• Because #sahmlife means sitting around eating chocolates all day? I WISH. #ad In real life, we're running + working + feeding + coordinating + trying to keep up our own health so we can do all the things. 💯 @mybitevitamins make the chocolate part real though. They taste like my fave candy bar with nougat+caramel+peanuts -- oh my. No artificial colors, flavors oradded preservatives. Gluten-free, Vegetarian and Kosher OU-D certified. Only 3 grams of sugar & 25 calories per serving (same as a gummy vitamin). AND: These babies are $3 off with the Target circle offer in the Target App. My only problem? A serving is ONE piece. (Super hard when a vitamin actually tastes this good....) 😝 If you wanna try, get in on my #giveaway: One lucky winner will win one 60-count bottle of MyBite Hers PLUS a $50 Target gift card! All you do is this: Follow @mybitevitamins on Instagram & Facebook. Like this post. Tag a friend. Drop your favorite thing to do during the holidays in the comments! Giveaway will end midnight (PST) on 12/11 and is not affiliated with Instagram. Good luck with enjoying just ONE. #HealthMadeHappy #thefabmom
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    Because #sahmlife means sitting around eating chocolates all day? I WISH. #ad In real life, we're running + working + feeding + coordinating + trying to keep up our own health so we can do all the things. 💯 @mybitevitamins make the chocolate part real though. They taste like my fave candy bar with nougat+caramel+peanuts -- oh my. No artificial colors, flavors oradded preservatives. Gluten-free, Vegetarian and Kosher OU-D certified. Only 3 grams of sugar & 25 calories per serving (same as a gummy vitamin). AND: These babies are $3 off with the Target circle offer in the Target App. My only problem? A serving is ONE piece. (Super hard when a vitamin actually tastes this good....) 😝 If you wanna try, get in on my #giveaway: One lucky winner will win one 60-count bottle of MyBite Hers PLUS a $50 Target gift card! All you do is this: Follow @mybitevitamins on Instagram & Facebook. Like this post. Tag a friend. Drop your favorite thing to do during the holidays in the comments! Giveaway will end midnight (PST) on 12/11 and is not affiliated with Instagram. Good luck with enjoying just ONE. #HealthMadeHappy #thefabmom
  • Thank you @westerndiocese for recognizing & honoring @panossianplasticsurgery last night... a beautiful #ChristmasBall celebrating good works, our #Armenian faith & this season of giving!
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    Thank you @westerndiocese for recognizing & honoring @panossianplasticsurgery last night... a beautiful #ChristmasBall celebrating good works, our #Armenian faith & this season of giving!
  • Don’t panic! Shopping is DONE! #ad Today was a JOY sharing my favorite holiday finds from @shopmontebello (to keep gift-giving reasonably organized!) and spilling secrets for making memories priceless. AND, BONUS: It was the first time the talented+accomplished+kind+fun @araksyakarapetyan and I got to be on-air, on the same show, TOGETHER. (The #Armenian community here in LA might have exploded...) Lots of fun in the full clip (including a blender that attempted to trip me up on live TV) #linkinbio👆 LOCALS: Check out all the #MontebelloMoments family fun this season: Gift wrapping to benefit Girl Scouts & YMCA, Pictures with Santa (kids AND pets!) through Dec 24, Breakfast with Santa on Sat Dec 14 to benefit Hearts of Compassion & Fighting Hunger Feeding Hope. ❤️ Who’s ready for Christmas? #thefabmom
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    Don’t panic! Shopping is DONE! #ad Today was a JOY sharing my favorite holiday finds from @shopmontebello (to keep gift-giving reasonably organized!) and spilling secrets for making memories priceless. AND, BONUS: It was the first time the talented+accomplished+kind+fun @araksyakarapetyan and I got to be on-air, on the same show, TOGETHER. (The #Armenian community here in LA might have exploded...) Lots of fun in the full clip (including a blender that attempted to trip me up on live TV) #linkinbio👆 LOCALS: Check out all the #MontebelloMoments family fun this season: Gift wrapping to benefit Girl Scouts & YMCA, Pictures with Santa (kids AND pets!) through Dec 24, Breakfast with Santa on Sat Dec 14 to benefit Hearts of Compassion & Fighting Hunger Feeding Hope. ❤️ Who’s ready for Christmas? #thefabmom
  • Just leave me alone. Is that rude? #ad 😜 Had an absolute ball exploring @promenadeatdowney — squeezing in a bit of me-time before the real holiday-crazy starts. 🤯 @movitajuicebar @gnc_downey brought me pep. @ultabeauty @europeanwax brought me pretty. Natural Nails brought me happy — #shopsmall, baby! And @lazydogrestaurants brought me my new favorite OMG-I-CAN’T-EVEN decadent delight — goat cheese smothered in green pepper jelly with garlic flatbread crackers. I ate the whole thing. (Yes, eating grown up food by myself, with no one asking me questions, is one of my longtime #selfcare JOYS.) Lotsa fun in #instastory. Don’t miss the big fun tree-lighting party happening this Saturday Dec 7, 1:30-5:30pm, with SNOW... totally FREE! #promenadeatdowney #linkinbio👆 Who’s overdue for some me-time? Get on it. #thefabmom
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    Just leave me alone. Is that rude? #ad 😜 Had an absolute ball exploring @promenadeatdowney — squeezing in a bit of me-time before the real holiday-crazy starts. 🤯 @movitajuicebar @gnc_downey brought me pep. @ultabeauty @europeanwax brought me pretty. Natural Nails brought me happy — #shopsmall, baby! And @lazydogrestaurants brought me my new favorite OMG-I-CAN’T-EVEN decadent delight — goat cheese smothered in green pepper jelly with garlic flatbread crackers. I ate the whole thing. (Yes, eating grown up food by myself, with no one asking me questions, is one of my longtime #selfcare JOYS.) Lotsa fun in #instastory. Don’t miss the big fun tree-lighting party happening this Saturday Dec 7, 1:30-5:30pm, with SNOW... totally FREE! #promenadeatdowney #linkinbio👆 Who’s overdue for some me-time? Get on it. #thefabmom
