A Few Fun Finds

Since being in the hospital, I've been sucked into a skincare blackhole. Seriously. Even though I've been a Beautycounter consultant for over a year now (what!), I never really have had the time to research THIS MUCH. I feel like I've gotten into a pretty consistent routine being at the hospital (which is super drying for some reason?!) and now I'm going to share it with you lucky people who I know are just dying to read this. First you. have. got. to. wash. your. face. Some people splash with cold water but I have found that this is pretty much a huge myth in most cases. Oils and residue collect on your skin overnight so you have got to get that off. Go get yourself the best hair ties ever (seriously Pretzel Brown is life) and complete step 1. I start off with a super gentle clean-ingredient cleanser from Beautycounter called the Rejuvenating Face Cleanser . It's perfect for my sensitive and dry skin and feels super tingly after and clears my pores and you get t...

I am so over it. SO.OVER.IT. Everything goes wrong. But we handle it. NOT GRACEFULLY. I'm sure it's not gracefully. I get mad and lose my temper and email the CEO of the company we are having issues with. But she responds because GIRL POWER. And then it takes another course and hopefully it's handled. WHO KNOWS. \ Then you decide to eat low carb and you get a migraine and you're mad at the world. No matter how much Topo Chico you drink. THEN you try to do something good and positive and like HELPFUL. And you can't break through the wall or someone else gets all the credit and you are like "am I selfish for being selfish?". Yes Ryann yes you are. And you don't have time to answer text messages or phone calls and you feel guilty and then you get mad because your child won't eat the chicken they begged for and then it's bedtime and AHHHHH serenity. This might be the most random post I've ever done. xoxo, ryann ALSO READ ...

Hi y'all. Anything bought through my Amazon link (or any of the items bought below through these links), will be contributed to BOWEN STRONG ! If you haven't donated yet or are considering it, please know that even the smallest amount makes a huge impact. Thank you so much! xo, ryann

Lately I haven't known what to blog about. I feel torn all sorts of ways. I asked Brett if he wanted another baby (NO OMG WHAT NEVER). I struggled with Bowen's test at Texas Children's. I struggle telling people that she won't go to the school her siblings go to. How do you explain that? We get the results of her test tomorrow and I'm terrified. I feel like life isn't normal? I don't know if that makes sense? But like we are in another life almost on a continuum. I feel like I need to make more mom friends. All. The. Time.  I feel like we need to travel more. I always feel the need for MORE. Why can't I be happy with what we have now? We are moving back to Meyerland this week. I am happy to have a backyard. Happy to have bedrooms for the kids. Happy to be HOME. But I also feel like sad we don't live where the kids friends live? Is that weird? Probably. The reason I called this blog feelings is because that's what it is. Sometimes I wr...

I don't know how to describe how we feel most days. It's almost like when things are good, it becomes blurry. Like maybe it isn't there. But it is always there and you can see it and feel it. Then one day you are at a restaurant. And it's someones birthday. And the lights are flashing on and off because they are getting ready to sing. And you look over and your 3 year old is looking up scared and telling you no more. Because that's the test they did to her every day at the hospital a month before. Lights flashing right into her eyes. And it hits you. Over and over and over again. Like a ton of bricks. That's HME .

Yep. Another Beautycounter post. Because we just came out with THE BEST SUNSCREEN EVER . You know how ''spray sunscreens'' are usually unsafe? Lots of not so great chemicals- bleh. We created a NON-aerosol technology that is safe. You can now have sunscreen in a spray!!!!!! AND IT COMES IN TRAVEL SIZE. That is like a huge deal. It was even featured on the Today Show this morning. It's for babies. And toddlers. And kids. And teenagers. And adults. And seriously everyone. It's that safe. And because we always like to raise the bar, we now protect against blue light. And coral reefs as always. Did you know about coral reefs and sunscreen? Because I didn't. Hawaii is jumping on board: " On Tuesday (May 1), Hawaii's Legislature passed a bill to ban sunscreens containing the common chemicals  oxybenzone  and octinoxate, effective Jan 1, 2021.  Hawaii is poised to ban certain sunscreens from sale within its borders in the name of protecting coral r...

from Beautycounter will literally transform your skin. I'm not kidding. Flakiest skin on the planet over here. Cleansing balm at night and sleep in it. BYE BYE BYE. Oh and it's also the best thing ever invented and has a 93483985093845 other uses like so: And FROM OUR CEO AND FOUNDER WOMAN BOSS: " What is your go-to Beautycounter product?
  The Cleansing Balm is my desert island product. In addition, our Glow Sugar scrub, our   Lip Sheer in Twig , and the Lustro Shimmer body oil for holidays is a must." Gregg Renfrew And from another review: " OH. MY. GOSH. I was sort of annoyed with myself for not trusting what tons of clients and consultants had been saying since I first heard about Beautycounter. They said over and over that they can't live without the Cleansing Balm It feels strange at first to melt this semi-solid oily product into your hands to then massage onto your face – it doesn't foam like a soapy cleanser wou...

