Very Busy!!

Well our August started off very busy, with two birthday dinners for Daddy. We met Mommy's family in Lincoln for dinner to celebrate Daddy's birthday on August 1st. Then on August 3rd we celebrated his actual birthday by going to church, lunch, then dinner. On Monday we left for our summer vacation. We went to St. Louis for a cheap, quick vacation and time to spend together having fun before Mommy has to go back to work. The first day we went to the zoo and besides sweating all our fluids out, we saw many animals including a baby elephant and a baby giraffe which was really cool. That night we went to The Hill to eat dinner at Rigazzi's. On Tuesday we headed to Six Flags for some swim time in the 101 degree heat!! Auggie had so much fun watching all the kids swim and go down slides. On Tuesday night Auggie went to his first Cardinals game and slept through most of it. He was such a good baby and made it through the entire game even two extra innings and two rain delays!! Cards won by the way, GO CARDS!!! Wednesday we checked out of our hotel and went to Blueberry Hill a restaurant in St. Louis that has good hamburgers. We then shopped a little and went to look at the river front in St. Charles.

On the way back home Mommy decided to stop in Springfield and stay with Grandma and Grandpa Stults with Auggie until Daddy could come down on Friday. This was the first time Mommy or Auggie had been away from Daddy overnight since they have been married or born. Thursday, Auggie got to go to his first Illinois State Fair parade. He had fun other than some of the loud sirens and horns! Those scared him to death. Friday Auggie achieved the roll over at Katrina's house!! Katrina, Maddy and Mommy watched as he rolled over to his belly and we all three clapped and cheered for him. Saturday Auggie got to go for the first time through the State Fair. We saw pigs, sheep, cows, horses, chicks, ducks and even a butter cow. He wasn't all that interested but Mommy and Daddy really enjoyed their Vose's corndogs!! We also saw his picture at the cute baby area (he didn't win, even though he did in our minds!) and he got naked at the fair!! Finally on Sunday we went to church with Grandma and Grandpa Stults and then swam at Knight's Action Park.

We had so much fun on our vacation as you can see. We are sad to be home and for the summer to be almost over. Mommy has to go back to work after 4 months off on Friday. She is very sad to leave Auggie and can't believe the time has flown by so fast.

First Baseball Game

Last night we took Auggie to his first minor league baseball game. We saw the Peoria Chiefs play the Kane County Cougars. Which the other team happened to have a kid from the Real Housewives of Orange County playing for them, Shane Keough. Anyway Auggie had a great time, he played slept and ate at the game. We sat on the lawn so we could spread out and relax. The Chiefs won the first game that they were resuming from the day before because of rain, but lost the second game bad! Auggie wore his rally cap when the score got to 12 to 1. Overall we had a great time even though the Chiefs did so poorly. When we go on vacation next week we are planning on going to a Cardinals game, so this gave us some practice.

Faux Vacation

This past week we spent out at Grandma and Grandpa Lohnes' house. Since we could not afford to go to Wisconsin with everyone we decided to have a faux vacation at the Lohnes Ranch and enjoy the swimming pool, jacuzi tub, and Harley-Davidson. On Wednesday night we went to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Stults at Gil's. On Thursday we went to eat cheap tacos with Mandy and Tim, Daddy's friend from work. We got to see a crop duster fly really close to the house and also found a very tiny praying mantis. And on Saturday we took one last dip in the pool and the boys got lazy in the lounge chair!! It was fun and as you can see Auggie loved the pool and being a mega ham!

3 Months Old!!!

On the 16th Auggie turned 3 months old. Tuesday we went to pick up his cousin Kierra in Lincoln so she could stay with us for the week. Then on Wednesday we celebrated having Kierra with us and Auggie's 3 month birthday by going to lunch with Daddy at Lou's Drive-in. Then Kierra helped with making brownies for Auggie's birthday. That night we went to Portrait Innovations and had Auggie's pictures taken and then went out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant. We came home and sang to Auggie then ate our yummy dessert. Kierra read to Auggie every night before bed and was a big help around the house. Auggie loved having her around to look at and play with.

Bathtime fun!

Auggie has been having some fun with his towels at bathtime. Doesn't he look hilarious! He is the cutest baby in the whole wide world!!

4th of July!!

This was an exciting week! On Wednesday Mommy turned 31! We went out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Stults and the Henke clan. I was pretty sleepy and slept through the end of dinner. Then when we came back home I tried out Grandma Ruthie's new bumbo and my cousin Kierra read a ton of books to me! I loved it as you can tell. I listened really good and laughed at all the funny parts! I can't wait until she comes to stay with us for a week on the 14th. She is going to be a great help to Mommy, Daddy and little Auggie.

Then on Friday I celebrated my very first 4th of July! It was very exciting. We went to lunch at an American treasure, a true 50's style drive-up, Lou's in Peoria. I experienced the burger, fries, root beer and milk shake 6 hours later thanks to Mommy. Then after lunch we made it over to our neighbor's house for a block party. We swam even though it was freezing and Auggie did not mind. Then after a long visit with all of our neighbors we walked down to another neighbors house to watch the fireworks from their river view. By the beginning of the fireworks Auggie was asleep and not even phased by the fireworks. Auggie slept through the entire thing and didn't even wake up while Mommy and Daddy talked to the neighbors again back at the Taylor's house after the fireworks. We had a great week with so much excitement and fun!!