The Day is Finally Here!

As you're reading this, Tim is probably just getting out of the hospital... hopefully. So this will be a super quick post (1. I'm tired and 2. I need to get Auggie's bag ready for the day... procrastinate much?)

Before I forget to announce it to everyone... Auggie took TWO steps Wednesday morning!! I was so happy I almost cried! He's getting so big way too fast!

Wednesday afternoon we went out to the Pumpkin Patch organized by the Texas A&M Habitat for Humanity. I took almost 300 pictures.. now, that doesn't mean all 300 are printable... I just had to take a lot to get a few smiles... or in Auggie's case, a couple smiles and a lot of wrinkly-nosed looks. But here are some of the photos from our hour or so with the pumpkins. I'll post more when I have the time to edit them next week... Enjoy!

I can flip back and forth between these 2 photos and it is SO cute!

Walking with Daddy

I liked how he's giving his best imitation of the Jack O'Lantern on his shirt

"HMMMM... I've never seen that kind before!"

preoccupied with the grass

this is the same face he gives us when he lays down in the bath tub

P.S. Sorry for the spacey post... ;)

MMMMM MMMMM MMMMMM

If you're on Facebook, you already know... but we officially have a 

Babbler!!

We are very happy Auggie started babbling with M's. And as you can tell, it sounds like "Mama." I know he's not saying my name and its just him getting used to being vocal but it makes me oh, so very happy to hear more than a squeal or "ga ga." I get a little teary-eyed every time he does it. We got an appointment with a speech therapist through ECI (early childhood intervention). I'm glad we were able to arrange that.

We also have an appointment with another therapist to help in between the speech therapy appointments. I'm hoping they'll meet Auggie and say he's doing great and we won't need to see them much. We'll see in November! It's hard to believe November is coming up so quickly! I don't even want to think about that... just yet.

We're still working on getting him to eat more "solids." I guess persistence pays off in the end? I hope so! So there's nothing new the "eating department." He has his good days and bad days. I think he ate great 4 days in a row and the minute we thought about going up to two times a day, he didn't want anything to do with food. Baby food, our food, finger food, mum mums, pinwheels, chocolate syrup, chips, Dr Pepper! You name it, we've tried it. If he likes it for a few days, the next, he could hate it. We'll just keep trying.


Our weekend went well. Friday night we had dinner with family. Kayla made burgers for all of us to eat. Melanie, Corey and the kids came over since they were in the area. We all had a great time in the duplex! There were 11 of us! See, no Siegmund get-together is small!


Saturday, Kayla and I met up with some of the moms I've met in the area to paint a Habitat for Humanity house. It was a great morning. I was so glad we were able to help out a family! That evening Sherwin and Jane came in and we all went to the Texas Reds Festival in downtown Bryan. It was nice to get out as a family. 


Sunday was a lazy day! It actually rained! and most of the day, too. It is only a slight relief from it being so dry, but hey, at least it was wet! 

Kayla gave Auggie some rootbeer while we were at the Texas Reds
Festival Saturday night. Combined with the powdered sugar
and cream sauce from dinner, I was surprised he went to bed easily!

 Here are a few photos from our trip to Ray and Molly's last week. After our tractor ride, Auggie got to sit in the driver's seat. He knew exactly what to do! He was really excited about it

We'll see if I can squeeze in a post before Tim gets into surgery on Thursday. We're all hoping it goes well but a little extra prayer couldn't hurt!

Squeezing in Family Outings!

Only one week left until Tim's surgery. I can't believe its been 3 months since he tore his ACL. Of course, its getting to be that time of year- pretty weather and lots of family related events around town.

We went to Edelweiss Gardens for "National Night Out" on Tuesday. Their HOA catered Rudy's BBQ for the night. It was nice getting out. A truck from the College Station Fire Department came by for the kids to visit. There weren't too many interested in it, though. I was surprised. Auggie was more interested in smiling at the firefighters! The ambulance pulled up after we were all walking back to our friends' house. Apparently, College Station had 47 parties set up for the event. It was nice. Too bad our neighborhood doesn't have something like that- oh wait, we probably wouldn't live in it then. Tim is not a fan of HOA's.

Wednesday morning, we drove out to Gause (about 30 minutes from College Station). Molly & Ray own some land out there and Tim has been helping them coordinate projects to clear their underbrush on their property. They haven't seen Auggie since April when we went to the Milam County Nature Festival so they were very happy to see him- well, Tim and I, too! We enjoyed a nice tractor ride around their property and relaxed the whole day with them. I really enjoyed going out there. Hopefully we'll be able to do it again soon.

He wouldn't look up at me but he loved to rock in the chair... until he scooted to far forward!

Molly and Auggie

Auggie loved being held by Molly

Here are some pictures from last weekend when we went to Giddings. We went to La Porte Friday night, went to Katy for a family reunion on Saturday and then headed to Giddings after to celebrate Sherwin's birthday! I should have had more pictures but my Canon wouldn't read any memory cards last week (I just about died). My dad looked at for.. what? 5 minutes? and it was working again! I LOVE my dad! 

