Enjoy your Mother's Day.. and if you're not a Mom then make Sunday a special day for you Mom!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Happy Mother's Day!!
Enjoy your Mother's Day.. and if you're not a Mom then make Sunday a special day for you Mom!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Meeting family and friends along the way
Auggie is really starting to show his personality... He kicks his legs against the ground when he's upset. He turns into our shoulder when someone makes him smile. He'll bounce really hard in his exersaucer when he's ready to get out. His facial expressions are highlighted in his face all the time.
Mandy, the speech therapist from ECI, came by Monday for our monthly appointment. She showed us a great way to get Auggie to eat his solids. Tim and I were both dumfounded by how it was so much easier to get him to eat! We're on to bananas now! Hopefully they'll continue to go well.
Friday, we're meeting with someone from AI.. Auditory something or other. lol. They work with kids from age 3 to 21 through Bryan ISD. I'm really looking forward what she has to teach us and Auggie.
As I said last week, I was going to debut Auggie's newest feat.. no pun intended. Auggie can get his feet to his mouth! It is so funny to watch! I think he learned a few tips from Delaney last week when we were in La Porte for Easter. Delaney can basically fold in half with her feet in her mouth. So cute! Auggie can get them up one at a time but usually stretches out his socks or pants in the process. Too funny!
I'm a little behind in organizing pictures so I'll leave you with some recent pics of Auggie and friends. Since Auggie is taking a nap, I'll be able to get something done. House work, you say? HA! Nope! ;)
Mandy, the speech therapist from ECI, came by Monday for our monthly appointment. She showed us a great way to get Auggie to eat his solids. Tim and I were both dumfounded by how it was so much easier to get him to eat! We're on to bananas now! Hopefully they'll continue to go well.
Friday, we're meeting with someone from AI.. Auditory something or other. lol. They work with kids from age 3 to 21 through Bryan ISD. I'm really looking forward what she has to teach us and Auggie.
As I said last week, I was going to debut Auggie's newest feat.. no pun intended. Auggie can get his feet to his mouth! It is so funny to watch! I think he learned a few tips from Delaney last week when we were in La Porte for Easter. Delaney can basically fold in half with her feet in her mouth. So cute! Auggie can get them up one at a time but usually stretches out his socks or pants in the process. Too funny!
I'm a little behind in organizing pictures so I'll leave you with some recent pics of Auggie and friends. Since Auggie is taking a nap, I'll be able to get something done. House work, you say? HA! Nope! ;)
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| Auggie (5.5 months) and Colin (2.5 months) finally got to meet! April 30 |
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| Big difference! |
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| mmmm... FEET! April 28 |
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| Wearing his BAHA April 28 |
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| Auggie's feetsies April 28 |
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| Just chillin' in the Boppy April 28 |
Thursday, April 28, 2011
BAHA... no, not Baha, California
Auggie has been so well with his loaner BAHA. He hasn't had any problems with it.. at least that we have noticed. He loves having it on and hasn't tried messing with the band or the device itself. I'm sure when he's older we might have a problem with it. He usually gets really quiet for the first few minutes its on.
Wednesday we went for a walk at the trails at Wolf Pen Creek in our new jogging stroller! It is AMAZING, by the way! It is so easy to push and turn! It was Auggie's first time outside with the BAHA on. It was windy the first night Tim went out with him and it kept buzzing so they went back inside. Yesterday, though, there was enough cover on the trails and in the stroller, there wasn't any buzzing.
Tuesday I'll have pictures from our photo shoot this afternoon.... Auggie discovered his feet!
Wednesday we went for a walk at the trails at Wolf Pen Creek in our new jogging stroller! It is AMAZING, by the way! It is so easy to push and turn! It was Auggie's first time outside with the BAHA on. It was windy the first night Tim went out with him and it kept buzzing so they went back inside. Yesterday, though, there was enough cover on the trails and in the stroller, there wasn't any buzzing.
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| All he wants to do is chew! There has to be some teeth somewhere! April 27 |
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| Smiling for Mommy April 27 |
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| April 27 |
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| Playing patty cake with Gramma April 27 |
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| My little coal miner April 27 |
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| Weee April 27 |
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| Being good on our walk April 27 |
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| I love this picture :) April 27 |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Auggie's Loaner BAHA!
We met a lady through Facebook group and Yahoo! groups who was nice enough to lend us a BAHA for Auggie until we are able to get his own.
We can't thank Judy enough for sending it to us!
It made me so happy to see Auggie look at Tim when he spoke! I was surprised I didn't cry but man, was I happy! He enjoyed bouncing and bending his knees when he had the BAHA on. I just loved seeing that!
We also received some good news from the insurance... After almost 6.5 weeks after his hearing test, Auggie is approved for his own BAHA! Now all we need to do is schedule an appointment with the audiologist to order his BAHA. I can't wait. My mom is coming in town this week so hopefully she'll teach me how to use my sewing machine so I can start making his headbands.
