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birthday sale...

Those of you who are paying super close attention might have caught on to the fact that this sale is coming a bit late. It was actually back in March that both my store and a certain beautiful little woman (with whom I've fallen head over heels in love) turned 1. There was a party for the lady. It was a warm, happy party with the sweetest friends and many pictures were taken. Nine hundred and thirty six to be exact, some of which will be posted this Friday.

So back to the sale...it's a party of sorts for the store. We're offering 30% off all clothing and our favorite tennies for the next few days. Rompers, sunsuits and puff shorts galore. So stop by and get some summer duds for the littles!

[Above you can see what happens when cassis macarons are the subject of a photo. One was stolen by a little hand that was just too sweet to stop. And the second was inhaled by a crafty big brother the moment I wasn't looking.]

Spring is coming!

Max: "Yea, yea trying to take over my cutest in the family title. I know how you do..."

Me: "Hold this pillow just like so...that way I can layer text over it later. K?" Max: "Whatever, mom! As long as you put marbles in my marble jar so I can get that paddle ball I've been gunnin' for!"

Between work, museum trips and roaming the city with out of town visitors (which we've been blessed with many of this year!) winter is flying by. Only when spring merchandise appeared at the doorstep and planning the little one's 1st birthday party became a reality did I realize that spring is upon us! New merch has been coming in so quickly I've had a hard time keeping up with announcements...but we have many beautiful new things from Spot On Square, Little Lief and Jess Brown. And next week Dagmar Daley...

So I was planning to give Alexandria her first Jess Brown for her birthday next month and then the mister tried to veto with "She's too young for dolls!". But that third picture ended the debate right there, don't you think?

Happy Day [+ Black Friday + Cyber Monday Secrets]...

Earlier today a beast known as "Holiday Planning" officially set fire to my 2012 To-Do List. Sometime around 3am EST as I was attempting to work, christmas shop and do my turkey day kitchen prep work simultaneously, I finally accepted the fact that anything that has not been accomplished so far ain't happening til 2013. This includes Project Life scrap booking, 30 consecutive days of Bikram yoga and a massive blog overhaul. Oh...and probably putting away that crib full of clean laundry we created yesterday. Any of you cosleepers out there also guilty of turning the crib into a gigantic clean laundry bin? No?...Well this is awkward!

So moving right along. Let's talk about gratitude! This time last year I was on bed rest, hoping and praying that this little girl would stay put for at least 8 more weeks. In the end she stayed put for 16 more weeks. For that I am unspeakably grateful. I'm also grateful for a certain little kanaille (aka rascal/troublemaker/booger) who made his appearance and made me a mom just over 3 years ago. And last but not least for the man who started this little family with me, and still claims to love me, even though I never close the closet doors and always eat all of the avocados and chocolate bars before he even knows I bought them.

And Lastly, just to give you faithful readers a heads up on our upcoming deals:

Miniluu Black Friday...All orders placed on Black Friday all weekend long (until 11:59pm EST on 11/25/12) ship free and will include a free mini version of the Nouk Paint-Your-Own Doll Family kit!

Miniluu Cyber Monday...If you place an order on Cyber Monday (11/26/12 between 12am and 11:59pm EST) for $100 or more, we will automatically put a free $25 gift card in the box. It comes nicely wrapped and totally giftable so you can keep it for future purchases or give it as a gift to a friend!

Click here to shop!

On Alexandria: Skylar Luna pajamas, Engel wool romper sack, Engel wool pilot cap, Noli Noli rattle
On Max: Skylar Luna pajamas

Miniluu sale...

So it's just another crazy week for this tired mama (christmas orders, crawling babies and ER visits oh my!) but I wanted to pop in to let you know about our pre-holiday sale. I've added about 25 new items to the sale section for 3 days only and we're offering an additional 30% off the current markdowns. That's up to 75% off!

Could it be that Max's birthday was 12 days ago and I haven't even posted photos yet? Oh and did mention we have house guests coming, but our apartment is only half furnished? Welcome to the new apartment we've been bragging about for months! Please have a seat on...er...this end table and feast your eyes on our bare walls while I inflate your bed! Anyway I digress. Shop here!

xo
Kristin

Miniluu + Oeuf...

Oeuf is one of those companies that I knew and loved before having little ones of my own. So I am especially excited to bring them to Miniluu. I'm not sure where to start...I just think they're genius. All of the the pieces are knit from a heavyweight and insanely soft 100% baby alpaca. I wish it all came in my size. Well maybe not the zebra tail, but definitely those mary jane booties. Wouldn't they make the most perfect slippers?

And as a special thank you to all of you lovely readers, please use the code OEUF10 at checkout for an extra 10% off!

The drooley bib...

So here's another thing that I love and so of course I've put it in the shop...it's a handmade bit of genius from Canadian mom Jennifer Williams of Dress Me Up Organic. For those of you who haven't been there [yet] babies drool a lot. So much so that a cute little absorbent/reversible bib like this one is in order to protect their chests from getting cold and wet and so that you don't have to change their clothes every few hours. Alexandria started to produce her own little waterfall at around 3 months, so I've had her in these for about a month now. She also likes to grab her clothes and pull them to her mouth to chew on [teething already?], so the bib is perfect all around. The pointy little leaf shaped bottom makes a perfect chew spot!