Upscale resale: get the look for less

When I was little and my mom DRAGGED me shopping, she’d always tell me the day would come that I would LOVE to shop. Nope, never, I pouted.

Ha!

Obviously I now love to shop (too much) and even more so for my two little ones! I always look in their departments first or update their wardrobes before my own. It’s all too cute! And there will come a day when they won’t let me dress them anymore 😉

Kids grow out of sizes so quickly, it’s a shame to spend full price on

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Children’s Books: friendship tales from the farm

When people ask me for gift ideas I always say you can never go wrong with books! Our kids love story time and I think most kids do—whether they are listening to you read, exploring colorful illustrations on their own, or learning to read themselves. We recently received a wonderful new series about “friendship tales from the farm” and Burton the Scarecrow.

Ryan (our 4yo) likes to listen to any and all stories and he likes to pick up the books on his own and practice reading the words (or making

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Summer Infant Bentwood Booster Seat (giveaway)

Have you seen the Bentwood Collection from Summer Infant? It includes a beautiful dark-stained wood highchair, booster seat, and bassinet (which also comes in a light stain). They’re fashionable to fit right in your home and I love the sleek designs. We were recently sent the Bentwood Booster Seat to try out with Rebecca.

Summer Infant Bentwood Booster Seat

The Bentwood Booster Seat sits on one of your table chairs with two safety straps (one around the back of the chair and another around the bottom of the chair)—this thing

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A few of my favorite things: Matilda Jane Clothing (giveaway)

If you’ve been following me along on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve probably already seen quite a few pictures of Rebecca in Matilda Jane. I am in LOVE with their clothes for a few reasons, first being they’re ADORABLE. I can’t remember how I first discovered them, but in the past year or so I’ve found and bought some pieces and have worked with our local trunk keeper at a local birth fair. I was recently sent a couple of items for Rebecca to wear!

Love Bug Knot Top (on SALE

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Travel Safety Tips & Safety 1st Advance Car Seat Giveaway

Car crashes are sometimes no accident and there are ways to help avoid injury. I’m big on car seat safety and it just takes a little knowledge on how the car seat works (with YOUR child and with YOUR car) to use it properly. Check out these travel safety tips below and then enter to win your own Safety 1st Advance SE 65 Air + Convertible Car Seat!

Travel Safety Tips by Safety 1st Consumer Safety Expert Julie Vallese

The three most important things when choosing a car seat are:

One that fits your

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New Baby Needs: over $1500 giveaway

Happy to be partnering with these great bloggers to bring you this amazing giveaway! ONE winner takes all!!! Awesome prize package, check it out below… good luck!!!

 

New Baby Needs Event Is HERE!! We Are Excited To Be Celebrating These New Additions!!

Joy Of Momma Joyner and This Mama’s Life have just added new babies to their families! To celebrate, they have teamed up with an awesome group of bloggers and wonderful sponsors to bring you great products that a New Baby Needs! ONE WINNER will walk

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#RockTheClean with Rockin’ Green and Sign My Shirt! (giveaway)

You guys know I love Sign My Shirt… I’ve made (so far!) a bachelorette party bride-to-be shirt, engagement shirts for friends, a birthday shirt for Rebecca’s 2nd, and a birthday shirt for my brother’s 30th. They are ALWAYS a great gift idea…. or promotional idea! I made a Baby Dickey branded shirt signed by fans for conferences, too!

Sign My Shirt has partnered with Rockin’ Green to #RockTheClean! They make eco-friendly cleaning products for the home

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