• #fridayfeeling This week = Driving, dropoff, pickup, eating in the car, driving, dropoff, pickup, drinking in the car, driving dropoff pickup. [REPEAT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND THEN MULTIPLY.] All in my aviators and old lady pin-up hair. This morning my sister and I concluded: “This is just what it is now [with kids].”🤯 And tomorrow? Even more ‘more’ — big huge family event. Holy Mother. 🙌 (But it’ll be FUN!)💯 Cheers to the freakin’ weekend. 💋🥂🍷🍻 #thefabmom
    #fridayfeeling This week = Driving, dropoff, pickup, eating in the car, driving, dropoff, pickup, drinking in the car, driving dropoff pickup. [REPEAT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND THEN MULTIPLY.] All in my aviators and old lady pin-up hair. This morning my sister and I concluded: “This is just what it is now [with kids].”🤯 And tomorrow? Even more ‘more’ — big huge family event. Holy Mother. 🙌 (But it’ll be FUN!)💯 Cheers to the freakin’ weekend. 💋🥂🍷🍻 #thefabmom
  • #tbt #fbf A bit faded but not gone, my pretties.💛 This week found @leynanguyentv & me pushing our luck talking good smack about what-the-heck-is-wrong-and-right-with-raising-kids these days... 😮🤭🤬😩❤️ Not on TV (like we used to every week) but on HER NEW PODCAST. Teaser: I have no patience or empathy for anyone who is {inadvertently} raising jerks. #sorrynotsorry We also had mushy convos about how much of a gift it is to be home with kids more and working less when the ebbs+valleys of a career in news/showbiz hit. 🎁💯 Lotsa stuff. #comingsoon Do the poinsettias give you premature holiday anxiety??🌺(A shot from last year on set...)😝 #thefabmom
    #tbt #fbf A bit faded but not gone, my pretties.💛 This week found @leynanguyentv & me pushing our luck talking good smack about what-the-heck-is-wrong-and-right-with-raising-kids these days... 😮🤭🤬😩❤️ Not on TV (like we used to every week) but on HER NEW PODCAST. Teaser: I have no patience or empathy for anyone who is {inadvertently} raising jerks. #sorrynotsorry We also had mushy convos about how much of a gift it is to be home with kids more and working less when the ebbs+valleys of a career in news/showbiz hit. 🎁💯 Lotsa stuff. #comingsoon Do the poinsettias give you premature holiday anxiety??🌺(A shot from last year on set...)😝 #thefabmom
  • #WisdomWednesday Sharing family roots with our kids is a fabulous thing. ☀️🍇☀️🍇☀️ (Yes, this is how raisins are made, girls.) Born and raised in Central #Cali, this scene was such a constant view in my comings-and-goings as a kid/teen thanks to my grandparents’ livelihood {harvest season happening now, btw}. It wasn’t until our most recent hometown visit when it hit me: MY GIRLS NEVER SEE THIS⁉️THEY CAN’T NOT SEE AND KNOW THIS⁉️ So I drove us into the dirt, got everyone all dusty and showed them up now it’s done up close. They then screamed, “So your Grandpa invented raisins?!” Well. No. But kinda.😜 (I guess he sort of did...) Do your kids get big kicks from your family history? #thefabmom
    #WisdomWednesday Sharing family roots with our kids is a fabulous thing. ☀️🍇☀️🍇☀️ (Yes, this is how raisins are made, girls.) Born and raised in Central #Cali, this scene was such a constant view in my comings-and-goings as a kid/teen thanks to my grandparents’ livelihood {harvest season happening now, btw}. It wasn’t until our most recent hometown visit when it hit me: MY GIRLS NEVER SEE THIS⁉️THEY CAN’T NOT SEE AND KNOW THIS⁉️ So I drove us into the dirt, got everyone all dusty and showed them up now it’s done up close. They then screamed, “So your Grandpa invented raisins?!” Well. No. But kinda.😜 (I guess he sort of did...) Do your kids get big kicks from your family history? #thefabmom
  • #MondayMotivation #giveaway! A sweet care package for soon-to-be first-time moms: 💕My #book: To boost confidence+choices (to get focused and feel fabulous before sleepless nights semi-wreck you for a while). 💕My fave @shopcoobie one-size-fits-most bralette (that I actually sleep in, it’s so comfy....) 💕Famous @bellybandit #dontsweatit ‘bralette-happy helpers’ (ha!) to stay cool & sweat-free no matter how hot you might get, mama. Tag an expecting mama and drop your due date below to enter — whoever comes closest to my book’s ‘birthday’ wins. Entries close 9/21/18, 11:59PST. 👶🏼OH! BUT THERE’S MORE!👶🏼 The BIG #BellyBandit luxury #Babymoon giveaway for a pampering pre-delivery trip to LA is open for entry, baby. Enter to win a fancy hotel stay @langhampasadena, all sorts of chic swag (clothes & accessories!) from @apeainthepodmaternity @jujube_intl @tinytags @chatbooks @havenlifeinsurance @bellybandit & more... thanks to @pnmag & @momdotme. Enter to win this before-baby bliss by clicking #linkinbio... Both contests not associated with Instagram and limited to continental U.S. only — more details about Babymoon in #linkinprofile.💋 #partner #thefabmom
