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My Mom-Mobile Setup with Chicco

I recently posted a photo on Instagram of all three girls on the way to school dropoff, and I received a lot of questions about which model of car I was driving, our car seat setup and which brand of car seats I used for each of the girls. I thought it would be helpful to share how I tote everyone around, but before I begin, I want to disclose that this is a sponsored blog post. I also want to share that I first reached out to Chicco (versus them to me) and that we’ve used Chicco car seats for the past five years. I am very loyal to this brand and have never experienced any issues or had any concerns with our girls’ car seats. I’m honored to work with them to bring you this post. As always, thank you for supporting the brands we absolutely love!

When I was pregnant with Emilia, I began to worry about how I would load both girls into the car (Isla was a very active 2.5 year old when her sister was born). I kept asking myself: “Who gets put in first: the baby or the toddler?”

Then, when I was pregnant with Georgie, I had all the concerns about all things car related: How will we fit in my crossover SUV? Who do I load first? Do I trust Isla to buckle herself if I can’t see what she’s doing in a third row? Will Emilia forever complain about being in the car? Ha.


Fortunately, the transition to three kids in the car has gone smoothly for the most part, with a car ride here and there that was less than ideal (the crying kid trigger effect!). The four questions I’ve received most often about our car configuration are listed below!

Happy Fifth Birthday, Isla Milijana!

Five years ago today, our sweet Isla was born. Time has truly flown by. It feels like yesterday, I was holding her for the first time at the hospital. And just then, I blinked and she was one. Soon after, she turned two, then it was three, and last year, she became our big four year old.

Sasha and I always talk about how proud we are of this not-so-little girl of ours. She constantly worries about others’ feelings and their happiness. Yesterday, she asked if she could have a piece of gum (her favorite special treat!), and asked if I wanted a piece too. I said “Yes,” but when she went to the pantry, there was only one piece left. I told her she could have it to herself, but she refused and bit it into two pieces. It’s a silly anecdote, but it’s a very real representation of how she is always thinking of others.

Week(s) In Review

It’s only mid-May, but I can easily say that 2019 has been one of my favorite years ever. I just looked back at all of the other photo posts this year, and these pictures bring back the best memories. I think a large part of that is related to being done with the house designing, building and decorating process. The only thing I have left to do is get our curtains installed, which we’ll do when we get back from Colorado. It’s such a big relief to have closed that long chapter in our lives. After all, we bought the lot to tear down in the summer of 2016!

The past month – it’s been that long since a review post! – has been filled with Easter celebrations, lots of baby snuggles (from all family members), Milly’s birthday party, a trip to OKC to celebrate Kirby’s 30th birthday, end of school year parties and graduation, tons of swimming in our pool, Donuts with Dad, dance recitals, doing BBG workouts with Monica, finding Belle a new family with Meredith, Trent and Piper, and celebrating the engagement of one of my best best friends. In review: lots to be happy about.

I’ll let the photos do the talking. Here are a few (or 300…) of my favorite photos from the past month. Believe it or not, I did some serious cutting down of the pictures in this gallery! Ha. They are in chronological order and Georgie looks so much bigger today than she did in the first photos. Time. Is. Flying!

Georgie at Three Months

Alternative title: “Georgie at one, two and three months because she is my third child and no timely updates should ever be expected ever again.”

Besides being very late in doing a monthly blog post – not that I think any reader was sitting at the edge of their seat waiting for it, more for my own guilt! – I feel like Miss Georgie Girl has fit into our life like a perfect puzzle piece and we’re now in our groove of life with three.

Being a family of five is my favorite thing ever. Georgie is one smiley, talkative, giggly little love, and we’re so blessed by her. The first three months don’t even necessarily have milestones, per se, other than “spit up on my shoulder 1,310 times this month” or “went through a record breaking 15 diapers in one day!” But this past month, she started to laugh, was consistently smiley – especially when I get her in the morning – and has started to enjoy tummy time. We’re following the Moms on Call schedule as much as we can with her older sisters’ schedule, and she’s doing well. She typically eats early 3 hours, starting around 5-6am with a final feed around 8pm. We’re working to stretch that out just a bittttt further, but I am not anxious to get rid of that early morning feed just yet. I love getting to start my day with a sweet snuggle. She had a lonnnnng period of “witching hours” from 8-11pm, and I’m so glad that is over (lasted almost 6 weeks!). She eats so quickly – much faster than her big sisters (normally 5-10 minutes max vs. Isla’s 45 minutes!). She absolutely loves when she sing to her, but is consistently put to sleep while listening to Hillsong during the day. Her Achilles Heel is definitely the car seat. She is not a huge fan, but if I can get her to take the pacifier, we’re normally good to go.

I weighed her at Ivana’s house on Friday, and she was just under 12 pounds (7 ounces less than her little body-building cousin, Stefan!). Her head is average sized, which means she is definitely not Sasha’s child, ha! We absolutely adore her to pieces.

She’s going to go from never being on an airplane to taking four flights within 72 hours next week, as we’re flying to Oklahoma City for 30 hour trip then back to Houston, then to Durango. So prayers for uneventful travel much appreciated!

Week(s) in Review

It has been a hot minute since my last ‘Week in Review!’ Over a month, actually. I’ve actually stayed on top of photo editing but I’ve been struggling with the new blog interface (I used WordPress) and getting the photo sizes to be consistent without a ton of manual tweaking. I *think* I finally got it down, so hopefully I’ll be posting more regularly again soon. So, in the last month, Georgie has grown like a weed – all smiles now and pretty much want to eat her up regularly. I have a new nephew – Stefan Paul Hetz – who is tiny and the most handsome little man. The girls had a Rodeo Day at their school, we’ve been on a few park dates, hosted a ton of family dinners and friend play dates, eaten a ton of popsicles in the backyard, frolicked in the bluebonnets, enjoyed some spring-time weather, and lots of days indoors too. Life has been a bit crazy with Sasha gone (6 work trips in 8 weeks, yikes), but we’re adjusting to the crazy, laughing all the way and that’s all that matters. And now, for 200+ photos (not kidding!) from the past five weeks…