Mother's Day mania..Day 4

Today's theme for Mother's Day Mania with Mama M is "What do you enjoy most about being a mom?"

Well I remember way back when I had decided I wanted to have a baby. Mr. M and I had been married for a few years and he was deployed for half of our first year of marriage. I got it into my head that I needed a baby so even when he went away I would have someone with me..sounds crazy and immature I know but that was my reasoning back then.  By the time I had my first daughter I was confused and young and scared. It seriously took me a few years before I thought I was even a decent mother. I would get stressed out and angry a lot...yes back then no one really spoke about post pardum depression and I had no idea what was wrong with me.  By the time my oldest daughter was 2 I had finally settled into being a mom and I was so greatful for having made it through those first few years.  I now had this super busy and active toddler and I was enjoying every single minute of it. At the same time I was determined that this was it and we were having no more kids. It was a lot of work..hoy cow!!!  By the time our daughter was 5 I started getting the itch and decided I wanted more kids. I saw all kinds of people around me with their multiple kids and I was ready for another one. It took a while to get pregnant again and all that time I was so ready and wanting another baby. By the time I got pregnant with our second daughter I was so happy I could barely contain my excitement. Even though throughout the entire pregnancy I swore I was having a boy...man was I wrong!  I had a lot of health issues with the pregnancy and as soon as the doctor told me that they weren't sure if my body could handle another pregnancy I was crushed. At that point I didn't know if I wanted any more kids but having someone tell you you can't have any more kids just breaks your heart! I was so devastated!!  Mr. M would always say "but I thought we were done after this one" and all I would say was "well I thought I was done after the first but look at me now"  it really was hard to handle for me.
  By the time our second was born I was blissfully happy and couldn't even imagine my life without my precious little girls.  I am sure every mother feels this way about their kids but I seriously think that my girls saved my life.  I had no idea what I would do with my life but being a mom just made me feel whole.  Once I had DD2 and had found my happy place in life I then decided to go back to school and finish the degree I had to quit when I got married.  Long story about moving to another state and them not accepting half my credits and me being young and dumb I gave up..yupp I was stupid!!  So I did it!! I finished my degree and couldn't be more happy with myself and my life.
  So not only do I love being a mom but I truly believe that becoming a mom gave my life the purpose I was longing for. Since I had my girls I have wanted to improve my life because of them.  I want to be someone they look up to and are proud of. Someone that someday they will come to and say "mom we are proud of you and are greatful for everything you have done for us"...yeah a girl can hope right?!! LOL
  So pretty much the best thing I love about being a mom is just that "being a mom"! Being a role model for my girls and giving them someone to look up to and something to strive to be like when they grow up. If I can accomplish anything in my life it would be to make my girls the best they can be and very strong women who will take the world by storm and make me so proud to say I am their mom!!

5 Question Friday and an award

I am so excited to tell you all I got an award!!!  I have never had an award so this is my first ever!!! Woohoooooooooo!!!!!

The Rules:
1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.




1. Thank you so much to cfoxes33 for giving me the award!! She really is terrific and you all should go check out her blog!
2.7 things about me:
   1. I love coffee
   2. I hate doing laundry
   3. I love to shop
   4. I have horrible fashion sense....seriously if anyone could help me with this one I am all ears!!
   5. I am addicted to purses....more specifically Coach purses!
   6. I am a hopeless romantic
   7. I am very shy normally and I hate it!
   8. I have a piece of my heart that was broken the day my little brother died and I can't figure out how to fix it...wow I can't believe I just wrote that down..well there it is!

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4.Will get this one done asap!!!


Now it's time for 5 question Friday!! Woohooooooooooooooo!!





Head on over to Mama M's and get in on the 5 Question Friday action!!  You know you want to so finish reading my fabulous blog and then head over there...seriously!!!

1. What is your worst memory of your siblings?

 Ohh well ok let's get a little personal with this one now...both of my brothers attempted suicide and it was the worst thing I had ever gone through on both counts, but then my little brother died a few months ago and I would have to say that tops every single other moment right there!

2. What was YOUR naughtiest childhood memory? (Must be something YOU did, no pawning it off on someone else!)

Ohhhh now to answer this I will have to admit I was a naughty child..baahaaahaaaa  come on now I was not naughty..well ok maybe a little naughty or alot!!  So I guess my naughtiest memory of childhood would have to be cheating on an exam in school...stop gasping!!!   Yes I know it was wrong but don't we all do crazy stuff as kids!  LOL

3. Where do you like to go to relax?

LMBO  relax?!! What is that?!!   I guess the place I can say I actually relax is in bed....you know when I am asleep I am relaxed!!

