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Why I Love Not Being Pregnant

6 weeks ago I went through this.  6 weeks ago little Elisabeth Lucy came into the world.  6 weeks ago my pregnancy was OVER! 6 weeks is a not insignificant amount of time.  Yet I still find myself, on a fairly regular basis, thinking, "Wow.  I love not being...

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Road Trippin’

Happy Holidays!.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Elisabeth's first Christmas was great, if relatively uneventful.  She behaved splendidly (sleeping is the best-behaved of behaviors, I do believe) in church at Christmas Eve service, until around 45 minutes...

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Who’s The Boss?

3 and a half weeks!  I truly wish I could blog more, but I also wish I could brush my teeth before noon and that's not going to happen, either.  So better make this one count. Forever ago I wrote about my dad wanting Elisabeth to call him "Boss".  I responded with a...

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Clueless

Yesterday Elisabeth* turned 2 weeks old, and so far has made it through her first weeks relatively unscathed - a miracle, if you ask me. I have two younger brothers.  I started babysitting when I was 12.  I have always been comfortable around babies - taking care of...

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Labor Pains

Home from the hospital for over a week.  Hard to believe; the eat-sleep-diaper change cycle (or sleep-diaper change-eat or diaper-change-eat-diaper-change-sleep-diaper change-diaper change-eat-diaper change cycle) has made the days and nights all sort of blend...

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Hi, I’m Diana! I’m a mom of four, a military spouse, and I have no idea how to write a bio that doesn’t sound like a dating profile. Since I don’t want to give any reader the wrong impression, this will be brief.

The Navy life is unpredictable and stressful and sometimes sad but can also be wildly exciting and rewarding. This space is where I try to find the humor in it all – laugh so you don’t cry, right? Thanks for joining me on this adventure. I hope you enjoy.