Life after loss with one teenager, two surviving triplets and a rainbow baby
Motherhood is… frosting 24 cupcakes at midnight, getting up at 1 am to feed the baby and waking up with a bed full of little people by 5 relenting to socks with sandals, mismatched gloves, sunglasses and an inside out shirt with Barbie jewelry, on picture day telling the kids to stop licking the bowl while swallowing a mouth full of cookie dough watching two episodes of Mike the Knight and a Dora rerun before you realize you’re the only {Read More}
The winner of the necklace is commenter #23. Congratulations Ellen! Some people are really good with jewelry. They can layer pieces and find mismatched necklaces that compliment each other and stack up bracelets to accent any outfit. Those people are not me. I need pointed in the right direction, told what to chose and possibly some help remembering to put in the other earring after getting distracted putting in the first. My issue with jewelry-finding is exactly why I love {Read More}
The winner is commenter #50, Mandy! I am a perfect window shopper. I find all kinds of pretty things but when it comes to actually buying them I’m not so good at that part because I hate spending money. Of course this is why Pinterest is perfect for me. When Pinterest and I started our long-term relationship one of the first things I pinned was this purse. Source: etsy.com via Jessica on Pinterest I thought about it often, the {Read More}
While at Blogher this summer I had the chance to meet all kinds of bloggers who I had chatted with online for years. I also had the chance to chat with bloggers in person who I had never talked to via the internet. I met one such blogger and the beginning of our conversation went a little like this: “Hi, I’m Jessica.” “Hi, I’m Jen. What’s the name of your blog?” “Four plus an angel, what’s the name of yours?” {Read More}
My kids love to look at pictures of themselves and since we have a total of close to zero photos printed out and in albums, we are constantly in negotiations for my beloved laptop. I recently discovered the perfect solution to the “they steal the laptop, I bribe them to get it back” dilemma. It’s these cute books called “Find Me If You Can!” The fabulous creators will take a photo of your child and place it on every page {Read More}
I have a procrastination problem, especially when it comes to Christmas cards. But last year changed it all, because I received some fabulous cards from some fabulous friends and they all came from the same site. So when I was finally mailing out my cards, which hopefully arrived by Easter, I vowed to get my act together this year. I swore to my snowman hand towels that never returned to storage, I would order from Minted.com like all my organized, {Read More}
I try to feed my kids healthy foods. I also avoid taking all of them to stores and restaurants like the plague. My husband’s hours are long so sometimes this leaves us with nothing but the dreaded drive thru on busy days. Since ordering water would label me as the uncoolest mom to ever drive a minivan I usually compromise with juice. I was given the opportunity to try out Juicy Juice Fruitifuls and decided to swap them out for our typical {Read More}
My little McKenna is such an old soul. The older she gets the more it is clear she understands things that can’t quite be put into four year-old words. She often says things that make me want to freeze the moment, etch her words in my mind and search for a frame exquisite enough to come close to what came out of her little heart-shaped lips. The other night while laying with her before bed she was twirling glow sticks, {Read More}
Congratulations to commentor #120 Rosanne, you have won this giveaway! Let’s discuss a few facts: 1. I have three young children at home. 2. They are young yet not young enough to nap daily. 3. I’m a bit of a germaphobe. 4. Indoor play places are similar to letting any entire preschool class sneeze in the face of your child. 5. Only one of these three young children goes to school. 6. Preschools run on the by the time I {Read More}
I'm Jessica, 30-something mom to five, four in my arms and one in my heart.
On any given day you will find me taxi-ing a teenager, mopping up our latest "art project" and trying to remember when I turned the crock pot on… all the while, looking for the closest Starbucks drive thru. more
