Author: Jessica Lieb

Jessica is an experienced NC-based travel agent who specializes in family travel. She helps families plan memorable trips to Disney, Universal, All-Inclusive Resorts, Cruises, and International trips. She is responsible for B Honest Media’s editorial direction and growth. She has covered parenting for over 13 years, focusing on product reviews and recommendations, travel, and parenting tips.

hospital birth | Pregnancy

Our Tour of the Hospital

I’m sitting here filling out my pre-registration forms for the hospital, it so weird The other night we took a tour of the hospital where baby 3 will be born. As many of you know, I’m a little nervous about our first hospital birth. I feel like it’s my 1st birth all over again, there…

REVIEWS

Monkeying Around with Tall-Stacker Mightly Monkey Playset

Jude loves any toys that encourage building so when I was given the opportunity to review the new Tall-Stacker Mighty Monkey Playset I knew he would be in heaven. The Mighty Monkey Playset is the newest pegging playsets from Lauri Tall-Stacker educational toys. The Mighty Monkey Playset encourages creative play, problem solving and hand-eye coordination….

FAMILY | PARENTING | starwars

Top 5 Star Wars Crafts

My boys are Star Wars fanatics, I totally blame their father for this. R2D2 Luminaries DIY Candy made these fun luminaries using dollar store votives and paint pens. Chewbacca Paper Bag Puppet Simple Everyday Mom created this adorable Chewbacca puppet using a brown paper bag and supplies you probably already have laying around your house….

HOME

Adding Color to Your Living Space

I like color but when it comes to decorating I’m often drawn to the basics. For instance, our living room is primarily gray but I’d love to add more blues, greens and maybe even yellow. Most people, like me, tend to stick with basic colors out of fear. Fear that the trends will change and…

FAMILY | summer bucket list

Dinosaurs, Snakes and Bugs Galore

Last week we took a short afternoon trip to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in downtown Raleigh. Since they opening the new wing I’ve been wanting to take Jude to check it out. The new wing, The Nature Research Center includes the SECU Daily Planet (an immersive, three-story, high-definition, multimedia space), Research Labs,…

fashion | maternity

Maternity Fashion: Fall Colors

Fall is right around the corner. There is a slight chill in the air, it’s awesome! After what seemed like an endless summer I am so ready for fall. Fall fashion is my favorite: scarves, sweaters, boots, orange, brown, and jackets galore. This is my ultimate fall outfit. Fall Maternity Fashion by jessica-hamm-lieb featuring…

Jude | preschool

Keeping a Busy Child… Busy.

Jude is a very smart little boy. He often gets into trouble because he is bored. Being 31 weeks pregnant and chasing after a very busy 14 month old I find myself struggling to meet his ever growing desire to learn. In about a week he will start preschool and I’m really hoping that school…

FAMILY | summer bucket list

The Carousel at Pullen Park

We love Pullen Park. A few weeks ago we rode the train and Jude thought it was awesome. Well, last week I promised Jude we would ride the carousel. We rode the Gustave A. Dentzel Carousel (1911), which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. I guess we choose a busy day to…

FAMILY | summer bucket list

Paper Bag Puppets

Craft time is Jude’s favorite time of the day. The other day we made paper bag puppets. Supplies Paper Lunch Bags Crayons Markers Draw a face on your puppet. Don’t forget the tongue (Jude insisted that all the puppets have tongues) I bought blue lunch bags thinking they would be fun but it turns out…

FAMILY | summer bucket list

A day at the Beach!

During our trip to Charleston we made a quick stop at the beach on Sullivan’s island. Jude absolutely loves the beach! We collected seashells, although I didn’t take any pictures of our shells. 🙁 We played in the sand! We went walking in the water. And Jude even tried boogie boarding with his uncle Mike….

Pregnancy

31 Weeks: Pregnancy Update

Yesterday I had a routine check up and everything is looking great with baby 3. The worries about him growing too big are gone, for now. He’s right on track. In 2 weeks we have a growth ultrasound scheduled so we’ll have a better idea of how big he might be when he’s born. All-in-all…

FAMILY | summer bucket list | TRAVEL

Our trip to the South Carolina Aquarium

This past weekend we took a short trip to Charleston, South Carolina to visit Joe’s family. While there we visited the South Carolina Aquarium. Visiting the aquarium was on my Summer Bucket List but I imagined we’d just go to the NC Aquarium which is nowhere near as large as the SC Aquarium. Aside from…