tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82924577970919136052012-02-19T10:06:59.245-06:00A blah-g about a military family of 5 and one mom's quest to conquer babies of all ages, homemakering, deal stalking and being a Jet Pilot's Wife. Add in coupons, loving God, laughter and too much laundry and you have US!Navy_Frugalistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00337201847141962107noreply@blogger.comBlogger292125TheDilliohttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292457797091913605.post-92090515164981410122012-02-19T00:53:00.001-06:002012-02-19T00:53:34.034-06:002012-02-19T00:53:34.034-06:00

She's getting old on me. Today we celebrated in giant bounce house style the birth of my first born. She turned eight earlier this week but we waited until this weekend to celebrate her birthday. It was a smashing success. And as I watched her jump as bounce and giggle, I got a little nostalgic and sad. I remember when she was just a tiny baby ball of sweetness and snuggly joy. Now she's

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My oldest is my creative artist. Always knee deep in a craft, project or just daydreaming these outrageous ideas that are just waiting to come to fruition. I try to encourage it and be patient when we are surrounded by glitter, felt, markers, tissue paper, foam etc but honestly; sometimes I just don't get it. She takes creative to a whole 'nother level. And then she goes and makes these

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As of late I have had the comings and goings of a heavy heart. Unless you have been under a rock recently you know that 2 F/A-18 Pilots died recently. There was a shooting in Coronado (the small resorty islandish city off the coast of San Diego) on New Years Day. Now when you get to where we are in Aviation training it soon becomes apparent that everyone knows everyone. Mainly because all

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Alright--please tell me I am not the only mother out there who is constantly going behind her children and.... FLUSHING.THE.TOLIET. It's like my kids shun flushing. It's taboo or something. I am all for being green, shrinking your carbon footprint, waste less, reuse more but personally I have to draw the line somewhere. And using that shiny silver handle is that somewhere. Its driving me

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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I'm sorry.Lately I stink at blogging. There is no real, legit reason. Just life.And in theory, I should be better at chronicling these life experiences so I will be able to use this blog as a memory jogger.Yet I don't blog.I'm sorry.I will do better!! Promise!!

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Sweet Simple Snowflake ChristmasMake unique Christmas cards this year at Shutterfly.com.View the entire collection of cards.

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Time has flown.He will be 6 months--tomorrow.It has been a blur of awesomeness. Birth, nursing, exhaustion, more nursing, first smile, nurse again.We do ALOT of nursing in this house.We stick to what we are good at.180ish days went by so fast. I wish I could have them back. Times 3 kids. I want them all to stay babies, it's was easier then.But it's amazing to see them grow and turn into

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It goes without saying that when you have a son-you know superheroes. All forms and types of superheroes.  Whether the superhero is a popular well known character, or the one your creative child just made up while in the privacy of their bedroom, they are all enjoyable. And on a high note, General Mills and DC Comics have joined "forces" to make the first meal of the deal extra "super"!! In my

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Its getting to be that time again. Fall- which I love, flu season-which I do not love. And with young ones in the house and a new baby...it seems like we are a rescue haven for germs. They love us. They want to live with us forever. And make more baby germs. Eww.Yuck. I know. So I try to combat and discourage their setttlement in our house and bodies in a myriad of ways. And I have

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Once back to school starts it seems like the days just fly by.  And before you know it, its dinnertime.  And you find yourself scrambling to come up with an meal idea, I know for me sometime I get caught up making the same old dishes time and time again just because its easy. Well not anymore. Hellmann's® and Best Foods® mayonnaise are kicking off the first-ever Chicken Challenge, a series of

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He is getting so big. *Tear*Where does all this time go?? I need it to slow down, I want to remember every little thing.It seems like just a moment ago I saw the two blue lines, now I have a bubbly little boy to take care of.God is good. And I love babies. I hope I am blessed with more down the road.

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In this house the Pickle kids love cereal.  LIKE LOVE CEREAL, would consume no other foods for ALL meal times if it were up to them.  And me being the psycho weirdo mom that I am I "screen" all the cereals that come into my house.  The cereals that they want me to buy tend to be sugary, HFCS, hyper inducing not so umm, healthy options. The kids and husband say the cereal I want them to eat

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It would appear that lately in my life I am going through a growth spurt. A growing of my faith, patience and upbeat attitude is underway. And to say its been easy is uhh...a lie.Its been EXTREMELY hard.I miss Bonnie--like everyday. But she is loving public school and is well ahead of her class in her subjects, so I am pleased. Growing my upbeat attitude even though I want her to be home-

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The winner of the #Myblogspark and FiberOne giveaway according to random.org is Comment #9 Nydia@zerohousepaymentforever!! The winner has been contacted and stay tuned for another #myblogspark and @Kix Cereal giveaway!!! Thanks for the comments!!

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I have been feeling discouraged lately...and overwhelmed. Bonnie went back to public school (post on that later when my heart is not so heavy.) so I am minus one in the house. Now I know for some have one less underfoot is a WAHOO moment but honestly I am near heartbroken. I wanted her to homeschool again this year and after family go round it was determined she would go back to a public

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My newest arrival who I have nicknamed  "Ferb" is a squirmy one when it comes to changing his diapers.  Its not his fault really-- he comes from a long line of wiggly worms and his parents are fidget-ers sometimes as well.  What can I say we have ants in pants??   He like to wiggle and waggle at EVERY diaper change.  No matter what time it is.  He is just as wiggly at after a 4pm feeding as he is

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I have been meaning to snap a picture and blog about this for some time:How could we NOT fellowship at a church that has both a cross AND a picture of a Fighter Jet on the sermon notes page in the weekly bulletin? I know.Jets and Jesus, it can't get any better.God's plan for us to come here was perfect. He knew exactly what we needed, proof positive that He rocks!!

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Recently (like within the last 4 weeks), Jet Pilot and I have decided to start a weight loss plan for ourselves.  And the most fundamental part of weight loss is eating less calories. Enter Fiber One 80 Calories cereal to the rescue!! With 40 percent of the Daily Value of fiber in one 80 calorie serving, Fiber One 80 Calories cereal can help curb your munchie muncherton factor, which in turn

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As a wannabe green mom its only natural I would be pro breastfeeding as well. (For the record when I started breastfeeding Bonnie almost 8 yrs ago NO ONE was breastfeeding. It was like a weird, crazy, thing to do)And thankfully I have blessed to be successful at nursing my children. With Bonnie, she was a model nursing baby- 15-20 minutes on each side and fell right to sleep after a quick

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Sometimes we see things that are just so spot on that we feel the need to highlight it's importance in our lives.This is one of those instances, I saw this today while dropping off my oldest son off at swim lessons (I have two sons! I am so tickled pink at the thought of it!):Awesome right??You don't need to tell me...I know.My husband rocks.He's the bomb. And he drives a jet that carries

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Our trip to Sea World and the water park was a smashing success. The kids had a blast and Jet Pilot and I managed to enjoy ourselves as well. In between the 3,583,931 other people there and frequent nursing breaks I mean. And our great friends and neighbors are still our friends so we didn't scare them off with our weird ways. Phew.Here are the three main indicators that the kids had a blast

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We decided to do a mini vacation with our good friends (and neighbors) to Sea World and a water park--in San Diego.With a newborn.Yes, color me crazy.The packing logistics alone almost sent me into an anxiety attack."What happens if we have continuous diaper blow outs for 3 days?""Did we pack loveys for the kids?""Blankets for the car...or just tough it out.."Not to mention just regular things

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