Friday Favorites: October 27, 2017

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This silly puppy and his new friend. (source)

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This super cool Kickstarter. I want ALL THE PINS. (source)

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I need some new black, casual flats and I've been eyeing up these TOMS. (affiliate)

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Lol! (source)

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This cute bat from Target! (affiliate)

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This cozy looking sweater from Old Navy. (affiliate)

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And this super cute outfit for Lazy Baby! (affiliate)

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And this stuff too…

• A quick history of Tarot Cards and their illustrations.
• I totally get where Chance the Rapper is coming from in this video. Lol. #parentingisweird
• These creepy, beautiful necklaces from Omnia Oddities.
• This silly cat candy dish! (affiliate)
• Swap.com is having some great deals right now. You can get 40% off your first order of Women's items with the code SPOOKY40, or 40% off your first order of Kids/Baby items with the code PUMPKIN40. (affiliate/offers end 10/31/17)

New Parent Must Haves

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We are in our third month of new-parenthood, and I thought I'd team up with Target (affiliate) to share with you my favorite baby products that we could not live with out. These items are total life savers.

1. The number one thing I want to recommend every new parent get is a swing. We have this Graco swing, and this thing is the best. Lazy Baby can be put in it, the music turned on and the swing a-swaying and it gives us a break from constantly holding her. She's almost outgrown it now, and I may cry the day comes that we have to put it away.
2. I never could get the hang of swaddling, and the velcro swaddles didn't work – Lazy Baby got out of every single one. When we tried these zip up swaddles, life become so much easier. I just wish they made these even bigger, but I guess babies don't want to be swaddled for forever.
3. We use all the bottles we have, but I really do think these helped with gas in the earlier days. Added bonus, they are the least messy bottles when we're feeding the baby (one down side is all the extra parts you have to wash).
4. Once LB became a bit more aware of her surroundings, she started to love to play with this play mat. Added bonus: you can walk into the next room and know she's still alive by the sounds of the piano as she kicks it!
5. Once you get diapers from all you baby showers...get more. We like Pampers because we found we had less "accidents" with them and I really like their rewards program.
6. Muslin swaddle blankets. I may not be able to swaddle well, but these are big enough that even my big baby was able to be soothed, momentarily anyway. Now she just uses them as regular blankets because it is too hot here in New Orleans for "real" blankets most of the time. PLUS these are so cute!

She's growing so fast that a lot of these things are becoming parts of her past, but I still think any new mom/dad could benefit from having these tools helping them out in the early days. Best of luck!

Culture Creature - Stranger Things, Pumpkin Carving, A Pocketful of Crows, Pumpkin Brownies and Sweater Weather!

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So, the title really says it all, but here a some things that I'm looking forward to experiencing as October comes to an end.

FIVE THINGS:

1. Stranger Things, Season 2. Did you see that there's an actual countdown on Netflix? I love it! I cannot wait to put LB to bed and binge this with Mr. LL, a bowl of popcorn, Halloween candy and some mom juice (a.k.a. wine).

2. Pumpkin Carving! Mr. LL and I have carved pumpkins together almost every year since our first date. We started dating in October and I still remember carving pumpkins with him in those early days listening to Prince's "Purple Rain" and Lionel Richie's "Hello" on repeat.
3. A Pocketful of Crows by Joanne M. Harris; this book is on a lot of lists for anticipated and best books coming out this month. It came out last week and I'm going to be checking out as soon as I can get my hands on it.
4. Sweater Weather. I live in New Orleans, so it never really gets that cold here, and thanks to global warming, it never will. However, we get chilly days now and again and I've been eyeing up this sweater to add to my sadly underused collection.
5. Baking some pumpkin brownies! I'll post the recipe review next week!

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What are you looking forward to this Halloween season?

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