You’ve planned the wedding. You’ve been intimately invested in every detail, hoping that what’s in your head somewhat resembles what happens in real life. You’ve taken yoga, you are centered, you are ready. Then the cake is chocolate, when you obviously ordered red velvet. Everything is ruined – the show can NOT go on, and [...]
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Military Wedding Commandment 6: Take a Load Off!
Posted by Jessica Mace on September 14th, 2010
Posted in Army Life, Army Spouses, Army Wedding 
Tags: Army Wedding, wedding, wedding planner 
No Comments »Making a Few Wrong Decisions to Get to the Right Ones
Posted by Lisa on September 10th, 2010
It has been a while! Between school starting and all the other parental duties, it has been a crazy few weeks. My casa (house) has been filled with lots of yelling lately! My daughter, who was born in 2006, has really kicked the attitude up a notch. I find myself playing the “Bad Cop” a [...]
What To Do When You Can’t Get Pregnant
Posted by Becca M on September 8th, 2010
Disclaimer: I am speaking from an Army wife point of view. The advice I am giving is based on what I went through and the associated red tape. Before I married P, I knew that I had fertility issues so when when we married and moved to his next duty station, I called my PCM. [...]
Posted in Infertility Tags: Army Life, army spouse, endometriosis, Infertility, IUI, IVF, military spouse, milspouse, PCOS 1 Comment »Poly-cystic What?!
Posted by Becca M on August 18th, 2010
*Disclaimer – I am not a doctor. This post about PCOS is about my diagnosis, my symptoms, my treatment and my experience with the disease. If you have PCOS or think that you have it, please talk to your doctor about the treatment that is right for you. When P and I first started on [...]
Deciphering the Infertility Acronyms of Trying to Get Pregnant
Posted by Becca M on August 11th, 2010
Here are some of the common acronyms in the infertility world. If you have any others to add, please feel free to do so in the comments. 2WW – 2 Week Wait (the time between ovulation and AF’s arrival or between IUI/IVF and beta test) AF – Aunt Flo AH – Assisted Hatching ART – [...]
Decorating Your Military House on the Cheap
Posted by Carissa on August 6th, 2010
We recently PCS’d to our new duty station, and I have been having a blast incorporating new finds with our old things that waited patiently for us in storage while we were in Korea. My latest passion? Getting the things I want, and need, for our new place on the cheap. While our new place [...]
“First Comes Love….”
Posted by Becca M on July 27th, 2010
“…Then comes marriage…Then comes _____with a baby carriage.” Many of us know that familiar little song from our childhood. We grew up singing it in an effort to embarrass friends (or perhaps enemies) on the playground or in the park. If only we’d known that having a baby is not always that easy… A little [...]
Posted in Infertility Tags: Army, Army Life, deployment, endometriosis, fertility challenged, Infertility, IUI, IVF, PCOS No Comments »Discussing the Risks With Our Children
Posted by Amber on July 24th, 2010
In my first blog post, I touched on the fact that my oldest son is very concerned about Daddy dying. I know I’m jumping right in with a heavy topic here, but it’s one that deserves addressing. Stinky is 9 years old, which is old enough to have at least a vague, if not more [...]
Dealing with the Kids’ Questions about Death
Posted by Lisa on July 23rd, 2010
Death or the fear of dying….. Whether you are a military family or not, the fear is the same. However, when you are a military family it often hits to close to home. At some point, our children will have questions for us and we will have to answer to them. I read somewhere that children [...]
The Roller-Coaster of the Army and Parenting
Posted by Lisa on July 16th, 2010
Hello! So, yep, you guessed it..I’m an Army Wife! Proud to be one since 2008. I’m also a mother to Hero who was born in 2005 and Princess, born in 2006. You read that correctly…they are barely 12 months apart! What can I say? Somewhere along the line, I lost my sanity, but I’m sure [...]