4. What was the last thing you won?

Ohhh well obviously I just got an award today but is that actually winning something?!! I dunno..so we will go with the bingo stuff I won last week.

5. If you could be on a game show, which would you choose?

Hmmmmmmm  that's a good one.....let me think.... I would have to say I would be on Deal or no Deal!  I would so get that million dollar suitcase I just know it!!  Haha!!

Now head on over to Mama M's and get your questions on!!!!

Mother's Day Mania..Day 2

Ok so today is Day 2 of the Mother's Day Mania with Mama M and today is all about birth stories!!
So click the button and join in on all the fun with us!  You know you have some fabulous mom stories you are just dying to put out there!!

Birth story for DD1.....
First I have to give you a little background so you get the full picture on this one. Mr. M was deployed to Bosnia from the time I was 3 months pregnant with DD1 so I relied heavily on some really dear friends for anything I needed during this pregnancy.  As much as I hate to ask for help I also know when it is time to suck it up and just ask!  Ok so  now you have..first pregnancy(full term anyway), hubby gone and at the time we had a Rottweiler(full blown gigantic teddy bear).  So I passed my due date and the doctor's kept telling me I was mentally holding her in and that if I didn't go into labor they were going to have to induce. I kept saying "oh no you are not my hubby will be home soon and then I will have this baby". Neither of us were right!! So here I am 2 weeks overdue and dr's all over me to come in and what do I do you say?!! Well I was young, and stupid and alone so I ignore the dr's calls and stay away from the hospital. All the time Mr. M is on a plane on his way home and I am bound and determined to wait for him. So my mom calls me and says "I don't know when you are going to have this baby(all the while not knowing what is really going on with me and the dr's) but I am coming up there(from Oklahoma to Kansas) to see you".  Ok great now I would have to deal with dr's and my mom...Ughhhh!!!
So mom comes up to see me and she decides that I am going to have this baby and tells me that she wants to go out and do some shopping..that was so unfair because she knows I can't resist shopping of any kind!!   So we head out of the house around 8am and seriously by 4pm we were still out and still shopping and I thought I was going to drop the baby right there in the mall!!  I was in pain but I couldn't tell my mom...seriously in my head at that moment I thought telling my mom would disappoint her that she would have to stop shopping....yes again I was young and dumb!!  So we finally get finished shopping and are heading home around 5:30pm. On the way home I finally tell my mom I have been having pain and a lot of pressure in my belly and she says"oh it's probably just because you have been busy all day walking"   Again remember my mom knows nothing about the dr's saying I needed to deliver soon or them saying I was mentally holding the baby inside.  She did however know that Mr. M was on a plane on his way home and that I was hoping to wait for him!
So we get back to the house and the pain is now so bad I am struggling to not let my mom know just how bad it is. I keep telling her I think this is it and she keeps telling me "No they will just send you back home"  So by the time my contractions that I have been secretly timing has gotten to about 2 minutes apart and I can not contain the pain any longer I say "we need to go to the hospital". My mom again says" ok but it is a waste of time and they are just going to send you home".
