Big Announcement

Just wanted to let everyone know 'officially' that Kyle and I have been blessed to have another child. My 'official' due date is December 15, the baby is measuring big, but they aren't going to change my due date, so I might be a little earlier in December, either way, we are going to get a nice Christmas present this year! We'll keep everyone posted on what this one will be, of course, we want a healthy baby, but we do want to know the sex of it as well. I think it's a boy and I haven't been wrong yet.

Aubrey is much better

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Aubrey is doing much better, she still has to have eye drops every day, but the frequency is much less, only four times a day now and her eye is no longer red and swollen. The infection is still present and she is still seeing the doctor every couple of days, instead of everyday.

This is a picture of Aubrey during the height of her eye infection, you can see that her eye is red and swollen and filled with puss, much of the time, it wasn't even open.

Prayers for Aubrey

I am asking for your thoughts and prayers today for Aubrey. On Sunday, we noticed that her right eye was extremely watery, she really hadn't complained much about it that day, but thought nothing of it until bedtime, it was still watering. We decided that if it didn't go away after she woke up the next day, it was something important...last summer, right before the Air Show, Aubrey pulled a paper calendar down onto her head and got a corneal scratch on one of her eyes and ended up in the ER, so we thought it may have been scratched again. So, after sitting in the ER on Monday, because no one would see her for eye problems, they finally sent us up to the Optometry clinic. The doctor prescribed her some antibiotic/steroids drops and informed us that she has a corneal ulcer on her eye. We've been seeing the doctors in the Optometry clinic everyday this week and they still don't know why or what caused it, they do know that it's not bacterial or fungal in nature, but the ulcer doesn't seem to be going away and we have to go back again tomorrow to see the doctor along with a surgeon (I think), so please pray for the quick healing of her eye. The doctor that I've been seeing said that it could take weeks to months for the actually healing of her eye and she will most likely have scaring on the cornea, but at least it's not in her field of vision, but will have to have a waiver to be a pilot. :)

Future Pilots of America

This past weekend we went to the annual Aviation Trade Show. They had planes outside to look at and get into, free candy, balloons and information for all the pilots up here. The kids had a blast, they loved seeing all the planes, go figure. We hit all the major planes, C-17, C-130, F-22, Blackhawk, DC-3, DC-6, C-46, UPS 747 and Fed-Ex DC-10. Kyle is trying to get the kids exposed to all types of planes, so far, Luke only wants to fly the F-14 Tomcat, we haven't the heart to tell him yet that it no longer exists. He loves to watch TopGun (TV version), pretends to Maverick, Aubrey gets to be Goose, and goes around flying his airplane. :)

Here's Aubrey laying down in the UPS 747 cockpit quarters.

Luke flying the Fed-Ex DC-10.

Family picture of us all in the UPS 747.

Luke flying the UPS 747.

Saying Goodbye...

We said goodbye to some very dear friends of ours last week. We have known the Hendricks family since 2004 and both Luke and Brianna were only a couple of months old. Fornuately for us, we'll still be able to see them, they are off to Warner-Robins AFB, Georgia and it's only a two hour drive from there to Montgomery. Plus, they love to head to Pensacola as often as we do.

Aubrey and Brianna hugging right before they left.

Luke and Brianna saying their goodbyes. Luke was very upset and didn't want Brianna to move away. He kept asking why she has to go.

Brianna and Luke posing during lunch.

Aubrey and Luke taking care of Kinley.