This is definitely a post I never thought I’d be writing, but life is weird right now! I had a request to share ideas for gift ideas for a friend who might be celebrating a Birthday during the current pandemic. I thought this would be an interesting blog post to think outside the box and come up with some fun gift ideas to brighten someone’s day. You could really send some of these whether they’re celebrating a birthday or not. The Pandemic Birthday gift guide…

Winc – a wine delivery service I love. They have a collection of really unique and amazing wines that are so fun to give and get. You can gift single bottles, cases or even a wine club membership. Who doesn’t want wine right now?

Billie – the maker of my favorite razor. They now have a whole collection of products including dry shampoo, makeup remover wipes, travel razor cases, lotion, shave cream, lip balm, etc! A gift idea could be the razor starter kit and year long refills. I always hated buying cartridges at the store – it’s so nice to receive them in the mail each month!

Tula – it’s no secret I’m a huge fan of Tula. My favorite products are the eye balm, primer, scrub, and new balanced beauty gummies. You can get 15% off everything with code ASHLEYJACKEL

Another idea would be gift cards to local restaurants to use later or you could send them a meal from their favorite local restaurant.

Aside from those more “out of the box” ideas, Nordstrom is currently having a spring sale with up to 40% off. Some of my favorite products included are these high waisted leggings (wearing them right now), Levis, Barefoot Dreams cardigan, Anthropologie home products and comfy lounge wear.

Thank you so much for reading and following – hope you’re staying home and staying healthy right now. xo

Happy Birthday Crosby Brave! Three years ago (last night) Jeff and I were watching the Bachelor finale when I started to feel what I thought were Braxton Hicks contractions. I secretly downloaded a contraction timer app and monitored them without telling him. At 3 am we headed to the hospital “just in case” and Crosby was born about seven hours later.

She came 11 days before my due date and has always run on her own schedule. She is confident, independent, decisive, hilarious, curious and extremely strong-willed. Traits that drive me crazy right now will surely serve her well in the long run.

Every morning she wakes up and asks for a “pretty dress.” She’s as girly as they come so I thought it would be fitting if in her Birthday post I shared what I’ve been buying her for spring/summer.

I bought her this dress to wear at her Birthday party todaytut, I showed it to her the other day and she was in love.

Such a cute dress for under $10. Perfect for spring.

Love this red cotton dress, would be really cute for 4th of July. It comes in a few other prints/colors, we had it in leopard last summer and Crosby continues to wear it with bike shorts.

Saw the cutest new dresses at H&M the other day. This one and this one… they were only $5 each.

Love these tie dyed bike shorts from Target… there’s a matching hoodie.

I ordered this swimsuit but had to return it because it was too small. It’s really cute, but runs small. Size up!

I love all things tie dyed right now and thought this little dress was too cute. Love the color. It comes in several other prints and I got it in leopard as well.

She loves a tutu… we have this one in red and yellow.

I got her this dress a couple months ago, it runs big and I got her the 18-24 month size.

More tie died shorts… I got her this pair from Baby Gap, they run big and the 18-24 will fit her.

We’re planning Wilder’s bday for next month and I got her this dress to go with the theme.

In honor of this guy’s Birthday I thought I’d do a post on his favorite accessory… sunglasses! For Mother’s Day I told Jeff I wanted this pair of Ray-Bans. But when he went to buy them he tried them on and liked them so much he got them too. Insert eye-roll. I’m only half kidding! But I did tell him now it’s only fair if I get a gift for Father’s Day…

May/June is a crazy time for us between our Birthdays, Anniversary, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Since this year it’s Jeff’s first Father’s Day I knew I wanted to do something special for him. One problem… he never wants anything and since his Birthday was just two weeks ago I was a little stuck. Then I started thinking a little outside the box, we’d done a few spa days in the past and he always seemed to enjoy them. Now that we’re new parents who didn’t really sleep for the first month, plus he works full time and never really stops to relax, I thought a massage would be the best gift I could give him.

How it’s already mid-May is beyond me! Everyone told me once I had a baby the days would be long but the weeks short and I actually don’t agree with that. The days are super short too! I get about an hour to an hour and a half in between feedings and during that time it’s like setting a timer to try to get everything I want done. Do I want to write a blog post? Respond to emails? Clean up the house? Run a quick errand (actually I just took her out solo for the first time yesterday)? My point is however I chose to spend that time is always quick and rushed making the days just fly by.

Spring and summer are really busy months for our family. There are so many Birthdays and anniversarys to celebrate which is so much fun. We’re starting to think ahead and finally throw a housewarming (1.5 years late)/sip-n-see/Jeff’s Birthday party, we clearly have a lot of ground to cover. On top of that I’ve been looking at birth announcements to send out.