Some days things almost seem surreal!  Being a military wife there are always challenges and I know that we have some unique challenges, but I look at our life and really don't know how much more blessed we could be.  We deal with the same separations that every military families deal with, but there have been people that have been brought into our lives that have helped us take things one step at a time. 

The last year has really seemed to be overwhelming when I look back on it...  This time last year, I was in the middle of my second trimester, I had just been retired from the Army, my husband was in the field, we were still living in Germany and I was still knee deep in school.  Here we are, just a short year later but so much has happened...  I have finally set my pride aside and allowed myself to step out of the role of soldier.  We moved from Germany to Kansas and just two short days later we had put in an offer on our first house.  I learned that packing up in Germany at six months pregnant was a challenge, but learned that unpacking in Kansas (in July) at 8.5 months pregnant was much more of a challenge.  Less than a month later I finished school. 

Although delivery was a little bit challenging, our son came into the world healthy and has been an amazing reminder everyday that there is so much life beyond the uniform.  Everyday he discovers new things.  Even though I recently started working again (from home) and I'm getting ready to start school again, he is a constant reminder of what is truly important in life and helps me to focus on the things I can do instead of those I can't. 

So as I look around our home, I see so much...  our life together in the pictures we have picked up at places we have travelled, the random furniture that is pieced together of our life in different places, the different military memorabilia that has chronicled this far of both of our years we've served and our course - the overwhelming number of baby and dog toys they are scattered from one end of the room to another on a daily basis.  Our life may not be perfect to some, but to us - it couldn't be a more perfect life.