April In The Burbs

One of the biggest things for me is finding quality organic baby care products, this is where Little Roseberry comes in!  Little Roseberry is a natural line of personal care products for babies and kids. There are absolutely no hidden ingredients in their products, which makes it a easy choice for the daily care of my babies!  Want to win a set of your own Little Roseberry Berry Shiny Hair & Body Wash and Hair Detangler to try out on your little one? Here's how to enter:  1. Follow @RoseberryBrand and @TheTattooedType on Twitter and Retweet the giveaway tweet.  For an additional entry, sign up for the Little Roseberry newsletter, which is located at the bottom of their home page.  That's it! Two ways to enter, so be sure and do both to double your chances to win!  Winner will be randomly selected and announced via Twitter on 12/7/14. US residents only please. Products were supplied by Little Roseberry for review and giveaway. All photos and opinion...

It's so important to us as a family to purchase and support businesses that are 100% cruelty free, because we love our pets and wildlife. It's also important to myself as a mom that our home uses as few harmful chemicals as possible, which makes me so happy that I can count on Made from Earth as my go-to place for shampoos, conditioners, body wash, and vitamin c moisturizers, among other things.  I've recently started using their Tea Tree & Protien Herbal Shampoo , and I must say that it's pretty much like nothing I've ever used before. I really love that it's for all hair types, meaning my husband and myself can both use it and get the same fantastic results. The plant based ingredients leave my hair super clean without drying out my scalp, and I have to also admit that I really love the Tea Tree and Herbal scent left behind after my shower. That wonderful scent gently reminds me that I'll be squeaky all day! I'm also currently using the Peppermin...

Clean laundry & tiny reminders. Can't wait to start finding Dottie's toys in random places. So ready for her to be home. The holidays will be so sad without her home this year, but Nana and I went shopping yesterday and picked up a tiny tree and Christmas decorations for her NICU room.   

Last weekend we said goodbye to my Granny Reel. At 82 years young, surrounded by her two kids and myself, she passed away peacefully and comfortably in her hospital bed.  While it's certainly never easy to say goodbye to a loved one, she has six great grandkids and her memory will certainly live on.  She had a beautiful memorial service, with plenty of stories that made us all laugh, which was specially what she said she always wanted.  There were lots of lovely yellow flowers, which was her favorite color, and tons of plotted plants sent by friends and family.  Fannie Mae Reel will be sorely missed, along with her with her fantastic sense of humor.   

The Libman Company , the makers of the Freedom Spray Mop, asked me to show you all my messiest room. They have challenged me to take a before picture of the room, use their products to clean, and share the results.  Libman made it clear that they want to see what the room really looks like behind-the-scenes, no staging here folks! So I present to you what our bathroom looks like on a typical weekday morning. As you can see, we have clothes flowing out of the hamper, towels not put up neatly, the toilet paper roll ever so elegantly not where it belongs on the dispenser, and husband/toddler/dog hair all over the bathroom floor (which unfortunately you can't see but trust me is there.)  Having a 19-month-old toddler and a baby in the NICU, most my time I have to admit, is not spent cleaning. It's typically spent on feeding babies, bedtime stories, brushing teeth and nighty night time.   What I really love about the Libmen Freedom Spray Mop, is that it is easy to use, it come...