My husband has been deploying overseas for his job since our first son was born. Former Air National Guard he now works as a civilian defense contractor. While his deployments are a little bit different than a strict military deployment, it's still hard on our boys and navigating them can be tricky. Over the years we have found a few things that help them understand that no matter how far away … [Read more...]
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Staying in Touch with Skype During Deployments #WindowsChampions
My husband has been deployed now for over 2.5 months. There isn’t a day that he is gone that he doesn’t long to see the kids. For his job as a aviation defense contractor my husband has deployed 5+ times since our first son was born. (We have actually gone through so many deployments via Air Force and this job that I have stopped counting.) When it was just the two of us, Skyping … [Read more...]
How We Told Daddy We Are Having A Boy! | Life During Deployments
When we found out we were expecting our second child, we knew that Daddy would have to deploy during the pregnancy. The good news was his deployment was scheduled for the best possible time to be gone during a pregnancy. (You know, if there is a best possible time…) He was home for 95% of the first trimester, and is scheduled return just as my third trimester is getting … [Read more...]
Getting Ready for Deployment.
Where the heck has this time gone? Are we really only a week away from Rob leaving on Deployment again? I swear with all the planning we have been doing for this you wouldn't think it was possible for this to sneak up on me, but it has. I will be the first to tell you, I feel like this is our first deployment all over again. With the first deployment there were so many questions, concerns, … [Read more...]
21 Day Fix Meal Plan + Grocery List #FreePrintable
So if you have been following my plan, you know that this is the post where I should be sharing my results. Well I am down 5 lbs from when I first started BUT... (Skip to the end if you are just here for the free 21 Day Fix Grocery list or meal plan). I didn't finish the plan. I got derailed at the end of week 2, and then week 3 went to crap. I have no excuses. I could have planned my days … [Read more...]