Just Some Fun Pictures...

10 Months Old...

Its weird to me that Daisy is ten months old now. In two months she is going to be a year old! Time flies by so quickly. In the past month Daisy has started to lose a little bit of her baby look. She is still very much a baby, but she's probably grown at least and inch. Her cute little neck seems longer. Every month her personality shines through a little more. I love it. She is still army crawling. I am pretty sure the reason she won't take off on her hands and knees is that army crawling is so much faster. Most people who see her crawl always comment on how fast she moves. She has started to pull her self up half way (on her knees). Since she's an army crawler I think it took her longer to make the connection that when your on your hands and knees its easier to get up than compared to being on the stomach. She also plays more. I chase her now, she screams with laughter and crawls away from me, then turns around to make sure I am still after her. Like all babies she has the talent of finding the one small object on the floor that she shouldn't have, like a button or one nasty incident a dead cricket, that was gross. She also plays peek a boo. When we were in Texas with Aaron I put a cloth napkin on her head and then pulled it off and yelled peek a boo. She was having a good time. It got old though so I stopped, but she wasn't done. She grabbed the napkin and put it on her head and continued to play pee a boo by herself. It was the first time she had really played with us. She loves books. She will point to all the pictures and talk. She has picked up a lot more phrases too. I can tell she is learning more sounds. My favorite though is when she whispers. Most mornings I will pick her up out of bed and she will be talking oh so softly. I don't know why but she loves to whisper, its so cute. She is not a cuddly baby at all. She is all wiggles and wiry, but she has started to squeeze my neck when I give her hugs : ) She can still fit into all of her 6 month clothes. She is getting longer but not chunkier. She has started to have favorites too. She loves her soft blanket and will pull it up to her cheek at bed time. She also loves her stuffed animals. She will drag them around the house. She and I literally spend everyday all day with each other. There's no Dad right now so I am her main influence. Hopefully spending all her with me won't be a bad thing : ) So far though it has made her a pretty big mama's girl. She is always excited to see me, which I'm not going to pretend I don't like. She is usually really good to be left with others. Although the second I return she acts like life is horrible and needs me to hold her even if she hasn't made a peep the whole time I was away. My sister Heidi has been my main babysitter when I need a baby breather (thanks Heidi). Daisy likes to be over with Bode and Laine, I can tell. I am glad that she gets to be around kids. I think it will make her a good big sister some day. When she gets mad she pulls her hair and tugs on her ears, I have no idea why. And no its not an ear infection... Since we have been back from Texas she has been a bit of a stinker. She really enjoyed being held so much, since there was really no place for her to crawl and play. It has been a long week of tiny tantrums because she isn't being held 24/7. At this very moment she is pulling all the cards out of my wallet... that might not be the best thing for her to be doing, oh well : ) She is very smiley. Sometimes I wonder if she knows another expression, but she does. She makes good faces. I was so happy that Aaron got to see her even if it was a short visit. I am so thankful I get to stay home with her. Even on the hard days I look at her and she makes me happy. Oh she also clicks her teeth together to make noise. It kind of grosses me out. She has four teeth the two bottom and the her eye teeth. She also likes to crook her jaw to one side so she makes a lot of popeye expressions. When ever she tries a new food she crinkles up her nose and squints her eyes. She is a great sleeper so far and loves her crib. Some days she will play in there forever. This is kind of an all over the place post but I wanted to right down everything Daisy and everything Daisy is kind of all over the place.

She found some yummy chocolate at Aunt Heidi's. No wonder she was so quiet for so long : ).

Aaron's Graduation

He's done with boot camp! Aaron graduated this past weekend. I am so proud of him!

After seeing where he has been for the last two months and what he has been doing I am very impressed with what he has accomplished. From what I understand Boot Camp is pretty much horrible. You are pushed to your limits physically and mentally, with no break, ever.

 The graduation kicked of with the Airman's Run. Each flight group ran past all their family singing those songs you see soldiers singing in the movies. (Aaron told me to think of Forrest Gump in Vietnam when he was explaining what he was learning at boot camp) His flight Group's mascot was a Knight. This is a picture of his flight group he is the eleventh guy back in the front row. When he ran by he looked at me and smiled and I was so happy to see him I forgot to take a picture... So this is the best one I got.

This is later in the morning and at this point we still hadn't been aloud to see him. This is the coin ceremony.  The Air Force gives fancy coins to their members to honor their accomplishments. It was very humid and hot. Some of the Airmen receiving their coins had to be taken to the first aide tent because they were going to pass out from the heat and stress. Even though it was really hot I was so pleased to be there and see Aaron get his coin. I also realized that even though our government is being lead by individuals who do not honor the constitution, the military does. I loved that each ceremony was opened with a prayer and that these men and women have sworn to protect the constitution.

Here we are after two months! We were a little sweaty and tired from the morning, but happy.

Aaron said Daisy was huge. After the coin ceremony we were aloud to go and find our Airman. I had the general idea of where Aaron was so I set off to find him while Steve and Daisy waited in the crowd. There were so many reunions going between family and friends, there were people every where. I couldn't find him! Anyway I ended up walking in a circle around him while he was just laughing at me. I was so glad to see him after being apart for so long.

At first Daisy didn't seem to remember Aaron one way or another. But after a day or two she

 must have remembered that this guy holding her was her Dad. She was really fun and I was so happy to see them together.

Daisy and Grandpa Steve. I don't think I could have made this trip alone, it would have been extremely difficult to travel with Daisy by myself. Thanks Steve for everything!

This was Friday morning at the final ceremony. This was where the Airman took their final oath.

I love the way he is standing it so handsome... hehe.

We were able to see Aaron's dorm. He showed us how neat and orderly he has had to live for the past two months. Everything had to be in its exact spot and equal. His bed was so tidy and perfect.

I made him take a picture with his groups mascot.

Since Lackland Air Force Base was close to San Antonio were able to got to the Alamo on Aaron's free day. I've always wanted to see it since the seventh grade and now I have.

We also went to the Riverwalk. There were tons of restaurants and we had a tasty lunch. If you don't know what the Riverwalk is watch Miss Congeniality. The scene where they have the swim suit pageant, thats the Riverwalk.

Funny Face.

This us after church. Aaron said church was the best part of boot camp because it was the only place he was aloud to take a breather. He said that everyone walks into the chapel after their first week and just tears up.

Aaron and his Dad Steve.



Now Daisy and I are home agian for the next two and half months while Aaron' does his technical training at Shepard AFB. This time though Aaron is actually aloud to call me everyday. I am so thankful for that. I think not being able to talk to Aaron was one of the most frustrating things about the past two months. I am so thankful that we were able to see Aaron even if it was only for a few days.