Putting Myself Out There!

I'm not sure I ever mentioned it, but I recently signed up for Twitter and I've been trying to get better about tweeting. Do you tweet? If so, make sure you share your handle with me so I can follow you! I'm @ThisAmericanWif if you want to search for me.

I also recently created a Facebook page for my blog! Just click on the word "Facebook" to see it. If you enjoy reading my blog, head over to Facebook and check out my page! Its not much right now, but I'm hoping it will be more exciting in days and weeks to come.

The Gift That Keeps On Giving....

If you read my blog regularly, you now know that D and I share a birthday. We tend to not really go crazy when buying gifts for each other, because as you can imagine, that would get pretty expensive, being the same day and all. {Read: we don't do gifts.}

This year we decided to get each other a gift. We I have been talking about getting a Keurig single-cup brew station coffee-maker for about 6 months now. I wanted one so bad, but I was having a hard time justifying the price. D finally put his foot down and decided that we were going to buy each other the coffee maker as our "gift" to each other this year. To top it off, friends of ours gave us a gift card to a store that sells them, so we upgraded to the super-duper-awesome-makes-iced-and-hot-drinks version.

This is the one we have.

I can't even begin to explain to you all how wonderful it is. We have coffee issues in our house. If I set the coffee to turn on before D goes to work in the morning, then its already shut off and cold before AJ and I get up. I'm not a huge coffee drinker (one, maybe two cups in the morning) so I'm not going to make a whole pot for myself. This new coffee maker is literally the greatest thing ever (a far as solving the insanely important coffee crisis in our house goes) and you should all get one!

Oh, and since we have this nifty, new caffeine machine, we're a little hyped up on caffeine!

**Keurig has no idea who I am. I'm not getting anything for this post, its just my own pure, unadulterated love for the k-cup that drives me. Although, if I'm lucky, someone from Keurig will read this and send me free k-cups, because those suckers aren't cheap!**

Denial's Not Just a River In Egypt {Picture Heavy Post}

I'm in major denial.

One year ago today.

Today is my baby's first birthday.

Holding my daughter for the first time.

AJ's first car ride (home from the hospital).

Meeting Grandma for the first time.

I'm having a hard time dealing with the fact that I can no longer call her my baby. As my first child, she will always be my baby, but now my baby is a toddler.

Making googley-eyes at Daddy.

Hanging with Uncle Billy for the first time.

Napping on Grandpa.

Rockin' the shades.

One of my favorite pictures ever.

Making silly faces with Daddy.

Seriously, where has the time gone? I can't believe that a year ago today I was meeting my precious girl for the first time. It seems hard to believe that a year ago she was a stranger to us and now we feel like she has always been a part of our little family.

Moving for the first time.

AJ after getting caught in a rain storm.

AJ and Aunt Abby hanging out in FL.

AJ meeting my Dad's parents.

AJ meeting my Mom's parents.

Standing up in her crib for the first time.

Playing on Halloween.

Being silly at lunch.

AJ's first Halloween!

Swimming in FL.

I never thought I'd love someone as much as I love my daughter. Being a parent has changed my outlook on a lot of things, and now I am starting to understand how my mom must have felt when I was a baby.

Our new house (AJ's second move)!

AJ's Baptism.

Happy girl!

Eating breakfast at the beach in FL.

So, to the person who has changed my life more than anyone ever will, Happy Birthday, baby girl! Daddy and I love you very, very much.

My big girl.

ABCs of ME!

In honor of my 300th post, I'm going to do the ABCs of me so you all can get to know me a little bit better!

A) AGE- 27....as of yesterday!

B) BED SIZE- King

C) CHORE YOU HATE- Unloading the dishwasher or folding laundry. UGH. I do love to vacuum though.

D) DOGS- An incredibly stupid 4 year old beagle named Abby.

E) ESSENTIAL PART OF YOUR DAY ITEM- My slippers and my iPhone. Oh what an exciting life I lead!

