling over tummy to back, too. I've only seen it once. Auggie usually does it when he's a in a playful mood. Tummy time has gotten a lot better all of the sudden. I"ll get y'all a video when I can. Auggie already recognized my cameras and my iPhone! :(

This afternoon, Auggie has an appointment with the dietician. His height and weight will be measured and then she'll make sure he's been eating enough. This appointment is the beginning of all our appointments this month! I can't believe Auggie has his ABR test next week! I am SO glad it is finally here!

And before we get to the pictures of Auggie- what everyone is here for anyway.. I just wanted to add a little note. I know a few people have asked me when a good time to call is... Well, anytime is a good time to call. If you call and I don't answer, it means I'm busy but I will call you back! :)

Talking away to his birds 2/28

Uh oh, there's that iPhone!! 2/28

Auggie's hats have all shrunk- or his head has gotten a lot bigger!
Looks like we'll have to look for a headband after all 2/27

Good morning, Mommy 2/26

Talk, Talking away! 2/26

Sleeping in Mommy's arms for a quick nap 2/26

Tummy time 2/28

Auggie loves to eat his blankets 2/28