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crib sheet (jump off jo) / milestone card (jump off jo)

Brooklyn always remember that as you grow, so does my love for you ❤️ Cherishing every morning I get to wake up to a sweet baby in my home.

My greatest joy in life has been having a baby in my home.

I remember when we moved a couple of years ago, the hardest part was leaving the home where I brought 3 of my kids home to. As soon as we moved into our current home I knew I wanted to bring one more baby home into this house.

It was like the first time all over again as we got to decorate my sweet babies nursery. We went with the Jump Off Jo crib sheet because of the innocence and beauty of the artwork on it. I have been super impressed with the quality and love how there has been no bleeding of colors when the deep rich colors against the bright white are washed together. After months and moths of wear, it still looks brand new.

Something else we did with our last baby, compared to our first three babies, we took milestone pictures every month using the Jump Off Jo crib sheet has a backdrop and the Jump Off Jo milestone cards.

The milestone Cards are double-sided and enhance the milestones of your precious growing baby.

We have received so many compliments on how cute Brooklyn’s nursery is thanks to Jump Off Jo. As adorable as his crib looks now with his smiling in it, it even looks cuter when sweet Brooklyn is snoozing in it!

So glad we got these sheets, I even bought two different designs to alternate during washing because I couldn’t resist 😍

Playtex® Simply Gentle Glide™

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This post was sponsored by Playtex® Simply Gentle Glide™. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

 I know guacamole is extra, but so am I!

Don’t get me wrong, my burritos and my attitude can be “over the top” at times, or my blog/instagram pictures as a matter of fact. LOL sometimes you just got to laugh at yourself. Like me trying to take these photos in a suit too small (or is this the cut to show this much hip cleavage? I really don’t know these days) all while on bended knee when I have half a dozen stitches in my knee. You get the picture.

But some things should never be extra, like the ingredients in your tampon. In a world of extra, when it comes to tampons, you want a product that has the things you need – comfort, protection, and none of the “extra” bells and whistles you don’t!   Playtex® Simply Gentle Glide™ is a BPA free tampon that’s free from colors and dyes, so you can keep it simple. It’s made with purified fibers washed up to 5 times, and weaved together to form an absorbent core. Every ingredient used in Playtex® Simply Gentle Glide™ tampons is rigorously evaluated to provide reliable protection that you can trust to be gentle and safe for your body.  With 360º Protection™ that shapes to your body for just the right fit, you get simply the gentle protection you need without the extra!

How I keep my sanity day in & day out mothering 4 children, 6 and under, is by simplifying ALL things, feminine hygiene products included. No tricks, no gimmicks just the necessities.

Having 4 back to back pregnancies, I wasn’t getting my period. Pregnant for 9 months + a year or two of nursing per child, and then getting pregnant again while breastfeeding. Learn from me breastfeeding is not a contraceptive. A period delayer but not a contraceptive. Anyways, fast forward 7 years and here I am, still nursing my baby at 16 months and guess who decided to start knocking on my door.

YUP! I have recently restarted getting visits from my monthly “visitor”. I got my first little visitor at a complete surprise to me. Like I said, I usually just jump right into a new pregnancy while I am still breastfeeding, no menstruating.

So there I was at Kroger like a kid in the ice cream parlor trying to choose between 31 flavors. I couldn’t believe what I was choosing between, and I was shocked by all the new variety of tampons that had been developed and discovered since the last time I needed to use and purchase them. I kept asking myself where is the simple tampon that does its job and does it well. I need those ones. And then I found them.  I went with Playtex® Simply Gentle Glide™ Tampons. Seemed pretty straight forward to me, it had me with simple, since I am drawn to all things simple these days.

Playtex® Simply Gentle Glide™ was the simple choice and at such a great value. While you are thinking about cutting out those extras in your life, checkout this hilarious video starring D’Arcy Carden. When you are done, head to your nearest Kroger store and pick up a package of Playtex® Simply Gentle Glide™ tampons. To get an even greater value on your own box, you can find a coupon here!

https://youtu.be/vsS3pQ9S1og

Happy Labor Day Weekend

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 sweater (nordstrom) / white jeans (nordstrom) / suitcase (tumi)

Wearing white jeans one last weekend until Memorial Day, or is that rule even still a thing?