    #MondayMotivation #giveaway! A sweet care package for soon-to-be first-time moms: 💕My #book: To boost confidence+choices (to get focused and feel fabulous before sleepless nights semi-wreck you for a while). 💕My fave @shopcoobie one-size-fits-most bralette (that I actually sleep in, it’s so comfy....) 💕Famous @bellybandit #dontsweatit ‘bralette-happy helpers’ (ha!) to stay cool & sweat-free no matter how hot you might get, mama. Tag an expecting mama and drop your due date below to enter — whoever comes closest to my book’s ‘birthday’ wins. Entries close 9/21/18, 11:59PST. 👶🏼OH! BUT THERE’S MORE!👶🏼 The BIG #BellyBandit luxury #Babymoon giveaway for a pampering pre-delivery trip to LA is open for entry, baby. Enter to win a fancy hotel stay @langhampasadena, all sorts of chic swag (clothes & accessories!) from @apeainthepodmaternity @jujube_intl @tinytags @chatbooks @havenlifeinsurance @bellybandit & more... thanks to @pnmag & @momdotme. Enter to win this before-baby bliss by clicking #linkinbio... Both contests not associated with Instagram and limited to continental U.S. only — more details about Babymoon in #linkinprofile.💋 #partner #thefabmom
  • #flashbackfriday EXACTLY 8 years ago (like, the same day this pic was taken). She was my first baby and 2 weeks before my due date I panicked about not having any #pregnancy pics... so I bullied hubs @drpanossian to snap something in our living room with his fancy camera he uses for before/afters. Little did I know this tiny lady would reinvent my career and also make me an author for a first-time pregnancy book (baby-bumpin’, staying focused, bouncing back). #linkinbio Time does FLY. Cheers to unexpected shifts... #thefabmom
    #flashbackfriday EXACTLY 8 years ago (like, the same day this pic was taken). She was my first baby and 2 weeks before my due date I panicked about not having any #pregnancy pics... so I bullied hubs @drpanossian to snap something in our living room with his fancy camera he uses for before/afters. Little did I know this tiny lady would reinvent my career and also make me an author for a first-time pregnancy book (baby-bumpin’, staying focused, bouncing back). #linkinbio Time does FLY. Cheers to unexpected shifts... #thefabmom
  • #wednesdaywisdom Lately I’ve been reading snips of my own book. ⁉️ DON’T ASK. 😝 On first time #motherhood (page 213): “I’m not suggesting any of us try to seek satisfaction from the past, but actively reminding ourselves what we’ve strived for, what we’ve learned, things we’ve done and relationships we’ve had can make us feel reinvented, well-rounded, accomplished and happy. Realizing you’ve evolved is beyond valuable — especially when new motherhood can freakishly make us doubt our identity. Hang that miniskirt you could never bear to part with in the front of your closet, just to look at it for kicks. Print out and tape an old resume or diploma to your fridge for a week, just to see it and think “Hey that chick is fierce.” Send a former boss or colleague an email to say hi and then take note of the positive surge that comes over you if/when he or she writes back. {Yes, I did all these things in my new mom days...} You might soon shockingly find yourself feeling a bit more productive, satisfied and motivated as a mother.... 💕The FAB Mom’s Guide: How to Get Over the Bump & Bounce Back Fast After Baby. (For first time pregnancy & brand new motherhood. By: ME!) 💕 Available @amazon @barnesandnoble #linkinbio #thefabmom
