Parenthood
When your baby reaches one, it is a magical time. Your baby is officially now a toddler! Perhaps you are ready to celebrate your little angel’s milestone with a huge birthday bash with family and friends. Or you may decide to keep it low-key, with a small, intimate celebration within your own family only. However you want to celebrate it, …
Parenthood
Buying gifts for your little ones can be an extremely difficult task and this can become even more daunting for new parents. With constantly evolving trends and fads, it’s difficult to find something that you can be sure will be loved for years to come and not just thrown out by their next birthday, when your carefully selected gift becomes …
Parenthood
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of 1 Natural Way, a TRICARE breast pump provider. All opinions are entirely my own. Remembering back the days when I was breastfeeding my first-born as a fresh mom, I could never forget time and patience I’ve put into it. Although I was blessed with a wonderful companion that was …
Military Life, Parenthood
Since I am 5 months pregnant, I am facing my own set of challenges as a military wife. Fortunately, there are various free resources pregnant military wives can use to survive deployment. As I looked at my toddler standing in the kitchen by the door to the backyard holding the sippy cup, and then I put my hands on my …
Military Life, Parenthood, Travel
I looked over towards the right at that empty suitcase and then glanced towards the left where the crapload of clean laundry was still in the basket. Then behind the laundry was the toys and toiletries scattered all over the floor. I rolled my eyes and had a sudden feeling of dread come over me. How the hell was I …
Parenthood
With a preschooler in our family, I was on a parent meeting the other day trying to prepare for a fundraiser for the school. It was a daunting task trying to get 20 parents to decide on a single idea. Why? Every time you turn around it seems like your kid is participating in one event after another at school. …
Parenthood
There are few days of the year that mean more to us than Mother’s Day. This is the day we celebrate life. The life our mother gave to us, and the life we nurture and pass on to our own children. I celebrated my first one just after giving birth to my lovely Boy. It was a time when we …
