Our Weekend

This weekend everyone worked on adjusting to adding Hazel to the family. There are new Pittman House Rules that are unfavorable to the only child, Princess Hadley, and just get in the way of her power struggle. The first night we had Hazel it was a "Yay! I have a best friend!" the second night was "Hey! That's my toy and you can't borrow it anymore!" They play tug-of-war and have learned to wait till a toy is dropped and sneakily steal it from the other. Hadley is struggling for dominance-she's putting up a good fight for such a small girl. By yesterday they were playing very well together and Hadley has even learned how to tackle Hazel! Best part of my weekend was Hazel teaching Hadley how to sleep in til 0830! Made my Sunday morning perfect!

Learning to be a sister is not an easy task. It makes me think a lot of our personalities and where we fall in our own families. Being the first born proves to create the greatest of all kids, of course ;) On a more serious note, though, watching Hadley learning to be a sister makes us say, "this is why we won't have an only child," several times a day. Hazel, who has always been a little sister, is just a little lover.

It's hard for me to learn to be a good sister, too. Daughter, wife, friend, granddaughter...all the other roles I fill seem to come much more naturally for me. Sister-I'm working on. Who would've thought these little puppies are teaching us so much?

Other things this weekend included grilled sockeye at Dan's house - yum! I got a little crafty working on cards and headbands again. Zack began studying for instruments - yuck! We had a wicked thunderstorm and temperatures finally dropped. We also began talking about Helos... 

I said a few things I thought would never come out of my mouth this weekend including, "I would be okay with you flying helos," and "I think Alabama would be nicer than Oklahoma." Zack track selects in November. Something that has always been on his mind is how cool it would be to be a combat search and rescue helicopter pilot. Pros to this career choice would be -- a more rewarding mission, more time actually piloting (no auto-pilot), pretty decent bases, and the list just kind of keeps going along these lines. The con as a wife is no ejection seat! I've always thought helos would be too dangerous and never wanted Zack to consider them. But it comes down to this - I want Zack to do something that is fulfilling and he is passionate about. I know he is passionate about flying and would have the time of his life in any cockpit, but if a search and rescue mission is really his desire then I'll have to trust God will protect him. I know ultimately no matter what we end up deciding we want to do in the Air Force, it will be God's decision for where His plan takes us. I know that we will be stationed where He wants us to be and where His work is to be done through our lives. But this weekend we really tossed around the hypothetical questions and have started to pray about what comes next. Because...before we know it November will be here! We've already started booking Christmas Vacation and have been planning out the rest of our year -- time really only flies from here.