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Those First Special Moments I Can’t Wait to Share With My New Baby
I feel like I have been waiting for this baby forever! For the past 3+ years we have been trying to have our 5th child. I have had 2 horrible miscarriages that resulted in D&C surgeries, postpartum depression and underwent a series of blood work and fertility treatment to try and conceive our new coming sweet baby boy. After all of that I ended up getting hurt at work and had to undergo a major elbow surgery, supposedly making it nearly impossible for us to try and conceive. Well God had other plans and without the use of any of the treatments or even trying, we conceived a special miracle…
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Getting into a Back To School Routine with Nature Made®
This post was sponsored by Nature Made® as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. Now that we are getting back in full swing with our back to school routine, one of our most important morning rituals is taking multivitamins and vitamin C. With four kids in the house (and momma expecting #5) it’s important we keep the kids as healthy as possible and keep those germs away! We started with heading to Target to pick up some of my kids new favorite multivitamins, Nature Made® KIDS FIRST® Multivitamin Gummies! The kids were really excited when they were able to pick out their new gummies at Target. Shopping at Target…
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Giving Your Baby The Best With WaterWipes
This post was sponsored by WaterWipes as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review. As a mom expecting baby #5, you would think I would have it all down. Know exactly what I want to do, how to do it….what to expect when the baby gets here…but let me tell you, it doesn’t matter if you are expecting baby #1 or baby #5, as an expecting mother you are always looking for the best for your coming baby. From my experience with each and everyone of my babies I have gone through an entire process of deciding if we would do…
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The New TAZO® Chai Latte K-Cup® Pods Provide Divine Experience
This post was sponsored by Starbucks as part of an Influencer Activation. I received compensation and complimentary products to facilitate my review. TAZO® Chai Lattes have always been one of my most favorite drinks. I drink it year round. In the summer I enjoy it iced or blended and in the Fall I love to drink it hot with splash of Eggnog. Well now I can enjoy my TAZO® Chai Latte even more often at my leisure by using the new TAZO® Chai Latte K-Cup® Pods, made specifically for my Keurig machine. The New TAZO® Chai Latte K-Cup® Pods are a delicious creamy blend of black tea, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and vanilla flavor.…
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The Importance of Building Your Child’s Confidence in the Water
This post was sponsored by SwimWays as part of an Activation for Influence Central. I received products to facilitate my review. Summer is nearly here! YAY! With four kids at home this means we will be spending a good amount of time in the pool keeping cool during the insanely HOT humid Kansas summer days. As many of you may know I am a competitive gymnastics coach, but what you may not know about me is that I teach beginner swimming lessons in the summers. I love knowing I am teaching kids how to swim and be safe in a pool. For years I have used SwimWays products to help…
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How I Plan on Getting My Energy Up in 2016
This post was sponsored by Nature Made® as a part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. For as long as I can remember I have always taken vitamins and lived a health conscientious lifestyle. I grew up with an amazing mom who was a wealth of knowledge about vitamins, supplements, essential oils and so much more. As a gymnast my mom gave me vitamins to help my body heal quicker from injuries, when I was sick she always knew the perfect combination of vitamins to help get through the illness as fast as possible and still to this day when something doesn’t feel quite right I know exactly who…
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Give Your Kids a Mental Break With Yo-Kai Watch
This post was sponsored by Nintendo as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received complimentary products to facilitate my review. It’s hard sometimes to put life into perspective, but think about this. Kids from age 6+ are in school using a great deal of mental focus for about 8 hours a day. After school many kids go out for competitive sports and again use a great deal of mental and physical energy. I sometimes have to think about this and put things into perspective. Sometimes kids need a mental break and Yo-kai Watch is a perfect outlet. Yo-kai Watch is a video game that is all a…
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Weleda Diaper Rash Cream – Parent Tested Parent Approved
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Weleda. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for my participation. If you are a mom you how hard it can be to pick out the perfect products for your baby. There are so many awesome products out there and everyone has their own opinions. As a mom of four I have definitely tried what seems like 100’s of different diaper rash creams. My kids are half Korean and with their ethnicity they hereditary sensitive skin. As a result we have learned the ultimate value in using organic and chemical…
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Family Traditions – It’s #HowWeFamily
I have received information from the makers of TYLENOL®. The opinions stated are my own. This is a sponsored post. Family games, gift exchanges, photographs, baking, singing….this is #HowWeFamily for the holidays. I love Christmas! I love everything about it! I love the meaning of Christmas, I love that we get to spend it together with our family, I love the food, the fun times and especially the laughter. Every year for the past several years my mom has taken the 3 day long road trip across country to visit us here in Kansas. My kids really look forward to this time with their grandparents. But to be honest I…
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Mom Tip: How to Run, Jump and Sneeze Without Peeing
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Depend. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for my participation. As many of you know, I am a mom of four, as well as a full time gymnastics coach. When you combine those two together – you are asking for trouble. Well bladder troubles that is. I love being a mom, but it is the 7 pregnancies I have had that have contributed to my need to cross my legs when I sneeze and worry when I jump or run. It is an ongoing joke in our gym that…