  At the hospital they hook me up and say "yes you are contracting but you are far enough along so we will  have to send you home"  Oh yeah I got the look from my mom and I was pissed!!  So by now I have held this poor baby inside for over 2 weeks past her due date and I am not in pain..beginning contractions my ass those suckers friggin hurt!!!  So as the nurse comes back in to check my contractions..and to tell me to please stop screaming(really?!! I was in pain people!)she says "let's stand you up and I will help you get your pants back on"  I said "No I am  not going home I am in pain and I pushed as hard as I possibly could...ok in my mind as a first time mom and not knowing exactly how things went I was trying to push the baby out...well as soon as I pushed there was a woooooosh of fluid that came straight out of me!!!  I freaked out..again not knowing what the hell that was...and the nurse says to me"Oh my there is meconium we better get you in a bed". Now in my mind I am thinking...first-haha on you I told you I was not going home and second-what the heck is meconium?  So they get me to a bed and hook me up with an iv line going into my belly to wash off the baby and make sure she doesn't breathe any of that stuff in...again I am totally lost and a little freaked out!
 After 6 hours of checking me they tell me I am finally ready to start pushing and as I have already been given an epidural....and told the drug doctor that I loved him....I was so ready to start pushing.  So I push and push and push and push for 1 hour. The doctor comes into the room and says "if you don't seriously start pushing I am just going to give you a c-section" I say to the doctor "I am pushing my ass off and if you try to cut me open I will sue you"  Yupp that's right folks I passed nice a looooooooooooooong time ago and she was being a *itch!  So after 2 1/2 hours of pushing she returns to my room and says "ok it's time to sign the papers to do the c-section" I say "I told you no and I am doing the best I can" The nurse then chimes in and says" she is pushing really good but I can feel the baby's head and it is stuck under her pelvic bone so that is why it's taking so long" The doctor rolls her eyes and storms off!  The nurse looks at me and says "you are fine just keep trying"  By this time I seriously want to die and I am cursing out Mr. M and the doctor and my mom and telling everyone to kiss my behind, but I keep pushing.  In the middle of trying to push again the dr comes in with an ultrasound machine to try and see what is going on. She does the US and says "this is about a 7 or 8 pound baby you need to push harder"  So 4 hours of pushing and the baby's head finally makes it under my pelvic bone and is crowning and they move me over to delivery.
 The dr still being a *itch says"well it's about time" at the same time I am pushing and pushing and the other dr(intern) in the room says "umm I don't think this is a 7 pound baby"  As he asks if he should just go ahead and cut me the rest of the way....I am now freaked out..cut me?!! ....what the??!!!   The dr says "yes go ahead"  oh yeah friends  that would be a 4th degree tear..by the time I find out what that means I am already all torn up.  So DD1 finally decides to come out after 6 hours of pushing and ripping a hole in me....literally..and as my beautiful 10lb 1.2 oz 21 in baby girl comes into the world all I hear is "OMG I am so so so so sorry" from the dr!  As the lady who told me to stop screaming, that she was going to cut me open, to try harder and that I was not doing good enough saw my not so little baby girl she actually started to cry!  She came over to me and said" I am so sorry I had no idea and I can't believe the US didn't show how big she was"  By now I am exhausted and just want to be left alone except the fact that I was starving.  So baby all cleaned up and me in the recovery bed and Mr. M stuck in the Netherlands since his plane had broken down and mom beaming from ear to ear while watching the baby sleep I finally went to sleep...for an hour until the dr came in to check my stitches.  It was definitely eventful and I do not regret a thing about it. I had some really wonderful nurses and even though my dr was a *itch at times I even saw a different side of her when my little beauty was born!!

