Co-Sleeping

Pretty much ever since Dman was born we have been co-sleepers. We started co-sleeping for several reasons:

1. Dman would stop breathing in his sleep, if I held him my mommy instincts would kick in and I would know when something wasn't right.

2. Daddy left for training 3 weeks after Dman was born, having him sleep with mommy allowed both of us to sleep better.

3. Daddy and Mommy LOVE Dman snuggles

4. Its comforting for all of us.

Well, as much as I love having him in bed with me every night, I am starting to realize the importance of "me" time. Which by the way, is near impossible when you eat, sleep, shower, play, relax with you child every day. And to be 100% honest, I am starting to feel a little worn out. I am craving some time to just sit or lay by myself and wind down (with out being kicked in my back by cute little feet). So, I have made the decision to move Dman into his own bed. It have thought about this for awhile now, and I feel like in order for me to be the best mom I can be for him, I need to fulfill some of my own needs to prevent me from feeling too worn out.  I know in my mind that this is really the best thing for us, but I feel guilty at the same time, because sleeping with mommy is all that Dman has known. 

So, over the next few weeks I will be working on getting Dman to sleep independently. I am expecting it to be a long and tiring process, but praying that in the end it will be what we both need.

In Honor Of...

the Marines of  2nd Bn 8th Mar who have given their lives this deployment:

Ssgt Malachowski

Cpl Ian Muller

Lcpl Christopher Meis

Cpl Johnathon Taylor

Rest in peace, Angels.

And when he gets to heaven,
To St. Peter he will tell,
"Another Marine reporting, Sir,
I've served my time in Hell!"

The past almost 2 months.

Since the first week of February our lives have been incredibly busy. It started out by finding out that Dman was going to need to have surgery to have tubes placed in his ears. I was hoping that this would be the answer to finally finding my poor baby some relief from constant ear infections, but nervous. The thought of my son being put under sedation really did a number to my nerves. I knew that it was routine, and simple, but most parents do these things with the support of their spouse and/or family. I didn't have that luxury, my husband didn't even know what was going on with Dman. However, I was very fortunate to have our battalions FRO and one of her assistants come to be with Dman and I.  After his surgery the doctor came out and told me that his right ear drum would have ruptured with in the next day or two had he not had the tubes placed that day. I was so upset knowing how much pain he must have been in, but was feeling so blessed that we were able to catch it in time.


I am taking two online classes this semester, and it has become quiet the challenge with out the help of my husband. Dman needs and deserves the majority of my attention, so by the time I get him in bed for the night and can actually work on my homework it is 10 or so at night. This is the main reason it has been almost 2 months since the last time I was on here. Most of the days, I just dont have time.

On March 6 Dman, Daisy, Midnight and I made our first ever long distance road trip to PA to visit a good friend of ours and her wonderful family. I am not gonna lie, there were a few times on our what should have been a 7 but turned into a 10 hour drive where I was questioning my my logic of making the drive up there. But in the end it was well worth the time and effort it took for us to get there and home.

So here we are, 11 weeks of a terrible deployment behind us. Here are a few pictures from Feb and March.

Dman and Daddy after surgery

We miss you Daddy