Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Giggles

Well, it's official, Gracie now giggles! This is the third time it's happened now in the last day and a half and every time she giggles she gets the hiccups! This happens to my sister too, so maybe it runs in the family. Sorry that the second video is off centered. It's hard to video and keep her laughing at the same time! Daddy wasn't here to help. He's out flying!

Monday, September 29, 2008

JAARS, Part 3

Here's what Justin looked like much of the weekend as he was studying. I have such a hard working husband!



This morning we went to a meeting in the aviation department. Gracie conked before I could get her back for her nap.



After lunch Gracie and I headed to the airport to watch Justin take off for his second flight. This is the plane he is flying right now.



The hanger where they work on the planes.


Gracie was a patient girl while we waited for Justin to take off!





Off he goes!




Justin felt like his morning flight went pretty well. He's flying again now and will do a maintenance project when he lands. I'm sure he'll be tired tonight after a full day.


Saturday, September 27, 2008

JAARS, Part 2

We went on an outing this morning to see the plane Justin is going to fly next week! After exploring, Gracie and I came back to the apartment so she could take a nap and Justin stayed at the plane for a few hours to prepare for his flights next week.

From Gracie's perspective, "I'm happy to get to go see Daddy's plane!"

"The trees are more fun to look at than the camera or the airstrip behind us."



"Wow these are big doors!"

"Grunt. What's going on here?"

"The Helio!!! Finally! I've heard Daddy say so much about this plane."

"Daddy says he has to check the fuel before he can fly."


"I'd better get used to sitting in planes. I think there will be a lot of flying in my future!"

"Mommy, will you please stop taking so many pictures of me? I'm getting tired."

Learning New Things

Well, Gracie continues to learn new things each day. Her new thing the past few days is putting EVERYTHING in her mouth! She has a love/hate relationship with the bears on her bouncy seat. She loves them when she can get them in her mouth. But when she can't quite get them in her hands she gets so frustrated! We sure love watching our little girl learn and grow.





Thursday, September 25, 2008

JAARS, Part 1

We are here at the JAARS Center in North Carolina and are enjoying the fall weather on the east coast! Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what we've been up to (not so many of Justin as he is taking his TE and we can't go bug him for photos!).


"What's the big deal, Mom. I don't know why you were so worried that I would be fussy on the plane. Airplanes are fun!"

Gracie was an AWESOME little traveler! We are so thankful for the great day of travel that the Lord gave us and how he answered so many prayers. Gracie must take after her daddy with how much she likes to fly.


Gracie showed off some of her vocabulary on the flight.


It's colder here than we are used to. Gracie has to bundle up to stay warm.


We're enjoying a king size bed. Gracie looks so tiny laying on it.




Sweet face for Grandmas and Aunties who are missing their girl.

Hanging out after Daddy left this morning. Gracie is fascinated with our camera. It's not hard to get her to look at it . . . but she always makes this face when she does!

Bundled up to go meet people in the aviation administration building.


The JAARS Center is very pretty. Lots of grass and big trees!


This is our apartment building.



And the inside of our place.


Our view out the back windows!

There's that camera face again!

Thanks for checking in. We'll post more photos in a few days!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Faces

Gracie has many faces. Here are a few I captured today while we were playing on our patio.





Nap Time

Here are a couple of nap pictures from today! I sure have a sweet girl.




Thursday, September 11, 2008

Disneyland

We took a family outing to Disneyland yesterday! It was so fun to walk around and be together. As you can tell from the pictures, Gracie thinks the happiest place on earth is a great place to take a nap!


New Jeans


Gracie got new jeans from her grandma this week! She looks so grown up when she wears them.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Sweet Moment

Our friend caught this sweet moment on camera last month while we were having a picnic at the park!