Oh and just in case you were wondering...Mr. M finally made it home when DD1 was 9 days old!

Mr. M seeing his first born for the first time. She was 9 days old and I was still sitting on a donut!  LOL


*excuse the picture quality my scanner isn't plugged in so I had to take pics of pics! LOL







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Happy Thursday everyone!!

Mother's Day Mania with Mama M

Ok so I know normally Wednesday's I ramble on and on and all of you are so intrigued by my celebrity like life that you just can't help but read on and on!!! Baahaahaaaaa!!  Ok I cracked myself up on that one but seriously freinds I am going to do something a little different today. I am joining up to do the..





It lasts for 5 days and has prizes..ohhhhh yeah I said prizes!!!  Waahooo for prizes!!!  No I am not just doing this for the prizes..what kind of a person do you think I am!!! *totally doing it for the prizes*  Muahuahuah!!

Ok so you can click the button above and go get in on the action yourself and see if you can steal a prize away from me win a prize for yourself! Today's theme is Whoopsie moments.

I would have to say my biggest whoppsie moment with either of my girls would have to be.......

A long, long time ago..no not dinosaur era....when my DD1 was 2 yrs old and Mr. M had been at a school we went to the PX to meet up with him on a break.  We were walking through the PX and DD1 asked if she could skip. I said "yes" because I was not really paying attention to her I was busy talking to Mr. M.  Now in my defense to this next part..seriously...I hadn't seen Mr. M in a month and I had been stuck at home with a 2 yr old this whole time ok!!  So get the picture of a stressed out and lonely mom and a young mom at that...yes believe it or not I was young once..sheeeeesh!!  Ok getting back to the story...so 2 yr old skipping through the store and mom and dad chatting it up and not paying a bit of attention to their precious child. Next thing we knew we heard *crash* and looked at the floor to see DD1 laying on her back with glass all over her and what used to be a mirror lined pillar in the middle of the store smashed to bits and all over my child.  Now the best thing to do at this point is comfort your child right?!!  Of course but she had glass all over her so I said to Mr. M "don't touch her we need to get the glass off of her" he said "F the glass I am picking her up"  ok I give him that one!!  So by this time several people in the store who had heard the extremely loud crash of my daughters head and body hitting and shattering the mirror were now staring at us and one employee freaked out and called the manager.  Here we are trying to get all the glass out of our poor childs hair and praying that the manager is not going to tell us we had to pay for the mirror(we were young remember and flipping broke!). The manager comes flying around the corner and my heart pauses to see what he is going to say. He says "OMG let's get her to the customer service they have a first aid kit and I will call the emergency room for you."  Hmmmm ok that doesn't sound like what I thought it would be..you know "you stupid idiots I can't believe you let your daughter walk into a glass mirror in my store"  his words were much better!
So we run over to the customer service desk and the manager by now has found a medic who was in the store by chance and the medic is looking at DD1 and cleaning her face..oh yeah did I mention she had a huge gash in her forehead and their was blood all over her face, clothes and by now Mr. M and the store floor?....so he gets her face cleaned up and them tells her not to touch her eyes...oh another thing did I mention that this brave little child did not cry once this whole time?....so she nods her head and looks at us.

Ok by now I am freaked out..especially after the medic says"we need to be sure she didn't get any glass in her eyes" and the manager comes back and says "the emergency room is expecting you and they will get her all taken care of"  So as we rush out of the store and I am telling the manager "I am so sorry about this" and he keeps saying "don't worry just take care of your girl" we are headed off the ER.  Now a few minutes in the ER they check her eyes and no glass thank goodness. Mr. M and myself are feeling like idiots for having not paid attention and the first thing we think of is..ummmm he is now late for getting back to his school and he has blood all over his uniform!!  Uuuuughhhhhhhh!  So we leave the ER and rush him back to his school and he explains what happened and thank goodness they let him off since you know..he had his kids blood all over him!!  Just an FYI blood on your uniform is a total excuse folks...not that I ever reccomend it or condone it..but hey it saved Mr. M's behind!

So yeah I guess that would be my biggest whoopsie as a mom. I kind of figure that is so much worse then letting the dog sit on DD1's head and not moving the dog until I had taken a picture or the time DD1 wandered off in the store and I totally didn't notice until someone came around the corner saying"is that your mommy?"  Oh yeah we have all had those moments but I am telling you now...letting your child skip through a store and not paying attention so that she runs straight into a glass mirror is by far my biggest whoopsie!!

So there you have it friends!!  I think that is totally worth a prize...don't you all!!!!!

Now all of you go over to Mama M's and get your prize winning stories started!!!

Post it note Tuesday!!

Monday...Ughhhhh!!!

All morning I have been thinking about what to blog and really I have decided I need to find something to follow on Mondays..any ideas or anyone do anything they love please let me know!!

I have a lot to say but not really much to facinate the masses...oh yeah I work really hard to try and keep you all happy!!  See how special you all are to me?!! Seriously!!!  I love you all!!!

So today is pretty much going to be randomness so please excuse the messy Monday style..

*Mr. M left today to go TDY and I was laughing so hard at the fact that I packed everything for him except his dress uniform. He got up this morning and asked what I packed and all I said was "you are set..don't worry about it and you will have everything you need".  Am I really that good you ask?!!!  HELL Yeah!!!  I have been last minute packing for this man for so many years I could do it in my sleep!!   I keep telling you all I am special....sheeeeeeeeeeesh!!

*I got a call today from a woman telling me about a luncheon and inviting me to come...Yay I love things to do while the girls are in school that involve errands or cleaning!!!   Thank you sooooo much for my phone actually working today when I needed it to!!

*DD2 informed me this morning that she no longer likes cereal..ummmm well that is going to suck for her because I don't do hot breakfasts unless it's testing days!!!  I guess I better stock up on poptarts and instant waffles! My kids are spoiled in every way they can be...trust me a hot breakfast is no big deal to them!! Don't judge me!!

*I went to buy a coffee today..my usual stop if I am out and about in the mornings...only to discover I had no dollars in my wallet what so ever!  I had tons of Euro but no dollars...I hate doing a debit for less then $5..ughhhhh!!