  • And just like that we’re up and running. Holler if #december1st is your day too... #TheFABMom
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    And just like that we’re up and running. Holler if #december1st is your day too... #TheFABMom
  • When weather screws over original plans... you count your blessings, throw it together and FEAST! #thefabmom
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    When weather screws over original plans... you count your blessings, throw it together and FEAST! #thefabmom
  • A lesson in counting blessings TODAY. Yesterday we planned to drive up to NorCal with my sister and her kids — something all of us have been so excited about. My hubs would drive up and meet us Thursday (his office+patients booked all day Wednesday). Big CA rain+snowstorm was on the way. Roads would likely be closed on Thursday. The chance of my husband not making it up to us felt wrong. I made a snap decision to stay home in LA. Hubs asked “why didn’t you go... I told you it was okay.” I kicked myself for making a choice I was torn about and cried like an idiot all day yesterday from disappointment. Since we were home this morning, I said yes to going into @cnn #HLN for commentary today. Took my girls with me (no school). I walked into makeup and learned that one of the young makeup artists who used to glam me back in the day had unexpectedly passed a few years ago. She had little kids. I didn’t know her well at all but cried for her family right there in the chair. And then I went on air and talked about a bunch of silly things like ganja in turkey gravy and the Grinch pranking kids. But I couldn’t get the makeup artist’s small kids out of my mind... another holiday season without their mommy. I replayed my own family’s loss that turned life into an unfamiliar direction these last few years. And I thought of many personal friends whose families have been turned upside down from recent loss. 🙏 BE THANKFUL for the NOW, I told myself. Even if plans get shot to hell and it ticks you off and makes you really sad. {Gratitude is not always easy.} Being here — whenever here may be this year for you — warrants gratefulness to God, no matter what. Wishing everyone a hopeful and happy Thanksgiving... appreciating the NOW. #thefabmom
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    A lesson in counting blessings TODAY. Yesterday we planned to drive up to NorCal with my sister and her kids — something all of us have been so excited about. My hubs would drive up and meet us Thursday (his office+patients booked all day Wednesday). Big CA rain+snowstorm was on the way. Roads would likely be closed on Thursday. The chance of my husband not making it up to us felt wrong. I made a snap decision to stay home in LA. Hubs asked “why didn’t you go... I told you it was okay.” I kicked myself for making a choice I was torn about and cried like an idiot all day yesterday from disappointment. Since we were home this morning, I said yes to going into @cnn #HLN for commentary today. Took my girls with me (no school). I walked into makeup and learned that one of the young makeup artists who used to glam me back in the day had unexpectedly passed a few years ago. She had little kids. I didn’t know her well at all but cried for her family right there in the chair. And then I went on air and talked about a bunch of silly things like ganja in turkey gravy and the Grinch pranking kids. But I couldn’t get the makeup artist’s small kids out of my mind... another holiday season without their mommy. I replayed my own family’s loss that turned life into an unfamiliar direction these last few years. And I thought of many personal friends whose families have been turned upside down from recent loss. 🙏 BE THANKFUL for the NOW, I told myself. Even if plans get shot to hell and it ticks you off and makes you really sad. {Gratitude is not always easy.} Being here — whenever here may be this year for you — warrants gratefulness to God, no matter what. Wishing everyone a hopeful and happy Thanksgiving... appreciating the NOW. #thefabmom
  • Great big gratitude for these people right here... #ad Thanks to @babycenter & @officiallittletikes, my sister and I kicked off the holidays with our daughters to check out the latest, freshest, sweetest new toys for babies+toddlers (for our wee new baby cousins, of course). 👶🏼@littlebabybum_ is famous for it’s #nurseryrhyme videos on @youtube and now they’ve got soft stars that sing babies to sleep, a legendary horse-and-carriage for toddlers (that grows as they do) and matching ‘Old MacDonald’ games with mini-eggs for preschoolers. We shopped, played & picked all our faves. (Check out the goodies in my #stories!) And then all these sisters watched @disneyfrozen... together. Thankful for today’s fun with family and friends who joined us. ❄️ ❄️ ⛄️ What are you grateful for today? #thefabmom
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    Great big gratitude for these people right here... #ad Thanks to @babycenter & @officiallittletikes, my sister and I kicked off the holidays with our daughters to check out the latest, freshest, sweetest new toys for babies+toddlers (for our wee new baby cousins, of course). 👶🏼@littlebabybum_ is famous for it’s #nurseryrhyme videos on @youtube and now they’ve got soft stars that sing babies to sleep, a legendary horse-and-carriage for toddlers (that grows as they do) and matching ‘Old MacDonald’ games with mini-eggs for preschoolers. We shopped, played & picked all our faves. (Check out the goodies in my #stories!) And then all these sisters watched @disneyfrozen... together. Thankful for today’s fun with family and friends who joined us. ❄️ ❄️ ⛄️ What are you grateful for today? #thefabmom