I moved all the time as part of a military family, and I just really did not have very many friends. I remember having these feelings of walking into a room and feeling that nobody likes me, or thinking, 'I'm going to have to sit alone at lunch again.'

I really was bullied badly in school.

When you have kids, it can be hard sometimes because you've got to find creative ways to spend time with each other. So with 'Lights Down Low,' I wanted to just write about all the things that we do to try to keep the love alive in creative ways, because you can't always go out on a date... but you can make a date at home.

Eric has pro athletes on both sides of his family - plus, I used to play sports - so I'm sure our son will develop athletic ability.

I signed with Big Yellow Dog and have been with them for years. The president of the company is a woman named Carla Wallace, who is an amazing publisher who just has a knack for female artists.

I think I get my alone time when I have to go fly and do a work trip. After work's done, I go check into my hotel, and I get to have a few hours to myself to order room service and just be quiet and silent.

I write in the weirdest places. I wrote 'Girl on the Coast' in my car with the kids in the back and Eric driving. I just wrote the whole thing on my phone. I just typed out the lyrics.

'Gold' is about being appreciative and grateful of your life, your family, and the love in it.

What does get hard is when I'm put in the box of, 'Oh, she just woke up one day, did a reality show, and decided she wants to be a singer.' That's offensive, and it's not the case with me.

I do voices. I can sound like a man or cartoon character. I also have very believable Spanish and English accents.

Taking a walk here and there and eating healthy is great. But I also feel like confidence and body image have a lot to do with how you feel on the inside.

For me, I feel like I'm slowly accomplishing what I've always wanted to do. I've always dreamed really big, and my mom planted that in all three of my siblings: 'You guys can do anything.'

I think that people can have their hand in as many different things as they want. You've just got to put your mind to it and just do it.

I worked as a belly dancer at a Greek restaurant senior year in high school.

I was always meant to be a mom. As soon as I had my kids, it just felt so natural.

I watched 'Newlyweds' - that was my favorite reality show because I love Jessica Simpson. I'm obsessed with her.

I just love Italian, and I think, from being Italian, I just love Italian food.

I feel better now after two children - I think I look better; I feel better.

For me, the best way to unwind at the end of the day while I'm pregnant is to take a nice, long soak. I get in my bathtub, download a show onto my computer, prop it up on a chair, and just lie there watching and relaxing.

I've always been that person who's struggled to find a swimsuit that I love.

My friends know I'm a really big movie buff, and I named Vivianne after a movie character. She was named after Vivianne Walker in 'Ya Ya Sisterhood.'

I don't want anyone to ever feel they are alone and no one likes them, or to feel as insecure as I did.

It's okay to be sad if things don't go the way you had hoped.

I'm a firecracker when it comes to my husband. I'm a stand by my man kind of girl.