*DD1 has a dentist appointment today at the same time I have to pick up DD2 from school so I will be rushing from one school to the other..taking DD1 to the dentist and then running over to the next building to get DD2 changed into her tutu for ballet. I wonder if the dental office will mind that I am running in and out the door all afternoon?  I wonder if they will think I care if they mind?!!! I am too busy to care really!! Yup I said it!

*So it is the 3rd of the month and I am already completely booked until the last Saturday of the month!!  People always ask me why I don't work and I think I should just buy one of those cameras that you can wear on your belt or something and show them all what I do all day every day!!  I absolutely hate when people ask the dumbest questions!  Do they seriously think that because I don't have a paying job that I do nothing?!!

*I started planning our next trip and the hotels so far are much cheaper then I thought they would be.  London here we come!!

Ok that is pretty much it for now friends..thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will find something more to write about soon!!
Ciao for now!

Busy, busy and oh yeah busy....

I have been non-stop going all week and this weekend has been no different!!  What I wouldn't give for just one lazy day...be careful what you wish for..it is coming.  Mr. M informed me a few days ago he has to go TDY again!!  I am used to his last minute trips and have put in the effort to make sure I have last minute items just for these occasions..how lucky is he that I am so prepared?!!!  I keep trying to tell you all I am fabulous and this is just one example!! *grins*

So we have had several fairwells this week for a dear friend of ours who is not only leaving us but retiring from the Army all together..lucky son of a gun!!  We will miss him a lot and can't wait to go back to the states to see him and his family again.  I told you all before that I had taken the time to make him an airplane survival kit for the plane ride home and it was a hit. Now not only was it supposed to be functional but also funny to try and break up all the emotional stuff that goes along with saying goodbye to someone who truly will be missed.
Here are a few pics of the gift I put together...

Of course leaving Germany he had to have some gummi baren to take with him!!

And we all know how filthy airplanes are so we got him some hand sanitizer. The card said "Do you watch the news,airplanes are filthy" the really funny part was Mr. M reading the card and saying "Do you watch the news, airplanes are faithful"..really?!!  Sheesh men can't read!!

Of course this man has a reputation for "having gas" and letting it go at the most inappropriate times..oh yeah he is one of those people you walk by in the store and you know you smell it but he will not even show that it was him who just let it rip!!!
The card read "In case you eat the airplane food..for your comfort!"  This got the biggest laugh and I think I enjoyed watching the Garrison Commander crack up more then anything!!

The second biggest laugh was for this one..a portable air freshner spray. The card read "In case you eat the airplane food..for everyone else on the plane"  It's a really long flight and I didn't think anyone should suffer for that long with the stuff this guy puts out!!  Again a big laugh and seriously some people in tears!!
Woohoo a big hit and the only bad thing about it was people then asking me if I would do that for someone else leaving..what?!!!  This was personal and I have no intention of making a business out of roasting gifts..sheeesh!!!!  Yeah ok I would totally do it just for the fun of it!! 


Ok so fairwells aside and tons of fun was had by all and we are not even done yet..Ughhhhh!!!!   All I have to say is there had better be this much of an ordeal when we leave...are you listening people!!!  Hell will be had if there isn't!!  *smiles*

So I was telling you all that we had gone to a bingo night last week and it was so much fun. All the procedes went to an academic club at the middle school so it was an easy decision to go and help these kids with their adventures of going ot nationals.  They really do good and last year they went all the way to State...go kids!!!  So we bought our bingo cards and were having fun..and we won a game..Yay for us!!!!  I was really excited because the game we won had fabulous prizes...

We  won a Polish pottery soup toureen and ladel.  I have one of these already and know how much they cost so was super stocked to get this and.....

a calligraphy set..really!!!  I am so super excited to try this puppy out let me tell ya!!  Who doesn't love to win stuff and then to have it be fabulous things that you love love love!!!










So needless to say it was a great week, a busy week and in a way a sad week!!  Hopefully this week will be a little less busy but who knows. I know that as of now Mr. M is going away, and the girls have all their usual after school stuff and of course I will be hitting the gym....which is great since I will need any extra energy I can get!!!

I will be back with more of our weekend happenings!
Have a great rest of the weekend everyone and thanks again to all my new followers and hope to see many more of you!!