We had a great time over Easter weekend. We were able to see some friends and all our family. It sure is tiring even though we got to spend a couple days in La Porte and in Giddings. I'm pretty sure Auggie enjoyed his first holiday with the families.... He better because there are plenty more coming up!
Somer, my neighbor growing up, has a daughter (Delaney) 3 weeks younger than Auggie. We were finally able to meet each other over the weekend!
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| Somer, Delaney, Auggie & Kelsey April 23 |
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| Delaney & Auggie April 23 |
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| Delaney & Auggie enjoyed playing with the snail together April 23 |
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| Kristopher playing with Drake April 22 |
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| Kelsey & Auggie at Mommo's house for Easter April 23 |
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| Cohen (4), Laci (7), Ben (4), Sherwin (PawPaw), Auggie (5.5mo) , Libby (3), Jacob (13), Jane (MawMaw) and Micah (1) April 23 |
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| Kelsey, Auggie, Micah, Melanie, Libby, Cohen, Laci, Jacob & Ben April 24 |
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| Auggie with his First Easter nest! April 24 |
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| Auggie posing for the camera April 24 |
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| Nathan (2), Auggie (5.5mo), Cole (9) & Drake (2) April 23 |
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| Kristopher, Zach, Nathan, Jamie, Jim, Cole, Chris, Dustin, Drake, Lindsay, Kelsey, Auggie & Tim April 22 |
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| Drake, Cole, Auggie, Gramma & Nathan April 23 |
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| Gramma with Drake & Auggie April 23 |
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| Dustin & Lauren with Auggie April 24 |
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| Dustin & Tim coloring April 24 |
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| Auggie with the Easter Bunny April 19 |
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| Claire, Jessica, Auggie & Stephanie April 21 |
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Friends and Family
Our weekend flew by so quickly! I can't believe its already Tuesday!
The dietician from ECI came by for Auggie's monthly appointment. He's 14 lbs. 10 oz. and 25.5 inches long! He's doing so well. "They" say babies should have doubled their birth weight by the time they're 6 months so Auggie is doing great! We're really glad doing formula 2-3 days in a month has been agreeing with him... well, that was until Monday. :( I'll get to that later.
Friday, we had lunch with our good friend, Marco. It was so good seeing him again. It was Auggie's first time seeing him since we weren't able to bring him to Dallas when we went in January. We ate at the new Genghis Grill in College Station. It was pretty good. It reminded me of eating at the East College Cafeteria at SFA... but this was so much better!
Saturday, we went for a nice walk around the Green Space in College Station. We are able to get to it quickly from our house so it makes for a nice walk. We walked for an hour and would have walked longer but I didn't want Auggie to get too much sun. He fell asleep right before we left and slept the whole way. Aussie and Charley went along with us and seemed like they enjoyed being off the leash for awhile. They even got into the pond right off of Texas Avenue. Marco stopped by on his way back to Ft. Worth. We hung out at the house for a bit before he went on his way.
Saturday night I went out for the 1st Annual Siegmund Girls' Night Out! Aunt Karen, Megan, Jane, Stephanie, Melanie, Jessica and I were all able to meet up in College Station to go out to eat at Los Cucos (YUM!!) and then hung out for a bit after dinner. It was a lot of fun hanging out with family without the kiddos and husbands around. ;) We're going to have to get everyone together next year! Sadly, I didn't get any pictures... I'm sure no one wants too much evidence of our shenanigans, though!
Our friends, Matt & Angela, stopped by on their way home from Houston on Sunday. We're so glad they were able to meet Auggie! We ate lunch with them before they had to head out.
Visiting with friends always makes the time go by way too fast! It's always really nice to see them, though. I wish we had more friends close to us- they seem to pick Dallas to live in. lol.. Hopefully when our weekends start slowing down, I can make some trips to the Tomball area, Katy and Temple to see some friends that haven't met Auggie yet. We need to get there fast! Auggie's growing up too fast. lol
Monday was a bad day for Auggie. I felt so bad for him. Well, late Sunday night/early Monday morning was great for Auggie. He woke up once to eat before midnight and then only woke up at 1:20 am and then 6:40 am to eat! It was a very quiet night for us.. amazing! Sadly, that was the only thing that went well Monday... We were getting ready to see the Easter Bunny and Auggie got sick. It was not fun. I felt so bad for him and I had no idea what to do for him. We sat in the bath tub for a bit so there wasn't more a mess in the living room and dining room. I think the bath helped him even though he kinda just sat there. I thought it was the formula and then we tried breast milk but there was no change. Thankfully, he was able to keep some apple sauce and more breast milk and formula down after Tim came home.
Auggie has been eating apple sauce since Saturday. He eats it a lot better than the rice cereal. His dietician said skipping the cereal wouldn't be a big deal. Right now we're using our fingers to feed him since he likes grabbing our hands and putting them in his mouth anyway. I've tried the spoon a few times and it has been hard getting the food off of it. I'm sure it takes time for both Auggie and us to get used to feeding solids. We're both glad Auggie likes the apple sauce. It's not as trying as the cereal, thank goodness.
