Have you ever seen a happier leopard?! I can’t believe Halloween is just over a month away. For the second year in a row Crosby told me what she wants to be and what she wants Wilder to be. She definitely calls the shots! Last year she was a butterfly and he was a frog, but I had to put him in her old baby leopard costume for a few photos too. Crosby wore this in a Halloween fashion show on Access Hollywood Live when she was 7 months old and fell asleep on camera. Wilder seemed to love wearing it and was just about the cuddliest little leopard cub.

Today I wanted to share some cute costumes for babies and toddlers to get the Halloween ball rolling a bit.

I think this skunk is the cutest baby costume. Really wishing I got it for one of the kids when they were babies.

This little lamb costume is so sweet.

Also dying over this little giraffe costume.

A Hershey Kiss – darling!

I love that this Minnie Mouse costume is rose gold instead of the traditional red and black.

Cute little baby Princess Belle.

This Butterfly costume is so pretty.

Love Where The Wild Things Are – this costume is adorable.

I feel like this light-up T-Rex is in my future.

Crosby wore this princess dress to camp last week – it’s made really well and comes in several different princesses.

I have been planning to do a post on toddler gift ideas for over a month, but life got too busy. Even though Christmas is about a week away, I still wanted to share it. Let’s just call it “last minute” toddler gift ideas… with lots of options to receive your gifts on time.

One of my favorite last minute shopping hacks is to use the “pick up in store” option. Most of my favorite stores offer it, from Target to Nordstrom to Bloomingdales, etc. It makes it so easy to order it online and go right in and pick it up without dealing with finding something in a crowded store.

I’ll start this with some of Crosby’s favorite toys. Melissa & Doug make so many great toddler toys/activities. I love that they’re things they can play with and use their imagination ie. no batteries or music.

• She got this grocery basket set last year and still loves playing with it. (available here and here)
• Same with this cleaning set. Hopefully it will get her to actually want to learn to clean… (available here and here)
• Another one of her favorites is this Vet kit. She loves anything doctor related… this is another cute doctor kit option.
• Love the smoothie making set and ice cream set for play food toys.
• For art I love this art easel as well as this table easel if you’re looking for a more compact option.
• We have these alphabet and number puzzles that I like to bring out on a rainy day or time when we’re playing inside a lot.
• I bring these water wow coloring pads out with us in my diaper bag… they’re mess free and can usually hold her attention for a few minutes.

Other options… some Crosby might even be getting

The cutest stroller for baby dolls.

This Dyson vacuum.

A cute tea cart.

Pretty tea set.

Hope you have a great day – thank you for reading and following!

Happy Monday! Getting a later start today with this post but wanted to share the cutest little leopard… in case you didn’t see it on instagram yesterday. This costume was actually Crosby’s two years ago. She wore it when she made her TV debut with Jeff on Access Hollywood Live, in their kid’s Halloween costume parade.

on me: necklace, similar cardigan (here and here), similar shirt, jeans, similar mules, lip color

on Wilder: leopard costume, shoes

I knew Wilder needed to wear it this year so we did an early Halloween photo shoot. Crosby decided on her’s and Wilder’s actual Halloween costumes last month and I can’t wait to see how they (well mostly just Crosby) does on Halloween.

I wanted to share a major sale currently happening on baby and kid’s costumes and trick or treat bags over at Pottery Barn Kids. There are so many cute costumes for amazing deals right now.

on me: necklace, similar cardigan (here and here), similar shirt, jeans, similar mules, lip color

on Wilder: leopard costume, shoes

Hope you have a great week. Thank you so much for reading and following!

t-shirt, jeans, hanging chair, rug

I’m now 30 (almost 31) weeks pregnant so I thought I’d give another little update. This pregnancy has been pretty easy all things considered and is really just flying by. If I had it my way I’d turn back time and get started on things a little sooner… since that’s impossible we’re just going to have to jam from here on out.

Nursery – No progress there. Well, no noticeable progress. We do have a crib (in a box in another room) and some odds and ends. The rocking chair, changing table/dresser, book shelves and corner shelf will all be staying in the room so he doesn’t really need too much more. We’re currently looking for a mattress, we got Crosby this one and will probably do the same this time.

Crosby’s room – I mentioned in a previous post that we were clearing out our current guest room to make it Crosby’s. A few weeks ago we spent the day doing just that. Lots of manual labor for Jeff… and trips to donate items. We have another donation pickup scheduled for next week for bigger items. Then after they’re cleared out we can start moving her in. Oh yeah, we ordered blackout shades for the room so we’re waiting for those to come in too.

Weight gain – I’ve officially gained more with this baby than I did with Crosby. I’m trying not to let that bug me and hope instead it makes him bigger and a better eater from the get go. It’s so hard to see the number on the scale go up at each appointment but I know it’s for a great reason.

Gestational Diabetes – Since I had GD with Crosby I was first tested in my second trimester this time. I ended up failing the one hour test and passing the three-hour, which meant it was game on for eating over the holidays. Last month I needed to test again and went straight to the three-hour. I was so ready for the GD diagnoses to come, but when it came back negative I was almost upset. I’d been telling myself the whole time I could eat whatever I wanted over the holidays and then I’d go back on the strict diet and be able to have a healthy pregnancy like I did last time. I guess I realized that not having a reason to be on the diet made it impossible and was frustrated with my weight gain. I’m still trying to eat healthy, but it’s a lot harder when you feel like there’s no real reason to.

from left – 24, 27 and 30 weeks

workout set via Beach Riot 

blanket, basket, swaddle blanket, hats, tan shoes, black shoes 

my pj’s

Tis the season… for a little plaid! I’ve been really drawn to all things festive and tartan recently and thought I’d share a few of my favorites. Plaid is perfect for the Holiday season but can be worn well into the winter too.

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