The "Hot Mess Mom" blogger had three boys in three and half years, amounting to nearly five years of getting pregnant, being pregnant and recovering from giving birth.

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One night, her mom made us hot chocolate and brought it into the living room on a gold tray.

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Dad does barbecue on the weekends and on the nights when Mom's away takes a pizza out of the freezer or makes boiled noodles with sliced hot dogs on top.

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When his mom was working as a restaurant hostess, and was going to marry the owner, Erick ate hot-fudge sundaes and drank chocolate shakes.

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