What’s everyone up to on this long fun weekend? Are we traveling, shopping, east coast readers I know you’re all getting ready to head back to school next week, so good luck and lets all enjoy our last summer weekend!

I just got done doing a little bit shopping myself.

This fall I am going to finally finish updating my home. Last fall/winter we finshed our basement and the fall before we remodeled my kitchen updated my master and painted my home. Baby steps, but my goal is for next year to be all finished.

I saved big on the Labor Day sales. I found myself some new bedding at Anthropolgie, new lighting at Joss and Main and I need to make some decisions on new bedding for Briton and Brooklyns new room, Im thinking Pottery Barn Kids at their buy more save more event.

If you are in the market to refresh your wardrobe with some amazing pieces, I recommend Neiman Marcus. They are having a great sale right now where you spend $400 and save $100.

I personally shop Neiman Marcus for my wardrobe staples because of their great sales like this.

These are my Neiman Marcus staples and musts I score on sales like these. Plus, since I don’t have a Neiman Marcus in my state I don’t have to pay sales tax. win-win!

Stuart Weitzerman Boots

Rag & Bone Booties

Rag & Bone Jeans

Burberry Trench

Tory Burch Sandals

Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation, bronze goddess is also amazing bronzer by Estee Lauder

Tumi Luggage

APL Sneakers (love the vintage rose, ice blue, and leopard)

7 going on 13

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 Started Hudson real birthday waking up early and biking as a family to the donut shop. We then went to his school and passed out donuts and sang happy birthday with his schoolmates.

All Hudson wanted to do for is birthday dinner was for the three of us (Dad, Mom & Hudson) to go on a date. Sushi, joke book, and yup his first PG-13 movie!!!

He was so excited to see Ant Man. I definitely loved spending one on one time with just my little Hudson.

I still remember my first PG-13, it was when I was 8 my family checked me out of school and we all went to Jurassic Park, the first. I hope Hudson always remembers last night and knows how much his parents love him.

*Bad Joke Explained

Today I mentioned  “if I didn’t run a blog I’d run a day care. With the caution to parents to enter at their own risk, & Im not responsible for lost shoes and/or children.”

First off the daycare idea came from workers who were at my house. They told me they wish I could raise their children instead of sending them to daycare because then their children would have siblings and they could run around outdoors with us.

The second concept about the warning came from Hudsons bday party. I had so many little 1st graders running all over my home and yard, and when their parents came to pick them up and asked me where their children and their shoes were ? I then joked how my yard is like an Easter Egg hunt of children and shoes. Then my friend came up with the genius idea that we should make an etsy sign that says:

Enter at your own risk

Not responsible for lost shoes or children

I shared this concept on my IG stories when I saw Brooklyn running in the fields today in nothing but a diaper.

I am completely outnumbered with these children and there is nothing I can do about it except sit back and laugh at the stage of life I am in.

Kindy – K For Holly Pocket

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pink jumper (target) / turtle neck stripe top (target)

hollands dress (zara) / hollands backpack (pottery barn kids) / hollands lunch box (pottery barn kids) / sparkly light up shoes (skechers twinkle toes)

boys camo sweat pants (jcrew factory) / camo jackets (jcrew factory)

Hollands first day of KINDERGARTEN!!!!!

She was so excited and nervous. I am so excited for her, she has a darling little class and an adorable teacher!

She is really excited about taking the school bus this year. Today she was so excited she hoped on without me knowing. As I was sitting there in the pickup line I had two parents call me and say Holland had hoped on the bus.

I ran out of my car and got her off because the bus ride home is 35 mins long. Since tomorrow is Hudsons official birthday I needed to run errands without him while he was still at school, otherwise I would have let her take the bus home.

Maybe someday this week she’ll get to, well have to see.

Empty Nester

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dress (asos, runs small!) / shoes (ann taylor, similar)

For years I’ve floated through church as the “new baby mom” and “the lady who volunteers + eats all the snacks in the nursery” .
But, today I accepted a new calling bc pretty soon I’ll have no more babies to wrestle in the hallways and both my babies will officially be in the nursery.

Am I ready for this new stage of life, or should I just have another bird baby 🙂

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