Oh my gosh Makaiah's sweet little voice!!

Hearing your journal entry at the end made me tear up 🥹 you guys are such sweet and thoughtful parents! 🤍

Okay not me crying at the journal entry 🥹🥹 you’re heart is so pure Jess, you’re an amazing mom and so very intentional. Literally the best role model ❤️

Seeing you be a mom, is the sweetest thing ever!! You were made for this! You are an incrediable mama, so in tune to her needs.

I got a knot in my throat as Jess read her journal entry. Hearing Makaiah’s little voice is so sweet.

I’m crying rn. Your entry journal to your daughter was so precious ❤ What a beautiful way for your daughter to connect with you and have such a meaningful understanding of who you are. If my mom wrote me letters like that I would be crying 😭

You write so beautifully!! this is going to be so special for her to read one day when she’s older and have forever to look back on🥹🥹

After hearing the journal entry I actually think that it could be made into a book or a movie one day :))

I've never been this early before😊. Makaiah is growing so fast, I love the way you talk to her. Also, with the goals, I've learned that it is easier to break down my yearly goals into quarterly achievable goals. And then give myself monthly or weekly tasks that will eventually help me complete what I swt for that quarter of the year.

That was so sweet and special at the end. Jess, thank you so much for sharing that special moment. You make this a better world to live in. Sending my love and blessing to you and your beautiful family!!

Recently, I watched a sermon, and the speaker talked about how her family has journals for her children. She said she’d just write in it any time there was a moment she wanted to remember or share when they were older. None of the pressure to write in it a certain number of times. Your video reminded me of that and it’s so sweet! Also, love the idea of add in Polaroids as you go!

Jess, you are truly so very beautiful from the heart. You are pure sunshine in human form. You radiate unconditional kindness and love. Your warm, bright, inviting smile brightens up the world. I absolutely adore the fact that you are creating a journal for your sweet baby girl to read in the future. So, so very precious. I deeply respect that you never shove the camera in her face like other influencer mothers do all the time. I pray that you, Gabe, Kaia and your loved ones are having a beautiful and joys 2024 so far! Sending you so much love all the way from Long Island, NY. 🤍 xx

I love the idea of your goals for a week instead of the whole year :) Little tip: if you do something for 3 weeks it starts becoming a habit. so if you set yourself a goal for a month (for example drink 2 bottles of water a day), maybe you already made it a habit and you can start focussing on different things the next month 😊

Hearing Makaiah talk makes me cry!! She is getting so big. I LOVE YOU GUYS

My mum did journals for my brother & I growing up exactly how you are planning to and they are so special to look back on!! Kiah will love them

Omg! Doing a journal for your kid with memorable memories is such a good idea🫶🏻 I can believe how big she’s!

Hearing Makaiah sweet little voice was the best! She's an angel.

Your first journal entry for her is so so sweet! I love this so much!

Ok I will just go have a cry now lol…you are the sweetest mummy ever and I am so proud of you. Love you bubba xx 😘

Seeing Jess being such a sweet mom > 🥹🌸🫶🏽

Dear Jess ❤ women of God Love And Support From Italy 🇮🇹 my wife and i follow you all the time you post...you are such an inspiration 🎉 greatings to Gabriel and Makaya God Bless 🙏🏽

So sweet ❤ I’m getting all teary eyed hearing what you wrote. Also love how you encourage everyone in your vlog ❤

I love that you do this for her she definitely going to cherish this journey for the rest of her life your such a great mum ❤

I have a journal for my daughter, she’ll be 2 next month. I write in it every couple of months and in the inbetween time I have a note in my phone where I write a few words about a memory or story I want to add in her journal later. It works really well 😊

Such a cozy vlog. 🥹 Your heart for your daughter and life has refreshed me today. So thankful for you Jess!

This video was so fun! Thanks for taking us along with you, Jess! I love you!!

Idea for helping to create consistency with goals is to habit stack! Just meaning identify a habit you already have and make your new habit as an add on to that. For example if you make coffee everyday, you could place the journal by your coffeemaker and write in there as your coffee is brewing every day. Stacking a new habit on top of another already established habit is so helpful, and then making a visual reminder where that established habit is will help you remember to do it. 😊 so sweet your journal for her. 🤍 love supporting you and your content!

The journal entry 🥹 I love how intentional you are with everything Jess. 🥰

What a precious video 🥹 Seeing you interacting with her while making the pancakes made me tear up. What a pure moment 🤍 And your entry journal was adorable!

