Our new daughter Annalise was born last night about 9:25 PM. Both her and Mom are doing well. We’re so excited to finally meet her!

Getting weighed and measured. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 10 oz.

Last week Ava asked if she could go flying for the first time with me. Jenn and I thought about it and decided if we could safely get her car seat secured to the airframe, and if Ava still wanted to go, that we would give it a try. The weather was perfect, about 80 degrees and no wind.

We talked ahead of time and we told Ava that we would go for a short flight for a minute or two around the pattern so she could see if she liked it, then we’d land and talk about it and she could decide if she wanted to go again.

Getting strapped in

Takeoff roll

And we’re off!

After our short flight we landed and Ava immediately said she wanted to go again

So we did!

Ava got a “princess ball” for Christmas. Then she wanted it suspended so she could swing it. We put a 2×4 up on top of our free-standing wall in the hallway like this:

Princess Ball attached and swinging

Well then she figured out she could swing on her ball. Only we didn’t build it for the strength and stresses of a human swinging.

So we re-engineered the “swing” and used a heavier rope and made a handle out of PVC pipe and gorilla tape. Now she is like a monkey at the zoo, swinging every day and getting brave by even hanging upside down!