the hicks family: First trip to College Station

We had a busy (but fun) weekend last weekend. We went to Jake & Sara's Friday night for some good ol' beef fajitas. Tyler enjoyed watching Dixie & Dusty (their lab & rat terrier), but the dogs really didn't know what to think. They wanted to play with him, but will have to wait until he gets big enough to play (and I'm sure at that point, they'll be running and hiding from him)!

Saturday morning we got up and packed up the car for Tyler's first trip to College Station. We arrived in CS a little after the game had started (can't seem to get anywhere on time these days) so we had to park at the very top of the parking garage. I'm sure we looked VERY out of place walking from the garage to the tailgate spot as I was pushing Tyler in the stroller and carrying 2 bags while Rodney had two chairs, Tyler's play pad, and his bouncer! We had Tyler all decked out in Aggie clothes, though! He was such a good boy out there, playing with everyone and not being bothered by noise and other kids playing around him. He did get a little fussy because he was sleepy, but I just put him in his stroller and pushed him around the parking lot for a little bit. He fell asleep and took a little catnap. After the game, we hung out for a little while and then headed back to Katy. As soon as we got home, we changed clothes and got back in the car to go to Jarrod's 30th birthday party! I got to see little Tessa - she's so tiny compared to our chunky monkey (granted Tessa is 3 months younger than Tyler). After about an hour, Tyler started getting sleepy so we called it a night and headed home.

What a weekend - we all slept like rocks Saturday night. By the way - Tyler has slept thru the night every night (except 2) for about the last 6 weeks. Watch, he'll be up all night tonight! ;) Grandma & Pepaw Jochec came over Sunday evening and watched Rodney carve his first pumpkin. It was a beautiful day so we all went outside and sat on a blanket. Tyler enjoyed it and felt the cool grass with his hands and feet for the first time. He didn't seem to be bothered by it but did have an unsure look on his face at first.

Katie was in town for a conference, so I headed to the Galleria with Tyler Monday afternoon. We shopped around until Katie's flight landed and she arrived at her hotel. I went and picked her up to have dinner at America's. The food was wonderful and it was great to see her and for Tyler to see her. After dinner, Tyler and I went back to her hotel to hang out a little longer. Despite it being close to Tyler's bedtime, he was in a good mood and smiled, laughed, and rolled over for his Aunt Katie.

Tyler has started reaching his arms out to go to another person. Rodney was holding him when I got home from work one day and he reached his little arms out like he wanted me to hold him. It was so sweet! He's still trying to learn to crawl and can scoot around a little. We also think he may be getting teeth sometime soon as he's starting to show some of the signs - time will tell! He's laughing more and more - not only when being tickled, but also when you make funny faces and sounds at him. He has brought so much joy into our lives!

He is going to be a pumpkin for Halloween! I can't wait to put his outfit on him - it's absolutely adorable.