Shower on the St. John's River

Holding Abby's little Noah

Sandy, Abby, & Me at the shower

The Blair's Home

View of the St. John's River from the Porch

Front Row Seats for the Astor Christmas Parade

Mama Blair holding Weston during
the Parade



Mr. & Mrs. Astor

Another Parade Pic

Aunt Abby with Weston

Cute Shower Pic

We went to Astor, Florida two weekends ago for Abby's baby shower. It was such a great weekend to be in the metropolis of Astor (population <1500), because they had their annual Christmas parade and boat parade on the St. John's River. The Blair's have built such a beautiful home there. It was so good to see Abby and Brent. Abby is due to have Noah around February 27th. She looked so cute with her baby bump. We had so much fun hanging out by the fire on the Blair's porch. We can't wait to meet Noah!!!

So Many Changes So Soon

Well, Will and I are back in Mississippi after leaving Sumter a week ago. It all happened so fast with all our traveling over Thanksgiving, we weren't able to tell all our Sumter friends "Goodbye". So...we'll just say "See ya later", as we plan to visit as soon as we can. Will wanted to come back for New Year's, but we will in the process of moving into our new house...before we leave for San Antonio for a few months. We miss our Sumter friends so much, and we hope you all have a very merry Christmas. Thad & Lara, your present came early...I'm sure you've figured it out by now!!! Sundays are kind of sad for us because we miss being at CCC, but we are looking for a new church home in Tupelo. We send our love!

Will's Farewell to the Viper

Family photo by the F16

Will parking the jet

Paul & Marie giving Weston his bottle

Jessica taking care of Weston

Going through the engine shut-down check list

Getting ready to be tackled



The take-down

The spray-down

A next generation fighter pilot

Will and Nathan Gaertner
(Isn't that little flight suit adorable on him!)

Our friends and family

Last Monday, Will had his fini-flight in the F16 "Viper". Family and friends were invited to watch Will land the F16 for the last time and to walk out on the flight line for the show that followed. It is tradition for the pilot having his fini-flight to be tackled upon leaving the jet and hosed down by his wife. That was my favorite part! Make sure you check out the video clips. We appreciate all our wonderful friends for coming out to support Will. Thanks, Paul and Marie for feeding Weston his bottle on the flight line! Thanks Dan, Paul, Marie, and Kara for taking such great pictures and video clips, so we can always remember Will's last hurrah in the F16.

"FUGE" leaving the cockpit

The Fini-Flight Tradition

"To the Gamblers, past and present..."

One of Sumter's Treasures

Photo shoot at Swan Lake

With Nana & Granddaddy

Dan, Kristen, & Joshua

Weston & Joshua talking face to face



Weston was getting tired

Our baby posing like a rapper...word

One last picture of our little man

The above pictures were taken last Sunday at one of Sumter's treasures, the Swan Lake Iris Gardens. Isn't it beautiful!

Halloween Weekend

Trick or Treating at the Mancini's

On the church's property

With Susie

For Weston's first halloween, we went over to Tony & Lois's house next door to trick or treat. Lois was so sweet to put together a basket for Weston with cute and interactive stuffed animals. Lois also put together 150 bags of candy wrapped with ribbon to pass out to children in the neighborhood--I was so impressed. Thank you, Tony and Lois, for being such wonderful neighbors. I took a picture of Weston in his cow suit next to their pumpkin. Nana and Granddaddy also came to visit for the weekend. We went to church on Sunday at our church's beautiful property. CCC rented a huge wedding tent for the service, and we had lunch on the grounds afterwards. We took some pictures after church with my friend Susie. It is a shame we won't be around to see the future Christ Community Church building. CCC has been such an incredible church family for us. It will be so hard to leave all our friends.

Got Milk?

Our little cow

At the CCC Fall Festival

With Todd, our CCC Youth Pastor

Another Festival pic near our booth

Cow in a stroller

One more pic after sunset

Here are some other recent pictures...

With Heather, Megan, Susie, and Heather at
our house for Bunco

Sitting in his chair in his room

Weston is starting to look like a big boy

We dressed Weston up in his first Halloween costume to take him to Christ Community Church's Fall Festival. (Thanks, Mimi, for sending us the cow costume). Weston loved it. He was so alert during the festival. Our LifeGroup (small group Bible study) set up a Speed Pitch booth. We used a radar gun to tell how fast everyone could pitch a baseball. When Will and Paul were setting up the booth, Will thought it would be funny to sprint as fast as he could while Paul clocked him. He came home and proudly said, "I can run 15 miles an hour!" At the booth, it seemed like there were more men lined up than children...waiting to prove themselves. There was a bit of a competition between our youth pastor, worship pastor, and lead pastor (who was a pitcher in college). Our youth pastor won with a 75 MPH pitch.

Hallelujah!!

Hallelujah! Will was hired by Southwest Airlines last week. He got the call last Wednesday from the chief pilot based out in Houston. His friend Charlie, who is also a Southwest pilot, called and left a prank message saying he had been hired a few hours earlier that morning. So, when he got the real call, Will questioned whether it was just another one of his friends playing a joke on him. We are so excited! It is funny that Will was first called for an interview the day we went to the hospital to have Weston. Will was hired on the day Weston turned 3 months old. The pieces of the puzzle are coming together. We can't wait to see what the next piece holds for us. We will find out within a few weeks when Will's training date for Southwest will be. As of right now, we will be going to San Antonio, TX, in January for Air Force Reserves training. Click on the link below to see how we feel about Will's new career.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kcmaD25KP4

Go Dawgs!

Baby Bulldog

Eyes glued to the TV during the game

Daddy actually let Weston hold the remote

He didn't miss any of the play-by-play action

Go Dawgs!

The field goal was good! Final score...24-14!

We dressed in our red & black for the Georgia vs. Vandy game today. Weston was wearing his Georgia Bulldog onesie, which helped bring victory to both the Georgia & Mississippi State Bulldogs last weekend! He also has a Mississippi State Bulldog outfit, but last time he wore it both our dawgs lost. So, we put that one away for this gameday. Weston's little eyes were glued to the TV during the game. He didn't want to miss any of the play-by-play action! Georgia won today, and we'll see how the Maroon Dawgs do against Tennessee tonight. I can't believe our three month old already loves SEC football!