    #wednesdaywisdom Lately I’ve been reading snips of my own book. ⁉️ DON’T ASK. 😝 On first time #motherhood (page 213): “I’m not suggesting any of us try to seek satisfaction from the past, but actively reminding ourselves what we’ve strived for, what we’ve learned, things we’ve done and relationships we’ve had can make us feel reinvented, well-rounded, accomplished and happy. Realizing you’ve evolved is beyond valuable — especially when new motherhood can freakishly make us doubt our identity. Hang that miniskirt you could never bear to part with in the front of your closet, just to look at it for kicks. Print out and tape an old resume or diploma to your fridge for a week, just to see it and think “Hey that chick is fierce.” Send a former boss or colleague an email to say hi and then take note of the positive surge that comes over you if/when he or she writes back. {Yes, I did all these things in my new mom days...} You might soon shockingly find yourself feeling a bit more productive, satisfied and motivated as a mother.... 💕The FAB Mom’s Guide: How to Get Over the Bump & Bounce Back Fast After Baby. (For first time pregnancy & brand new motherhood. By: ME!) 💕 Available @amazon @barnesandnoble #linkinbio #thefabmom
  • #NeverForget WE HAVEN’T & WE WON’T.🇺🇸 Yesterday my girls and I were running errands and we walked past two police officers standing outside a coffee place. “Those are police officers!” they loud-whispered/giggled to each other. “Do you want to go thank them for all they do for our community and country?” I asked. They looked at each other all giddy and said “Ok.” So we walked back and they stood their little bodies right in front of them, looked up at their faces and said “Thank you for all that you do...” The officers smiled and said “Oh thank you very much...” And then I reminded my girls of how “September 11” would roll around again today (and what it is — “when a group of terrible people attacked America in New York City”) and how all the police officers, firefighters, doctors and so many regular folks in the area were so scared but ran to help everyone who needed it because we are Americans who love our country, strong and thankful to be FREE. For everyone who serves and protects us through terrifying danger and for victims who have lost their lives in the most tragic of circumstances before/during/after 9/11, we SALUTE & REMEMBER you every day with our flag at our front door, year round. ❤️ God Bless our USA.🙏#thefabmom
    #NeverForget WE HAVEN’T & WE WON’T.🇺🇸 Yesterday my girls and I were running errands and we walked past two police officers standing outside a coffee place. “Those are police officers!” they loud-whispered/giggled to each other. “Do you want to go thank them for all they do for our community and country?” I asked. They looked at each other all giddy and said “Ok.” So we walked back and they stood their little bodies right in front of them, looked up at their faces and said “Thank you for all that you do...” The officers smiled and said “Oh thank you very much...” And then I reminded my girls of how “September 11” would roll around again today (and what it is — “when a group of terrible people attacked America in New York City”) and how all the police officers, firefighters, doctors and so many regular folks in the area were so scared but ran to help everyone who needed it because we are Americans who love our country, strong and thankful to be FREE. For everyone who serves and protects us through terrifying danger and for victims who have lost their lives in the most tragic of circumstances before/during/after 9/11, we SALUTE & REMEMBER you every day with our flag at our front door, year round. ❤️ God Bless our USA.🙏#thefabmom
  • #mondaymotivation Today = A Very WEIRD Example of “I Can Only Control My Own Actions (and Reactions)...” ⁉️⁉️⁉️🤔🤬 Because, just like I tell my daughters: “You’ll get into much less trouble if you just stay HONEST.” So here’s a #selfie to stay in the light.☀️ {AND YES, I was safely parked with the car OFF during the snapping of this photo...}💯 So how was your #Monday? Here’s hoping it wasn’t as wacked-out as mine. #thefabmom
    #mondaymotivation Today = A Very WEIRD Example of “I Can Only Control My Own Actions (and Reactions)...” ⁉️⁉️⁉️🤔🤬 Because, just like I tell my daughters: “You’ll get into much less trouble if you just stay HONEST.” So here’s a #selfie to stay in the light.☀️ {AND YES, I was safely parked with the car OFF during the snapping of this photo...}💯 So how was your #Monday? Here’s hoping it wasn’t as wacked-out as mine. #thefabmom