I’m in the process of transferring this blog to self-hosted Wordpress and adding a community.
Would you like to be a contributor at the new site? Just let me know if you are interested by sending me an e-mail or leaving a comment.
Although the new site will be “Army Wives Lives”, Military Spouses of all branches are welcome to make themselves at home!
Looking forward to getting the new digs set up.

Everyone…old friends, new friends, friends of friends, mamas, grandmas, child-free peeps, grandparents, casual readers, bloggers, non-bloggers…is invited to my CyberShower!
Some of my FABULOUS online friends are throwing me a baby cybershower on Mamanista (I’m due in a few weeks with Junior).
Please go join in the fun (play games, say “hi,” and enter to win great prizes), because the guests make a party!

Happy Halloween! Ever wanted to see what my baby would look like if she were eating brains? Check out my Wordless Wednesday. Yes, macabre, I know. I also encourage you to check out what some other cool bloggers have been saying about Halloween on my Halloween Blog Round-up on Mamanista! — great for last minute inspiration.
Here are some bloggy contests I know about that have deadlines on or after October 31:

NEW — Of course the big giveaway story this week is The Fall, Y’all Bloggy Giveaway Carnival. …

We’ve been busy beavers over here at the Field Artillery Household.
DH had an article published in Parameters (YAY DH!) and he just finished another article to submit for consideration to another military journal.
I’ve been writing…and avoiding writing by starting two new blogs:
Mamanista: Fabulously Chic, Irresistibly Practical (Product Reviews)Please comment and shop our cool affiliates so I can spend more time blogging so I can get more affiliates so I can spend more time blogging.
Mama Saga: One Mother’s Journey (A “Mommy Blog”…shudder)Please leave me comments so it looks like I have …

You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at homedecorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till …

Thank you so much for praying with me and thinking of Lilah!
Lilah did very well in her recovery from surgery. The docs said she recovered fast because she went in big and strong. She even gained a little weight in the hospital. She’s of course a little cranky at times but she is also smiling and giggling and chatting and generally being happy at longer and longer intervals during the day.
I’ll post some pics and more information as soon as I have a chance and try to get back to …

Super quick post to let you know that Lilah is out of surgery–she is in the PICU and still on all her tubes but things are looking good. Please continue to keep Lilah in your prayers…she should be in the PICU for approximately the next 48 hours.
She will need a second surgery at some point but hopefully she will be much older and it will hopefully not be open heart at that point.
Thank you all for your prayers and kind words!!!

Okay, I think the hormones are starting to make me a little loopy.
DH called this afternoon. So sweet! One of the nice things about his new mission is he can call a little more often. Before we had a lot of computer contact but it was harder for him to get to the phones.
One downside is he can’t tell me as much about what he is doing…but that’s okay. He’ll tell me when he is home for good.
DH’s call came at a perfect time. I am …

Well…not exactly.
Today I couldn’t get my wedding band and engagement ring on for the first time. So, with no husband by my side and no rings, I feel like I LOOK like a single mom…
In reality, DH and I have been staying very emotionally close throughout this pregnancy.
I’ve been taking belly pics and sending updates every week so DH can stay involved and he has been great about reading up on pregnancy and birth and chatting with me about what he reads. He has been as considerate of my feelings …

DH called this morning and I am in a vastly improved mood.
It has been a good week overall. My friend from NY really helped finish up the nursery. We also took a trip to Austin and strolled around the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Gardens and saw the bats emerge from the Congress Avenue Bridge. We also ate some yummy spicey Indian food.
DH continues to be bored with his new assignment that I can’t talk about and don’t know anything about anyway. I keep telling him …