Browsing Archive: April, 2011

April Showers

Posted by Aprille D on Friday, April 29, 2011, In : Miscellaneous

Let me be honest, I have had a pretty difficult month...well, two months actually.

It began with Ezra not sleeping...for about six weeks straight he woke every two hours or sometimes even less throughout each night, and only took 15-20 minute naps during the day. After suffering from intense exhaustion, as well as nausea and dizziness (which the doctors could not explain as my bloodwork was normal), I was quite in need of a break. I traveled the 7 hours up to my parents house in Illinois right...
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Inspiration from a 7-month-old

Posted by Aprille D on Thursday, April 21, 2011, In : Baby Ezra

Close to 80 more ADORABLE photos can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.127099304032544.27770.118552411553900&l=9c2a65ecd8

Then...

Posted by Aprille D on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, In : Baby Ezra

One of my favorite songs is Brad Paisley's "Then." If you haven't heard it, I have posted a link below for you to listen. While it doesn't perfectly describe the relationship I have with my husband, it does capture the feelings that we share toward each other.

It's been amazing to look back over the past few years and see how far we have come as a couple, as a family. And now our family has expanded to include our little Ezra. While much about his entrance into this world was difficult,...
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Reasons I enjoy deployment

Posted by Aprille on Saturday, April 2, 2011, In : Army Life

A few weeks ago, I wrote a guest blog for my friend Kathryn about deployment. One of the things that I encouraged her to do in that post was to "enjoy the deployment." Shortly thereafter she responded on her blog by writing a post entitled "Reasons to Enjoy a TDY" I enjoyed reading her post so much that I thought I would steal her idea and do a similar one here on my blog!

Reasons I enjoy deployment:

1. More freedom in scheduling and caring for Ezra. Let me say that, while raising a child with ...
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