We have been living in our bathtub lately! Greyson has determined that he will not nap or sleep without first having a bath. (This is a trait he got from his dad who loves to shower a million times a day.) Being that he is bathing so often, what we are putting on his skin is becoming much more important to me.

We recently received some of the Original Sprout products as gifts and I must say, I am really enjoying them. Not only is my mind at ease because they are baby safe and mom approved, but oh my goodness…my child smells like heaven.

Never heard of Original Sprout? Don’t worry, I thought the same thing when I first heard about them. Original Sprout is a company based out of California that was started by a concerned mother who’s desire to use only the safest products led her into the business of bath products. In 2003, Inga Tritt developed the first ever, ultra moisturizing line of bath and hair care products. Not only was it ultra moisturizing, but its also ultra luxurious…as I was saying earlier…the smell. Sweet heavens.

As some of you may know, good smelling product usually means very bad ingredients. The good news is that isn’t the case here! Not only does the product smell incredible, but that fragrance is 100% guilt free! The exerpt below is taken directly from the Original Sprout website:

Original Sprout uses fragrances & essential oils that are approved by California’s Safe Cosmetics Program & the European Cosmetics Directive. By creating safe fragrances smelling good is worry-free! Our fragrances are free of ingredients linked to estrogen & hormone disruption, autism and cancer concerns such as: Phthalates, Dioxanes 1, 4, Sulfates, Parabens, Formaldehyde, Propylene Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Acetaldehydes, Styrene, Toluene, Glycol Ethers, Ethylene Oxide, Musk, Lavender or Tea Tree Oils, Clove, Soy, Nonylphenol, Mineral or Petroleum Oils, Triclosan, Eurethane, 1-2 Propylene Oxide, Placenta, Synthetic Colors & Titanium Dioxide or Nanoparticles. Parents trust Original Sprouts superior performance & worry-free ingredients. Cancer & early puberty can be linked to hormone disruption, hence no natural or synthetic hormone disrupters such as soy, yam, tea tree, lavender, parabens, titanium dioxide, formaldehyde or nano-particles are used in our formulas. In addition products are free of insect attracting honey or soda fragrances.

Smells incredible – check

Leaves child silky smooth – check

100% worry free – check

…It sounds like a winner to me. And lets be honest, if its good enough for Princess Kate to use on her children, its good enough for me. I mean come on its ROYAL BABY SHAMPOO! YES, PLEASSSEEEEEE! So if you need us anytime soon you can probably find us in the bathroom watching our little prince play with rubber duckies and splash water all over the place.

Many Blessings — Jordan

We are The Brennans. Kaelan, Jordan, and Greyson to those who know us and soon you will be able to say you’re one of those people. So who are we? Let me tell you a little about our family.

The story of how we became a family is honestly pretty crazy. Kaelan and I went to college together for a year in Denver, Colorado. He was from Albuquerque, New Mexico and I was from a tiny town called Tatum, Texas. Our paths crossed for one year before I left Denver and transferred to Texas A&M University to finish school. Fast forward 5 years of us living completely separate lives and suddenly we were communicating every day. Half jokingly Kaelan invited me to be his date at a wedding that was 2 weeks away, I bought a ticket and the rest is history. Sort of. The wedding was Kaelan’s brothers wedding. So I met my husband’s family and entire extended family on our very first date. When we began our romance we were both back to living in our hometowns. We spent many weekends over the next few months flying between New Mexico and Texas. We both knew immediately we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. Our plan was for me to move to Albuquerque and then we would get engaged. God had a different plan for us.

In early December Kaelan and I found out we were going to be parents. There was lots of excitement accompanied with overwhelming anxiety. We didn’t even live in the same state. How was this going to work. We needed more time, but we only had nine months to get our ducks in a row. We both really wanted to be married before our child was born so we planned to get married in February in Austin, Texas. I packed everything up and moved to Albuquerque right before the wedding. We found out we were having a little boy. We bought a house that we planned to remodel into our little family’s first home and we moved in around April. Greyson was born in August and we became three. Everything Kaelan and I had hoped for was happening all within a one year span. Life was flying by and we couldn’t slow it down.

Looking back it was the most magically stressful time of my life. I wouldn’t change anything even if I could. We were married, living in our perfect little house, and raising the most precious baby boy. I could not have asked for anything more. There were definitely difficult times, but it was God’s plan for our lives and it was perfect. Now here we are just a few weeks from having a one year old! The road might not have been smooth, but it sure has been beautiful!

Many Blessings — Jordan