Adventures in Mamahood, Marriage, and Allergen-Free Living.

Allergen-Free Living: The Fun Food Section of the Blog! 

Allergen-Free Living: Food Edition text over corn, rice, and nuts on a table.

As a mother of 5 and a seasoned veteran of food elimination diets, I’ve spent years perfecting my culinary skills to create meals that cater to everyone’s needs and preferences. This means creating a house with allergen-free living where we can all eat safely. From scrumptious snacks to delectable dinners, I’ve got you covered with […]

Winston B. Simpson, Wonderdog

English bulldog with head out of window and ears flapping in breeze

***Trigger Warning** Loss of Pet**Love of a Pet*** I lost my baby boy. My first love. The dog I had always hoped and dreamed for. My Winnie Boo. My whole life I wanted an English Bulldog. And my whole life, my mom told me, when you grow up and move out, you can get one […]

Mom Roar + Parenting Tips

happy family standing on family road, in a good parenting moment.

Birthday behavior: Mom Roar The other night was my husbands birthday. All I can say is, thank goodness we mostly celebrated it over the weekend and not on the actual Monday that his birthday fell on, because, geez. It. Was. A. Night! Pooks is having a tough time with the transitions right now, totally understandable, […]

New House – Who Dis?

New House - Who Dis?

New house, who dis? 9/3/2019 We closed on the house on a Friday and have been busy bees ever since at the house every second trying to clean it up and move stuff over. It’s a very busy month between closing on the new house and closing on the old house with little sis’ wedding […]

Pandemic notes from March 2020

family together on a mountain.

Let’s be honest. Our generation will never forget March 2020. Or, the years after that, for that matter. So, I was looking back through the archives and felt compelled to share my raw, gutteral notes from the thick of it. Below is my pandemic notes from March 2020, right as the world was shutting down […]

An Insurrection, and the Birth of my Pandemic Baby

pandemic baby born after the insurrection

More notes from the archives. It was such a crazy time in 2020 and 2021, that I tried to document here and there before I had the blog up and running. I am so grateful, looking back, that I did this. While the short hand might be messy, there was so much happening in the […]

The Best Bras after Nursing

best bra after nursing

I spent a lot of money this weekend, but I don’t regret it. Did I need every little thing I got? For sure no. But you know what I did need? Good bras. Ever since I had kids and have breastfed and created two tiny Humans, my breasts have been through the ringer. They have […]

I have a 15 month old!

Kids grow up too fast.

A letter to my Bunny Boy. You are 15 months old today. I tell you what, kids grow up too fast. As I sit here rocking you to sleep for your nap, I am feeling nostalgic. Exactly one year ago today I was watching Wimbledon, nursing you home on my maternity leave. Playing in the […]

Welcome to Mark it With an S!

Welcome to Mark it with an S.

Hi, I am Amber.  And, welcome to Mark it with an S. I am so happy that you are here. We have been working for a long time to finally get this blog off the ground, and are really excited to finally make it happen. When I was pregnant with our first daughter, I did […]