Browsing Archive: February, 2010

Strollers and highchairs and cribs...OH MY!!!

Posted by Aprille on Saturday, February 27, 2010, In : Baby Ezra

Being a mommy can be hard work sometimes. I thought that figuring out what my baby would need once it's born would be an easy task, but store trips, internet searches, and registry information has really put my head in a spin from time to time! There really are so many choices out there when it comes to baby items that it is really difficult to decide what is the best, the simplest, the safest, the most cost effective, and the most in line with my tastes.

I am no where close to having all the ...

The Money Crunch

Posted by Aprille on Thursday, February 25, 2010, In : Money Saving Tips

I do not really want to write this post, but it is relevant and something that is going on in our life, so I will write it.

Russ and I are in debt. We have been for some time, and have been making an effort to change that. We came super close to being debt free by the end of our deployment, but a cross-country move and switching from apartment-living to house-living caused our debt to rise once again.

Over the past six months we have been trying to be more cautious of our spending, and I have b...
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Baby update ~ 11 weeks

Posted by Aprille on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, In : Baby Ezra

Wow. I can't believe I have made it to 11 weeks. Honestly I have been so fearful that something awful would happen before I made it out of the first trimester, but I am just in awe and so thankful to God that my baby is still here with us.

Yesterday (Monday), we had our first ultrasound, along with a myriad of other physical tests and labwork tests. Baby is looking healthy and strong, measuring spot on with where I thought I was, to the day. During the ultrasound we realized the first thing ab...

baby and me ~ 10 weeks

Posted by Aprille on Monday, February 8, 2010, In : Baby Ezra

LOVE (another photo blog)

Posted by Aprille on Monday, February 8, 2010, In : Photo blogs

Cruise Trip

Posted by Aprille on Monday, February 8, 2010, In : God's blessings & spiritual musings

I'm not really sure where to begin on this. God really has done some wonderful things in our lives, and I feel like I have no choice but to share them...even though it is not my desire to put ourselves up or make anyone jealous!

Let me start by giving you a little bit of background.

About 2 years ago, shortly before Russ and I got married, I joined an online forum called "Christian Military Wives." I wasn't very active on the website until about halfway through Russell's deployment, but once ...
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