F) FAVORITE COLOR- Yellow has always been my favorite, but right now I'm also really liking orange and green.

G) GOLD or SILVER- Silver. I usually wear sterling silver, but my wedding and engagement rings are white gold.

H) HEIGHT- I'm 5' 7"

I) INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY- I played the flute in elementary school and middle school. And by "played the flute" I mean, I owned a flute and went to marching band rehearsal. I was not good.

J) JOB TITLE- Mama and wifey.

K) KIDS- Daughter AJ, who will be 1 very soon!

L) LIVE- In a small town near a large Army base.

M) MOM'S NAME- Melissa

N) NICKNAMES- Beth, Biz, Bizzy, Liz

O) OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAY- When AJ was born.

P) PET PEEVE- When people leave lights on, slow drivers.

Q) QUOTE FROM MOVIE- Its a tie between:

"We're going to have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny F*****g Kaye! And when Santa squeezs his fat, white @$$ down the chimney tonight, he's going to find the jolliest bunch of @$$holes this side of the nuthouse!"

and

"'Tis the season to be Merry. Mary? That's my name. No sh!t!"

A gold star to whomever can name the movie both quotes come from!

R) RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED- Right. I can barely do anything with my left.

S) SIBLINGS- I have a younger brother who is 24 and a younger sister who is 21.

T) TIME YOU WAKE UP- 7ish. Thanks, AJ!

U) UNDIES- I wear them?

V) VEGGIE YOU DISLIKE- I'm not a huge fan of corn for some reason.

W) WHAT MAKES YOU LATE- AJ. I try my hardest to be on time and usually end up leaving super early to make sure I am, but if I'm late it is usually because of AJ. Otherwise its because we constantly move and I have trouble judging how long it takes to get places.

X) XRAYS- Just twice if you don't count dental x-rays. I have broken each wrist.

Y) YUMMY FOOD YOU MAKE- All the things I make are yummy. ;)

Z) ZOO ANIMAL (FAVORITE)- In keeping with the Z theme here, I have to admit that my favorite zoo animal is a zebra!

This Day...

This day is my 27th birthday.

This day is also D's 27th birthday.

Yep. We have the same birthday.


Three years ago we celebrated this day apart. We were already married, but secretly. We moved in together 12 days later.

A picture of me from our first place together.

Two years ago I celebrated this day with my only two friends. D celebrated in Iraq (not really). We were reunited 11 days later.

Welcoming D home from deployment.

Last year we celebrated this day as our last birthday before becoming parents. We went out for Mexican food with hopes of inducing labor (it didn't work). AJ made her entrance into the world 5 days later.

Holding my beautiful baby girl for the first time ever.

This year, we're having a party! We finally get to actually celebrate with friends and have a good time, so we're taking advantage of it.

Happy Birthday, AbbY!

Today is my friend AbbY's birthday. We went to college together and lived together for 3 of the 4 years there.

AbbY and my sister, Abby at my bachelorette party.

Me, Lindsay, Mary and AbbY in college.

Me and AbbY at my bachelorette party.

Me, AbbY and Mary in Texas.

Lindsay, AbbY and me in college.

AbbY and Mandy in "our" bar at our latest college roommate reunion.

Even though we live far away and don't get to see each other that often, I want you all to know that she's pretty awesome!

AbbY being goofy.

AbbY, Lindsay, Mandy, me and Abbie at Lindsay's parent's house a few years back.

Me and AbbY at my bachelorette party. I think I was saying, "NO! Don't pour me more sangria!"

AbbY and me at Mandy's wedding.

Happy March!

March is a busy month for our family! There are lots of birthdays to be celebrated and we're having lots of out of town guests this month as well.

AJ and I are also going to visit some family at the end of the month, so we're looking forward to that.

I just can't believe that its already March!

For all you ladies currently going through a deployment, you can check February off your list. You're one month closer to being done!