The dietician from ECI came by for Auggie's monthly appointment. He's 14 lbs. 10 oz. and 25.5 inches long! He's doing so well. "They" say babies should have doubled their birth weight by the time they're 6 months so Auggie is doing great! We're really glad doing formula 2-3 days in a month has been agreeing with him... well, that was until Monday. :( I'll get to that later.
Friday, we had lunch with our good friend, Marco. It was so good seeing him again. It was Auggie's first time seeing him since we weren't able to bring him to Dallas when we went in January. We ate at the new Genghis Grill in College Station. It was pretty good. It reminded me of eating at the East College Cafeteria at SFA... but this was so much better!
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| Well, Hi there Uncle Marco! |
Saturday night I went out for the 1st Annual Siegmund Girls' Night Out! Aunt Karen, Megan, Jane, Stephanie, Melanie, Jessica and I were all able to meet up in College Station to go out to eat at Los Cucos (YUM!!) and then hung out for a bit after dinner. It was a lot of fun hanging out with family without the kiddos and husbands around. ;) We're going to have to get everyone together next year! Sadly, I didn't get any pictures... I'm sure no one wants too much evidence of our shenanigans, though!
Our friends, Matt & Angela, stopped by on their way home from Houston on Sunday. We're so glad they were able to meet Auggie! We ate lunch with them before they had to head out.
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| Los Cucos in their bellies and Auggie in their hands |
Monday was a bad day for Auggie. I felt so bad for him. Well, late Sunday night/early Monday morning was great for Auggie. He woke up once to eat before midnight and then only woke up at 1:20 am and then 6:40 am to eat! It was a very quiet night for us.. amazing! Sadly, that was the only thing that went well Monday... We were getting ready to see the Easter Bunny and Auggie got sick. It was not fun. I felt so bad for him and I had no idea what to do for him. We sat in the bath tub for a bit so there wasn't more a mess in the living room and dining room. I think the bath helped him even though he kinda just sat there. I thought it was the formula and then we tried breast milk but there was no change. Thankfully, he was able to keep some apple sauce and more breast milk and formula down after Tim came home.
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| Yummy! April 16 |
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| Sleeping in Kent's bed April 8 |
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| Playing with his birdies with his feet April 14 |
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| Those feet are really interesting! April 14 |
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| Daddy and Auggie in a full on 6 month outfit!! He's getting so big! April 14 |
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| Auggie's a giraffe! April 14 |
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| Auggie has discovered Daddy's beard April 15 |
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| Tim let go of Auggie and he actually stood there by himself! April 17 |
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| Monday was a rough day April 18 |
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| Staring off into space April 18 |
Before I leave you until Thursday, I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who responded to my last post. It was nice hearing back from so many people. I am very grateful for the all the support our family has and even if I don't personally respond, please know that every word has touched my heart. I'm trying to keep my chin up but sometimes it just feels too heavy. I try to read all the encouraging texts, emails, messages and Facebook comments on the days it is really hard. Thank you!
Friday, April 15, 2011
52 Fridays- Kitchen Command Center... err... Dining Room Command Center
I first saw the kitchen command center over at seven thirty three: A Creative Blog. That led me to do a Google search of "kitchen command center" and then I found Oh So Chichi!'s post about her awesome command center. (My inspiration came from another blog post but I can't figure out which one :( It was mainly the inspiration for the type of frame.. I hope I find it soon so I give proper credit!)
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| seven thirty three |
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| Oh So Chichi! |
I love how Oh So Chichi!'s is organized. Once we have more in the family or when Auggie gets older, I plan on having specific to-do sections for everyone.
I had been looking for a few specific things for our kitchen command center to include:
- A mail holder was a must. We have mail on just about every shelf in the house and I don't like not knowing where it should go.
- A calendar. We already have a calendar that organizes Auggie's doctor appointments and the many meetings Tim has scheduled for work so I figured I could wait to upgrade it. At least it matches :)
- Key hooks. I want to eventually add key hooks to the bottom of the frame. Right now our keys are near our door and I know Tim doesn't like them there. Plus, the hooks they're on don't really go with much.
- Cork board. The cork board will hold the invitations, upcoming events or little notes we need to see.
And now onto our Kitchen Command Center... okay- it's in the dining room since our kitchen is small and doesn't have much wall space. At least the colors will match- teal, yellow and red.
The frame started our navy blue so I used paint used on our trim around the house. Then I covered the back piece with fabric and then added the ribbon, cork and hand made mail folder.
The top holds soon to be covered clothes pins that will hold different things like pictures or notes or invitations. The middle area has 2 6"x6" pieces of cork covered in fabric. The buttons are actually thumbtacks! And then the bottom part is where our mail will go. I'll eventually add hooks into the frame for our keys but that will be another project.
I am very happy with how it all came together.
$5 frame + $5 fabric + $5 thumbtacks, clothes pins ribbon & buttons = ~ $15 for the whole project!
Do you have a Kitchen Command Center in your house??
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