I really hope this doesn't hurt your eyes but we're day #2 at TCH, Bowen is in bed, and I'm apparently teaching myself HTML code. #normal. But I digress-- these are a list of twelve things you need from Amazon. I love every single one of them and a few of them have gotten us through day #1 and #2 here! Have fun shopping :)

Can I just click my heels and everything look like this? I'm 99% sure the bar will be black subway tile. Which is kind of crazy. But with my faucet from Amazon I think it could work. Thoughts?

Of course I'm going to talk about Beautycounter because duh, obsessed. But I rounded up a few of my latest obsessions for ya. 1) Beautycounter Kids Collection: This is a game changer for bath/shower time. The kids love picking out the different colors and even boys LOVE the conditioner (especially curly hair!). You can get it through my website www.beautycounter.com/ryanndetamore The best part is that it's totally free of 1500 harmful chemicals and safe for everyone. 2) 14K Rose. Not only does it come in THE cutest cans, but it has no sugar in it. Whatsoever. No added junk, no added sugar, and no residual sugar. So you can feel good drinking it at the pool, at a bach party, at home, on a trip. Wherever. I have a ton at home so just let me know if you ever want one! You can get them here as well www.scoutandcellar.com/ryanndetamore 3) GIANT Connect Four Game. To keep your kids entertained for hours outside (or inside). It comes in handy for birthday parties, playd...

of my dreams. And only $39. AND AMAZON PRIME. Tell me I need it, right? For the bar? GET YOURS HERE TOO It's just so shiny. Click here to see:  https://amzn.to/2ICA7RK

I can't figure out a hashtag for my parents house so for now we will say #cheenadrive. It's been a rough Monday over here (#kids) but I thought maybe blogging about interiors (which is what started this blog anyways) would be relaxing for me. And anyways I love getting opinions because I hate making decisions. Here are some inspiration pictures for my parent's mudroom/laundry/pantry situation. LIGHT GRAY???!!!!! I had my heart set on dark dark slate like so: AMAZON MONTAUK From Home Depot and on budget-- check. But then I saw the light gray mudroom above with the matte black hardware and I was like yes. Give that to me. FLOOR AND DECOR CONCEPT GRAY Or I can do in between? See I need help. FLOOR & DECOR SAMBA What say you? Also, Suzanne if you are reading this chime in, please.

I have too many ideas. And I tend to execute them all at once. Writing a song (Miranda, where are you?), starting a diet, selling wine, selling beauty, focusing on the kids, taking time with Brett, fundraising. Repeat. Then repeat again. And more. Too many ideas and things and I get so overwhelmed. And I have more things I want to do. And accomplish. How do y'all juggle life? I decided to delete Facebook and Instagram off my phone for a break. I still allow myself to get on them on my computer because I find that's when I actually have time to check it. And my goal is to make it until April 1. I can't run my businesses without them on my phone really but I just got so worn down. Worn down from too many ideas. Too many opinions. Too many messages. Lack of sleep. Worrying. Within all my ideas is our normal life- therapy, school, dishes, laundry, rebuilding two houses, Brett's new business. But it's like I HAVE TO EXECUTE ALL MY IDEAS. How do I chil...

Sucked. Bowen has been seizure free on her medicine since 2016. Then in the middle of nap time, she seized just as similar as she had when she first got diagnosed. Two minutes and twenty seconds. It didn't hit me until a few minutes ago. When I decided to pick up my computer and write this. I have no idea why. We haven't really told many people yet or processed it fully. Everyone knows how much I love the STARS program. How much they have meant to us. Not only did they handle everything perfectly, but they caught the seizure during her sleep, took the best care of Bowen anyone could have, and comforted Brett and I in ways we can never thank them enough. Because of her teacher's write up about the seizure (love you Meredith), her doctor was able to pinpoint EXACTLY what happened, what was going on in her brain, and what her future plans are. Everything is day by day. We've known that since the beginning. But I feel like we've been in this blissful no seizure ...

