{ About Us }

Wife hat, Mom hat is about the {many} different aspects of motherhood! My blog got it's name during a crazy year in our family life when my husband was on active duty and I was home with my toddler, foreign exchange student, while being pregnant, and a grad school student ALL AT ONCE! It was a super crazy, but super fun time! 

And now, I am "just" a mommy to two little kiddos and working on mastering all of the "hats" required for the job! My blog is a lot about our family, mostly the kids, and also includes posts about things I love and find helpful during this journey of motherhood! 

{Spring 2012: I am actually now enrolled as a full time grad student so things are back to crazy! But, it's good. We're making it work and it's going really well!}

To get a glimpse of who we are and what we do, check out my year in review post from last year!

In 2011...

We welcomed 1 precious baby girl

there were 2 family graduations {Julie from High School, Derek from AIT}
{Jackson boasted about being 2 1/2  for several months of the year}

He turned 3 in October and we had a train party

There were many sleepless nights cramming 4 people our bed

We took the 5 minute walk to the pool several times a week this summer
We cheered for the Mavericks during 6 periods of ice hockey {two games}

I spent 7 days at summer camp in Arizona

I found an 8 gigabyte SD card in my cheeseburger from McDonalds

Derek was officially home for 9 months of this year

There were 10 footprints in the calendar we made as Christmas presents

{along with 23 hand prints and 136 thumbprints!}

A few more...

I spent 49 days pregnant

Derek spent a total of 14 weeks on Army duty {plus 8 weekends}

Derek was awarded as the Distinguished Honor Graduate for his 96.21% gpa 

I posted 135 blog posts and 1,450 tweets

In 2010...

We gained 1 danish daughter

I took 2 pregnancy tests (one positive just isn't enough!)

We had 3 visits to Children's Mercy Urgent Care

Derek and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary

We participated in a 5k each (Derek ran his, I walked mine)

Our family got struck by 6 stomach viruses

I had 7 prenatal appointments

We rented 8 redbox movies

We visited a combined total of 9 states
(MO, KS, IA, MN, OK, TX, IL, SC, GA)

Derek spent 10 weeks at basic training

A few more...

I completed 13 graduate hours

Julie celebrated her Sweet 16th birthday

We enjoyed 17 days of having Derek home at Christmas

Derek is currently training as a 25B (information technology specialist)

Julie scored 26 points in her first American basketball game
Derek can do 53 push-ups and 61 sit-ups within two minutes time frame each

My blog reached 101 blog followers

I posted  169 blog posts and 928 tweets