Helicopter Visit

Today we took a visit out to see Tom while he was working on his LifeFlight shift. Clara can usually hear the helicopter before Tom or I and drops whatever she's doing to listen closer for the helicopter coming. We have told her about Daddy working on the helicopter and had numerous conversations about this. A funny story...the way she says 'helicopter' is pretty cute. We ask her to say it and crack up a lot and I know Clara likes the attention from it. Anyways, the other day Tom was getting on to Clara for something and kind of staring her down to show her he was serious. Clara knew she was in trouble and didn't like having her Daddy mad at her. After a few seconds of silence and a look of bewilderment, she says 'helicopter' so sweetly and cute. Tom and I both started cracking up. She knew exactly what she was doing! (For the record, there was no helicopter in the area) Anyways, all this to say, we finally took her out for a real live visit to see the helicopter up close and personal. Here are some pictures from our trip. She was in awe and a little intimidated by it's size, but she had a really good time. She kept talking about it throughout the day.