Meet Stephanie

My name is Stephanie; I’m 24 years old, and mother of two beautiful little boys and expecting my third child in July. I’ve been married to the love of my life since December 30th, 2005. I come from a small rural Minnesota town; population when I lived there was roughly 600. No stop lights, “heavy” traffic was 4 pickup trucks behind a tractor going down the main stretch. The kind of town where everyone knows everyone and everyTHING about everyone (even if they really don’t). I have a twin brother and two younger siblings that mean the world to me. I come from a dysfunctional family, but I’d like to think most people come from dysfunctional families but it’s what they make out of it as to who they become in life. That was the common ground Megan and I had when we met in school. We were both the mother figures to our siblings and forced to grow up before our time and came from dysfunctional families. We had many deep conversations for 14-15year olds around the lunch table! I graduated in the spring of 2006 and moved over 1,000 miles from home to be with my husband who had joined the Army and was coming back from first deployment.
If I had to shrink a description of myself down I would say: I’m a young mom who learns as she goes, the daughter of an alcoholic, a strong independent woman, intelligent, someone who has overcome her upbringing, a pro-extended breastfeeding, cloth diapering, non-circumcising, PROUD Army Wife.
I am pretty open about myself and my life and the things I have overcome to become the person I am today. I cannot wait to share with all of you and learn from each other!