I did the monthly goals idea last year with working out! I told myself I’d be consistent for only 2 months & then reevaluate what worked & what didn’t. After the 2 months I felt so good that I just continued with what I was doing & now working out is just another past of my daily routine 😊

You seem like such a kind and genuine human being (: I hope you and your family are taking care of yourselves❤

Jess youre such an inspiration to me for the kind of mom that i want to be in the future... thank you so much for being such an amazing christian role model for us teenage girls

i had goosebumps when you were writing her journal. how i wish i would have one to read about me when i was a kid. this is so thoughtful and intentional of you jess. makaiah is so lucky to have you as her mum 🥹 i missed your vlogs!!

You are the sweetest, best mom🥺❤️ that journal will mean so much some day and will be a forever keep sake.

This was so cute Jess, literally you are just goals, my inspiration in the best way ever! Also Kaiah’s sweet little voice 🥹🥹 I can’t! I cannot wait to be where y’all are rn! ❤️ love you so much and praying for you and your family!

Happy 2024 Jess, I hope your year is filled with happiness and love ❤️

Makaiah talks?????? WHAT. Time flew by because I literally thought she was like 8 months old 😂 this caught me off guard haha

I've been doing monthly goals for a few years now and it's been such a game changer. I also write some new years goals but I also do monthly goals so that I can start over at the start of each month 😊

Makaiah's soo lucky to have both of you as her parents

Yay another cozy and relaxing Jess vlog 🥰🫶🏼

I’m happy you’re being intentional with the Jess and Gabe channel and I want you to feel fulfilled doing KZfaq but I’m so happy you’re continuing on your channel!! I so look forward to your videos 💗

I don't usually comment but i just wanna drop this here ;) Jess, i wanna be you when i grow up. You have inspired me so much. I found you when i was 17-18 yr old and currently i am 23. Somewhere between year 2020-2023 i was on and off following you guys cause life happens, by the end of 2023 i started following you guys again (it maybe cause of Makaiah :) ) Even after all these years you are still the same as you have been back then. I feel at peace and empowered to live my life in a better way, to cherish and be mindful of my present and future life, just by looking the world through your eyes, i am glad i found you guys. I hope you grow as a person but never lose yourself in the process. Ilysm!

my brother got me the same crochet kit for Christmas!😂 how cuuuute. Thank you for your sweet video!!

The journal entry was beautiful and precious ❤. It immediately gave me a glimpse of the future where grown up Makaiah is reading it .

After so many yrs, you're one of the few youtubers I still watch. I feel like I'm with a good friend : ) For clean makeup a youtuber I super love (holistic habits) uses a lot of FitGlow Beauty You are so right about goals! I would write one large list of goals that are measurable, attainable & time bound. Each week or month, focus on 3 every day. Habit Tracker app has been great in keeping me accountable & motivated Example: this week everyday drink 2 water bottles, 15 min strength training youtube video, journal entry

Beauty counter is amazing. Clean, safe for pregnancy and nursing, and works so well. Tula is also a staple for skin care, toner, concealer and under eye glow

This is beautiful. The journalling is such a great idea and you’ve inspired me to do the same for my two babies 🫶🏼 thank you!

Little Kaiah is growing up too fast!! i cannot believe she can converse now 🥺🥺 i feel like a proud auntie hahaha

my Christmas decor has been up since last year. i have a little tree and some lights around the fireplace and it makes me happy to see every time i walk into the kitchen. :)

So sweet Jess🥹❤️ I love your videos!! So cozy! You really have the best ideas and inspire me so much

I love the idea of the challenge we do together! You are so thoughtful! ❤

Oh my gosh Makaiah’s little voice has me tearing up! She’s growing up😭💕 Also I really like the brand Tower 28 at Sephora! They are a clean brand. I’ve been enjoying their concealer, cream blush and their make waves mascara :)

i’m so glad you’re back!! need some motivation to get back on track, although it’s not even the end of jan haha! i always go back to your videos to feel motivated! ☺️💛

Love chatting with you always ❤ always seems like a hangout!❤❤❤

I have two kids my first was born in 2016 and my second was born in 2022. I journaled my entire pregnancy with both of them and have continued journaling through out the years. My daughter has 7 journals I’ve made for her and my son almost has 2. This is my favorite thing I started doing for them and I hope one day when they’re older they read them and just remember how much I love them.

Can you please do a full house tour once it’s decorated? We’d absolutely love to see it ❤

The journal entry left me in tears 😭😭❤❤

One thing that helped me with journaling more consistently is doing it whenever I feel like. Every time I tried to set a schedule to journaling I ended up not doing it cuz it felt too much like a chore and not like something that helps me clear my mind. 😊 So I suggest set the idea to journal once a week but not having a designated day. Over time you will feel more like you want to journal more without forcing yourself.

Happy 2024! I love the brand Ilia for natural makeup - their bronzer, highlighter, and mascara is just *chefs kiss* and I personally think even better than other options 🫶🏻 sending lots of love!

Loved the chat hearing all about your goals!