Hello. I'm Ryann. And I've always been skeptical (really skeptical) about selling things and products that people sell through social media. Until I started spending way too much money on Beautycounter. And now I'm eating my own words. I started with buying stuff just for the kids (the whole line is non-toxic and good/safe for you). We restricted food dye for Bowen earlier this year and after getting really good at reading labels I started noticing all the gross things in the bath stuff we were using...dye every.where. Then I slowly started to add more safe products for me....the mimosa body wash, moisturizer, lip gloss. And I became obsessed. Well I'm basically obsessed with anything that has the word mimosa in it obv. And on top of that if Gwyneth sells it on goop it has to be awesomeness right?! I mean.... You see Brett & I recently started both trying to lose weight that we have added on over the past few years and we've been successful so far. Then I thou...

Did I ever tell you that the neuro at TCH who initially gave us Bowen's diagnosis was the most rude and negative person ever? That she would never meet her milestones? Or be what we hoped she would be? I pretty much hate him. And I also love proving him wrong. I don't say I can fully blame him though. Looking at a picture of her MRI you would see a few things. You would see that the right side of her brain is bigger than her left. You would see that her frontal lobe is abnormal. You would see that her parietal lobe is abnormal. You would see that she has too many folds on her right side. You would see that her corpus callosum is just not right. Sound scary? It is. You know what else is scary? Epilepsy. And the fact that we can't tell a seizure from a normal behavior. The fact that we don't know if the medicine is working or not. The fact that being hooked up to a fancy machine can't even give doctors answers. The fact that surgery will never be a black or white...

"Never in a million years'' were the words that the neurologist used when he met with us yesterday to give us the results from Bowen's MRI. A s most of you know she had an MRI Saturday and we so appreciate all the texts we have received checking on us. Sorry we have not written back yet as we were still processing everything. Long story short, the neurologist has diagnosed our sweet Bowen with  ''Hemimegalencephaly" (I still can't pronounce it either so let's just say HME for short). Now try to stay off Google....here is the rundown: It is a rare (really really rare) neurological condition/brain disorder. Her neurologist has been practicing for 30 plus years and has only seen 3 prior cases. One half of the brain (the right hemisphere in Bowen’s case) is abnormally large (i.e. developmentally different). This was NOT something anyone did (believe me I asked..did I eat something wrong? Do the wrong things?). She had this before she was b...

I literally just spent 30 minutes writing a post about the average day I usually go through with 3 kids under 2.5. But then I realized no one really probably cares that I feel the urge to put champagne in my coffee at 8 AM or that I secretly pretend like I didn't see Cash hit Benny or that I probably let them watch more TV than they should (sorry not sorry). I think that wasn't even the point of my post. I had a conversation with a friend the other day about the perfect Facebook mom. You know the one that has the clean house and dinner on the table every night and posts it all over social media and makes you feel like shit.  It was so refreshing hearing her say, you know what, sometimes when they nap, I nap too. Or I check my email. Or I watch a TV show. Because IT'S THE ONLY TIME I GET. I will say that I'm very lucky that I have a lot of help. But kids still want their mommas. Just because I have help does not mean I will relinquish control of my kids all day. I get ab...

That is all Cash wants to eat right now. He hasn't had dinner in two nights because all he wants are....RAISINS!!!!!!!!!!!! There are raisins all over our house. In my car. In the front yard. IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. He actually hoards them in his tent sometimes for emergency reasons. Raisins account for 99.9% of daily tantrums. I hate raisins. Except when I need to bribe him. Then I love raisins.

i always knew if we had a girl i wanted a boys name for her. my mom chose one for me and i wanted to continue the tradition. i googled and googled for months and kept thinking i wanted one with a ''c'' to match cash. our top choices were carson, cade (cash and cade, i mean come on), and coy.  but none of these ever felt like ''the one''. i love cade for a boy but for a girl i didn't want people to think her name was caden or cadence etc. and carson was too popular for girls lately. and then coy was going to be if we had a boy so i couldn't imagine it on her. then i asked for suggestions via twitter and a good friend wrote me a list- one of which was bennett. i had seen a little girl on instagram a few weeks before that named bennett and added it to our list but kind of brushed it off because it didn't start with a c.  rewind to even months before that when i was in austin for the ole miss game-- my bff JD and i were talking about names and be...