What is all this I'm a Wilma

For those of you that don't know Jared and I very well we are part of a special group of people that belong to the Military family. I never thought I would meet and marry a soldier coming from Minnesota, but travel nursing and the military seemed to follow similar paths. After traveling to Hawaii and being surrounded by soldiers in the Army, Navy, Marines, National Guard and Coast Guard it was nearly impossible to not meet a military man.

Jared was a newer helicopter pilot with the 3/4 Calvary in the 25th infantry at Wheeler Airforce Base. When I met Jared I was not overly impressed by his job but more his own personality. However after spending much time together I soon realized that I had become part of his military family. I am sure people find this in all walks of military life but I was surprised as I had very little experience with the Army.

However everywhere that we have been and met Aviators I find more similarities and common ground with these families than I would have imagined. One thing I have learned being in the Army is it is hard as a wife to separate yourself from the job of your spouse. I know more about my husband's career and going ons than I really care to and way more than he will ever know about mine. However even if you have your own life outside of the Military and your husband you truly are "Married to the Military" which I might add was one of my first books given to me when Jared and I became more serious.

Anyway, after making it through two deployments, trainings far and near and several classes apart from one another, I have learned the lingo, heard the delay of DSN phone calls from Iraq, shared hugs with other wives awaiting their military aviators return, , shed tears for our losses and found respect for a wonderful group of woman that love their soldiers.

So to support this mission that girlfriends and wives carry on I have created and Icon to relate to our military family. If a Betty can be a hot chica than a Wilma can be us! A Woman in Love with a Military Aviator. We are a group similar to many military wives but yet special in our bond and pride for our loved ones job as he or she serves our country.

It's official! We are having a Baby!

Jared and I are so excited to finally share the news with everyone. I found out on Mother's day that I was pregnant and we have been waiting to share the news till everyone in our family was aware of the news. Thanks to one of our wonder doctors where I work I was able to see the heartbeat before my first appointment. It is kind of strange to think that something so small only 2cm at the time can cause so much havoc on your body. Actually I can't complain because other than some indigestion, tiredness and natural but painful chest enhancements I really have not had too much trouble. So Jared and I are just feeling blessed because we were starting to wonder if this was ever going to happen for us, since we are on the later end of 9 or 10 pregnancies that have occured since the guys have come back from Iraq and at work.



On a lighter note Mother's day was a wonderful day to discover the news but it didn't go without some typical Becky mishap that can only happen to someone like myself. I always wondered about those people that can't read pregancy tests correctly. Was it that they were just so emotional they couldn't think straight or just not smart enough to read the directions. Well I have to admit I found myself in this same predicament.

The story went like this...




I had had some spotting during the week that I was supposed to get my Period and so I kinda thought I might be pregnant but wasn't 100% sure so I took at test on Our anniversary....it was negative kind of a big bummer. So Went out and celebrated Cinco De Mayo in style. Still spotting waited till the end of the week when I was off the night shift as maybe that was just messing up my cycle. I had two tests left one from the dollar store that came with my OPK (ovulation predictor kit) tests and one that was also Free in a regular expensive OPK package. So on Mothers day when I took the test I no longer had the directions for the expensive one. After doing the test the line was in both places but then I took the dollar store one and it was very faint on the second line...oh no I couldn't remember was the expensive one supposed to have a line or a plus sign...are you kidding me am I really that person that can't read this stupid thing....where are the directions....hmm nope don't have those. So at 6am on Sunday morning I took myself to Walmart to get the pregnant/not pregant test and Vola! It said Pregnant. Also followed the next day by a blood test that also confirmed it, so I was relieved:)

Our tenative Due date is January 9th, 2010... We are happy for a Boy or a Girl but Becky thinks 85% that we are having a boy....what do you think?
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