The whole trip to College Station, I heard my big girl saying,
"Dat's Aggieland Mommy!" My heart skipped a beat as she repeated these very precious words, but of course my head knew that she really didn't understand what "Aggieland" was. For all we knew she could be thinking we were going to see my parent's dog, Aggie. But regardless we were all very excited about our family of four's first trip to sweet home College Station. It surely was an adventure!
Our 3.5 hour trip to Aggieland was perfection. Little man slept (praise) and our big girl talked, looked at books, and watched a few of her travel favorites on the ipad (I'll come back to this later). This gave Ray and I a chance to have a few hours of couples conversation, which to be honest has mainly been filled with newborn and princess talk these past 2 months. Upon arrival, it was lunch time. We knew both littles were very ready to be out of the car and Liam was definitely overdue on his next feeding. So of course our first stop was Fazolis. It is our travel favorite. You can't beat fast food italian (that doesn't taste it) with the most delicious breasticks. Yum!
Liam's face tells it all in this picture! Delicious!
My little girl who was a bit on the grumpy side was not wanting pasta and refused her meatballs. Anyone who knows my child would be shocked as meatballs are her "chicken nuggets." She LOVES pasta and meatballs (insert a funny way of saying meatballs) With a hungry and tired toddler a sudden downpour of rain and loud thunder made our dining experience a bit more interesting. My mind of course already realizing the cute, memorable family portrait under the century tree was not exactly going to happen as planned. While we waited out the rain, we ordered cheesecake, cuddled in the booth while Aubrey then told us that God made the "funder," and chatted about our college days. When we were down to a slight sprinkle, we decided it was time to go to the car and at least drive around campus. We visited some of our old favorites but of course had to make it out to Aggieland Outfitters for some adorable Aggie gear for the babes.
If Auby had her way, I'm sure she would have bought out the store. "Dats Aggieland mommy!" I'm so in love with this cute little Aggie LOVE shirt that we found. When did my baby get so big?
I couldn't resist this adorable piece of A&M monogrammed baby boy gingham.
Gig 'Em Aggies
Once driving around campus we realized that parking would be tricky as this weekend an Aggie baseball game was being played. We then parked closer to Northside as we made our way past the old dorms, cafeteria and Underground (shout out to my place of work), and then to the campus to my absolute favorite spot, the Century Tree. It was of course soaked with water and mud was caked on the side walk all around, but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. I did; however, feel pretty guilty bringing my 8 week old out in the rain. He was covered by the stroller. Aubrey on the other hand LOVED the rain. She jumped in every puddle and was all smiles.
Century Tree with Daddy
I am so thankful to have captured these special moments with my two loves. It will be so fun to make these special memories with Liam as he too gets older. It was a wet and wild adventure of a trip but taking it all in as our littles won't be this little forever.