Libby showing how strong she is on the rings

Laci swinging on the rings

I just loved this pictures but I caught someone's flash as
they took a picture, too. This is the best I could get it to look

MMMM... Icing!

PawPaw (Sherwin) and his grandkids
(Missing Jacob- he wasn't there- and Auggie- he was sleeping)

Hello October and Cool(er) Weather!!

Okay, highs of low 90s are cool, right?? It has felt amazing in the mornings in College Station the past couple of days. We have enjoyed it. Of course, I would enjoy it much more if my stuffy nose and cough were gone.

I've been counting down to Tim's surgery and we're in single digits now. I can't believe its almost here. 9 more days. I'm not too sure if I'll have time to post much those first couple of weeks after his surgery so it'll most likely be picture only posts. I'm not even 100% sure what time he has to be at the hospital! I guess I should figure that out, huh? I'm not too nervous about it (I mean, I'm not the one going under) but I am nervous about getting things done for him and actually having to be a housewife! Maybe I should wear a dress and pearls and an apron and address him as "Honey" or "Dear" when he comes home. I'll have snacks on a tray ready for him and serve him breakfast, lunch and dinner in bed....

HA! What am I envisioning!

Hopefully, Auggie doesn't want to be too close to him since he'll be using an exercising machine (I don't know what its called). I'm just praying everything (surgery and recovery) goes smoothly for Tim.

It seems like since Tim's walking days are numbered (at least for awhile), we're trying to squeeze in some family time. National Night Out, dinner with friends in Hearne, Texas Reds Festival, and a day at one of Tim's landowners' house. And then Tim will squeeze in some hunting while I get together with some of the moms from the group to help Habitat for Humanity and then have a mom's night out! Can't wait. The next 9 days will fly by!

And now on to the star of the blog- AUGGIE!

He's doing great! He's getting so big and more confident crawling and standing up. 1 month and 6 days until his birthday. His invitations are out in the mail (only a few remain behind because I didn't order enough.. oops!) and I have a few more things to buy for decorations. I've gone out twice this week to try to price things for decorations and food but Auggie hasn't been interested in sitting in his stroller or the basket in the cart. Its frustrating but I should have some time this weekend to do it by myself (hopefully).

Well the Augster is up and wanting to crawl around so I'll leave you with a couple pictures... sorry its not more.. I'll definitely have more for Thursday

All snuggled up in the living room

on our way to Katy for a family reunion

Kayla's and Darren's dogs are missing :(

2.5 month old Australian Shepherd at the Brazos Animal Shelter

It's The End of September!

I hope the month of September has treated you well! It was hot and dry here but overall it was a good month.

Auggie learned how to give high 5's, he started standing on his own a little bit and he officially has 8 teeth (5 on top and 3 on bottom). He is growing up so fast! I can't believe he'll be one in a couple months!





I wanted to have a planned out blog today but on top of not feeling well, I ran out of time to plan it out. I do have some pictures from Jamie, Mom, Nathan, Drake and Zoe's visit on Wednesday! Enjoy!

Rugby Alumni Weekend

The weekend went by way too fast! We got up to Nacogdoches around 2:30 Friday afternoon. We stayed with a couple rugby friends for the weekend. They're pretty much the last ones left! Next year we'll have to get a hotel room. Auggie got to experience some pool and ping pong at Flashbacks! I was a little hesitant about taking him since it is a bar and no one wants to be that person with the baby in a bar... but our group was the only group there for a while so we had to place to ourselves. I did see another mom with a little one there when we were leaving so I didn't feel too bad. 

Saturday was a rugby day! We spent most of the afternoon at the rugby pitch. I think Auggie enjoyed being outside! Auggie got to see another bar we hung out at while we went to SFA- Bullfrogs! He fell asleep in the truck on the way to the bar so we took him in his stroller. He slept for about 45 minutes. 

Poor guy! I'm sure his sleep schedule was all messed up over the weekend. Friday, he slept on the way to Nacogdoches and then fell asleep that night at 10:15. Saturday, he had 2 naps but nothing more than 1.5 hours. Sunday was a little better since we drove home but he's still getting used to it. And of course... on cue! Auggie just woke up from his nap so I'll leave you with some pictures from the weekend.

Kevin & Colin with Tim & Auggie

This is the ONLY picture I got of the boys in their matching shirts :(

Jamie, Colin, Auggie and Ashley

Coaching from the sidelines

Kansas and Auggie

Crash and Colin

Pizza popping into the picture

Past and Present SFA rugby players

"You have a baby... in a bar"

Auggie loved being able to touch the TV at Kansas' and Pizza's apartment 

Harlow (Kansas' dog) wasn't too sure about Auggie

Ed and Auggie at Bullfrogs

Auggie was happy to be home!

Still chewing! 2 teeth popped through last Thursday!