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.

She'll Be Coming Down the Mountain When She Comes...

I have been bothering my Mom to come down to visit for a while now, and she did! My Dad decided to take one last trip to Colorado this weekend, so my mom came down while he did that. She came down Wednesday afternoon just in time for She, Daisy and I to catch GCC vs. Scottsdale. GCC lost, but it was so fun to watch good volleyball. Also brought back a lot of memories, I do miss playing at that level, but I am glad to be where I am. Anyway Thursday brought my sister Heidi's Fall Swap Party. If you don't know what that is, its a party where you bring a basket full of fall stuff and then play white elephant. We spent the day baking, cleaning and also got to eat Barros Pizza. Its the best. I am pretty sure I ate away all the past weeks of eating healthy, oh well. Friday was a laid back day. I had an eye appointment in the morning. I finally after two years of needing new glasses went and got a new prescription and fitted for contacts. My vision was worse than I thought. Just a side note: A few weeks ago I put up a backsplash in my kitchen. Its raised wallpaper that I painted. I have been on the fence of whether or not I liked it. My sister said it looked really good, but I felt like it looked like a strip of paint above my counter. Anyway the first day I had my contacts in I looked at it and realized that I haven't been able to see the grooves of the wallpaper. I like it now that I can actually see it : ). Friday night Bode got to come over and have a sleep over at my house with Grandma and Boo. He is a very creative kid, he made a castle out of paper. I was impressed with his imagination. On Saturday we drove over to Mesa to hit up some Goodwills, they are so much better on the east side of the valley. The ones near my house are not great. I found some 200 hundred dollar jeans for 15 bucks, but they were one size too small... so close. My mom left this morning and is still on the road. I am so glad she came. It was nice to not have an empty house.

 Thanks for coming down Mom!

Finch and Boo actually didn't do that bad. We like Boo.

And Bode, he found some Vampire teeth in the basket I got at the fall swap.

Goings On...

 Last weekend my friend Ashley came over for a visit. Yay! We had a good time talking and shopping : )

Thanks for making the drive Ashley! Daisy and I loved having you!

                                                 Daisy sunk into the pillows at HomeGoods  : )

And this is just a fun picture of Daisy riding the toy plane at Grandpa Steve and Grandma Rena's house. She was so stinking cute on that thing.

Productivity...

So my goal of keeping myself busy while Aaron is away hit a snag... I forgot that I am not someone who likes to constantly be on the go. : ) I always snap out of it and am currently in the process of being more productive. Anyway the past few weeks have seemed very dull and slow for me. Aaron on the other hand says that Boot Camp is going by fast because he is so busy all the time, yet he says its still not fast enough. This week he is going through what they call  "Beast" week. All I know is that he is sent into the desert for a week to reenact war games. He may be alone or with his flight group who knows... He said he wasn't really looking forward to it because he would be in full gear and uniform under the Texas sun. I miss Aaron and am so excited to go to his graduation in Texas and see him, even if it is only a short visit. Like I said before its been pretty dull around here. Daisy hit a growth spurt though. She seems to be at least 2 inches longer and twice as fast. She is eating crunched up gold fish now and loves them. I got my hair cut much shorter than usual. I love that it literally takes 5 minutes to do, but I feel like I am channeling Julie Andrews, not the voice : ) I do like it though.

I don't like posting pictures of just me taking a picture of my face. I've never been one those girls who can post tons of pictures of just their face.

                         I also am in  the middle of making pillows. These two are what I have so far.

I forgot to post this picture, but a few weeks ago I went over to Mesa for a friends baby shower and I got to see these two lovely ladies!

Since I am currently the head of the house I have taken on the task of mowing the lawn. Not that I have never done this before just ask my mom and dad. But since we've had a lawn Aaron has mowed it. But I have been doing it and I forgot the feeling of pride you get after the lawn if freshly cut and weeded. Although our lawnmower is a piece of crap I mastered it. Now if only  my manly skills stretched to the world of cars. I got the oil changed in the Corolla this week and since I have taken it home the transmission has been acting funny and the battery is about to die. Very annoying. I think when my car sputtered to life the last time I  started it, I missed Aaron the most. I really like having a man around to take care of manly things. Like the car.



Look Closely...

So I am 99% sure that Aaron is in this picture. Look in the middle and you'll see his head haha. The military post pictures of Basic Training on Facebook. And for a few weeks now I have been waiting to see pictures of Aaron's flight group. Well they finally posted some of them getting all of their shots. Unfortunatly this is the only one I could find with Aaron in it,  but I'll take it :)