Merit & Saie are such great brands for clean makeup! But also rare beauty is relatively clean. RMS also fantastic! same with honest beauty

I’m so happy that you’re back!!! Missed you so much and can’t wait for the rest of this year!

As someone who has always wanted to journal, but was never any good at keeping up with it, here are my tips for maintaing a consistent journalling practice now that I've figured it out for myself: 1. Use one journal for whatever you want to write about. It could be about your day, it could be unpacking thoughts, it could be lists of stuff you like, it could be poems, it could be dreams, it could be quotes or journal prompts to answer later. Literally anything. Just put pen to paper and write something 2. No pressure. Dont pressure yourself to write a certain amount or a certain number of times per week, or about any particular topic or type of writing. Just let it be a friend you can come back to whenever you have something to talk about 3. Let yourself write when you want to write. Dont force yourself to write, just come back to it when its something you actually want to do. If its not, then do something else until it is 4. If you're writing in the journal, that's journalling. There's no right or wrong way to do it, you're not supposed to hit milestones or achieve any particular goals with it, you dont have to stick to any kind of structure or system. Journalling just means writing about stuff that matters to you. I've never had a consistent journalling practice, or at least i didnt think so, until this year. I've nearly filled a whole journal since like the 23rd of December. In my journal I've written about my goals and how i can take steps towards them, plans for decorating my house and setting up my garden, things im grateful for, reflections on shows I've watched lately, book reports, budgets, bucket lists, tarot reading unpacking, and sooo much more. You can write about ANYTHING, just write, and write when you feel like it

This is so wholesome, i loved every minute if it.

I’m so excited to hear your goals you’re inspiring me ❤

How sweet is it from you to journal for your daughter 😍

Happy New Year! ☺ The biggest thing with natural makeup for me is that expires waaay faster.. Like, you can actually see/smell that the makeup has expires. And yes, with certain products the pigment/pay off isn't really there.. So I haven't really, fully committed to it, and haven't tried THAT many brands/products. Also, Kaia's little "pancake".. oh my heart🥲💔🤗

Kaia talking is so cute! 🥹

I also LOVE zebra pens!! My favourite is the F.402 :) I hope your journalling endeavour goes well!

best mom. such a flex she have u as her mom :'

Usually a silent viewer, but I had to comment when I heard that you wrote in your journals like they would be published, because I DID TOO! I’m so glad I’m not the only one lol

I recommend 100% pure makeup, I really like them and their products have really good ingredients that don't clog pores

Beautiful Jess! What a wonderful treasure Makaiah will have to read. ❤

Omgggg JESSS!!! your journal made me cry 😭😭

love you jess! can’t wait to watch your 2024 journey🫶🏻

dying at Kaia´s little "yeah" 🥺😍

i recently transferred my recipes onto to notion and i've been loving it. such a great place to have unlimited space on things like recipes

Omg not me crying at the journal entry 😭💖

The Journal entry is so precious🥺🤍

eating home made things its soo good Jess! especially meals it will be soo amazing for Makaia

That journal entry🥲🥲🥲🥲❤️‍🩹

you honestly remind me of the love that is waiting for me outside in the world ❤

I have 2 little kids and it's been hard for me to stick to a workout routine as well! What I do now is 100 squats a day. 20 here and 20 there. Doing some whenever I have some time throughout the day. It has really worked for me this season.

The journal for makaiah is the sweetest thing 🥹

Would loooooove to see more of the home decorating process!!

Happy New Year!! Love your vlogs🥰✨

I really enjoyed this vlog! It inspired me to share a journal for my son

Jess, you and I have the same aspirations and goals for 2024 (consistency). Coincidentally, my parents bought me a card set of platters because I'm very into the DIY, home stuff like you. My biggest motivation and inspiration is you :)

Happy new year 😊

I also used to think my journal entries might be published one day 😂 and I’d keep all my favorite things like they would be in a museum one day.

Happy New year Jess! 🤍

omg pls do some book recs 🎀💌 and like tips on how to read when things get busy

Bare Minerals is my favourite clean brand!! And their concealer/foundation is soooo creamy and perfect. I have slowly been replacing all my products for their stuff

I love you Jess❤ Happy New year and we missed you!

Your words for her made me cry 🫶🏻 you’re such a good Mama ❤ Thank you for sharing your thoughts about setting goals for ourselves but on a shorter period, it strikes me and I’m gonna do this from now on 🫶🏻

I used Kosas for my wedding to try out some natural makeup! I don’t do full face makeup usually so I’m not sure how it stacks up against other brands but I personally found it easy to use and liked it!

Last part made me cry!❤

I’m also journaling for my little boy! My goal for the year is to recover and get strong, since pregnancy and birth was tough last year.

My favorite natural mascara is Lily Lolo! ❤️

Jess! The australian brand MG Naturals is really good for makeup! 💛