2nd Lieutenant Mom

I was one of those very blessed individuals who was able to actually DELIVER a set of full term , fraternal twins without a caesarean. It was definitely one of the most rewarding experiences ever! And in a later post, I will explain the delivery and hospital visit, but for now I want to share with you some things I wish I had known, hehehe… Your feet will Swell… This pregnancy was my fifth pregnancy that actually lasted longer than 10 weeks. I only say that to validate that I knew what pregnancy did to My body! However, during my second trimester, I woke up one day with the Elephant feet! This was horrible. It just kind of happened. I was walking around doing my own thing, went to bed and BOOM it happens, you get up to dress yourself in the morning, which is a chore anyway being prego with twins, and now ALL of your shoes are too tight. And if you CAN get them on, they aren’t coming off until the end of the day when you can get someone to pry them off with a crow-bar...

  So it has come to my attention that the reason I spend so much time running back to the grocery store is because I failed to realize one basic concept.... Ten is NOT enough to share . This "epiphany" , if you will, occurred to me yesterday. With the beginning of the school year quickly approaching, I diligently explained to my husband, the Dr. , that we needed to make a menu for the week to eliminate the almost daily trips to the grocery store. I mean, let's face it, life is only getting more expensive with the price of  one gallon of milk exceeding the price of one gallon of gasoline. You have to cut costs where you can. So, my plan to combat the high cost of food was to PLAN our meals and snacks for each week. And that's just what I did. I wrote what we would eat and drink each day, even down to the snacks in-between meals. What I failed to note, however, was that the quantity of each of these items needed to increase, since our children are rapidly growing,...

Hey there! So apparently I took a two year hiatus from blogging. Which I find interesting because, I haven't taken a "hiatus" from life! In these short two years, I have managed to have three more children...a set of twins and a singleton, help my husband finish his PhD (yes, by the way, I am now officially married to a Dr. and we now have more band-Aids in our house than I think any individual will EVER use! LOL ), become a free lance copywriter for a Malaysian company, perform the national anthem in our community parade of nation twice (oh , and I was officially asked to do it again this year! So excited!), and in between all that I managed to take care of my family. Anyway, just wanted let you know that I am BACK! And there is so much to catch up on ! So Follow Me... the day in the life of 2LT Mom :) Ciao!  2LT Mom This is a picture from a recent wedding we attended ... that's all six of my kiddos and our little friend, Red :)