Amanda & Masaki....one of the enduring memories of my daughter's birth, how I longed for more than 3 or 4 hours of sleep. It seemed forever before that happened.

My husband was in the army in Germany when she was born and he left us for manuvers about a week after her birth. It was the loooooongest month of my life - just me and baby Jen.

Sometimes the other military wives would come over to our apartment. We all had infants. (You know, we couldn't afford anything but childbirth (compliment of Uncle Sam.)

We pulled the drawers out of the "schrank" , lined them with blankets so each baby had a bed and then we'd play bridge. The dummy did the bottles and changing.

Oh, what memories. It's great to be young, you just roll with the punches! Enjoy your bundle of joy!