I am a military wife...a mother...and now, a blogger...

My name is Jaclyn...I go by Jaclyn, Jac or Mamma...depends on who is talking to me.  I am married with an active social life, commitments with my husband's work and two children that are both involved in extracurricular activities. Our oldest is a fiercely independent, beautiful and highly intelligent young lady.  K was, and is, the perfect first child...she was an easy baby, an easier toddler and has never been needy or demanding.  She never cried or fussed, she slept through the night at just 2 weeks old and has only been sick once in her young life.  Our youngest is definitely a firecracker.  He was born 9 months and 1 day after K's second birthday.  He is a loving, curious and handsome little man. He adores her...and she adores him. In so many ways they are very much alike...I mean, they did come from the same parents. ; ) But in just as many ways, they are polar opposites.  While she was independent from birth, he picks and chooses when he wants to be independent. He is just as intelligent as his older sister, but he hasn't learned how to use that to his advantage...yet.  And even when comparing them at similar ages/stages in life, he is still so much younger in so many ways.  Perhaps 'that's just how boys are'...or maybe that's just how he is.  He is the baby of the family and is treated as such by everyone.  It is his role and he takes it seriously. Regardless, they are the best of friends and I think it's are the similarities as well as the differences that make them so compatible.  

Though my hubby and I are both from the south, we now call the mid-west our home and are involved in many functions with his job as well as many other social activities. We are a military family so there are always challenges that come with that lifestyle, but overall it is an experience that we wouldn't trade. The greatest reward of our lifestyle are the people that we meet.  We have friends that we see more often than our own family and, sometimes, it seems that they even know us better than our family.  These are the kind of friends that last a lifetime and we are blessed to have met each and every one of them.  There a lot of hard days in a military family...but the 'family' that we have adopted makes every moment worth it. 

~Jac