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$100 Ellifox Giveaway

These girls love everything they own from The Beaufort Bonnet Company, so when Lauren from Ellifox reached out to do a giveaway and wanted to send three pairs of the their Party Animal Pajamas, it was a no brainer. Plus, her shop – Ellifox – has most beautifully curated collection of kids clothes, to which one lucky person will win a $100 gift certificate (enter here on Instagram).

Isla and Emilia both have a ton of hair, and they’ve been using Turbie Towels to help dry their hair after their baths for years now. Admittedly, it was Georgie’s first time, and I had to retie the towel approximately twenty-two times, but the giggles and post-bath-bed-twinning-dance-party was worth it. These photos make me so happy! I love them all three so much. Scroll down to see the girls in action, as well as my favorite twelve boys and girls items from Ellifox! These pieces are so beautiful – I want all of the beautiful girl items.

‘Most Loved’ in October

I still cannot believe it’s November. And still warm in Houston, ha. But that’s not too shocking. The month of October was one of the fastest of the year. It feels like we were celebrating my dad’s 60th birthday just last weekend, not a month ago. The girls have been seeing Christmas stuff pop up here and there and are already so excited.

I always love when people share their list of peoples’ favorites for the month (based on affiliate link analytics) – and thought I would see what the top items I had shared this month were. It’s a very random list, but I’m not surprised by anything because they are all great products that we absolutely love. There’s Isla’s pink bedroom rug, Georgie’s favorite sleep sack, a few of our favorite toys/gifts like this cash register and this play sink, and the girls’ daily multivitamins.

Georgie at 9 Months

Our sweet Georgie Girl is nine months old today, and before reading this post, I went back and read Emi’s and Isla’s nine month updates. It’s interesting to compare the three girls and what they were up to at nine months. Mostly, they’re at the same stage: crawling furiously, pulling themselves up to stand and inching around, eating any and everything they can get their hands on, and babbling constantly. However, Georgie is the only one to have started with Mamamama sounds (clearly the favorite!), and she’s the smallest of the girls at just 17 pounds (Isla was almost 20 pounds at this age). Georgie has two teeth, whereas Emi had none and Isla had just one.

Georgie melts our hearts with her smiles and commands attention with her new shrill happy scream she does regularly. This past month was not a good sleeping month for Miss G, as she had both her teeth come in, then had an ear infection, then a virus and severe diaper rash. I miss my good sleeper, ha! I’m praying she goes back to her good nights soon.

Georgie’s three favorite foods are beans, broccoli, and strawberries, but she is open to all different types and textures of food. She cannot avoid her evening bath, because after dinner, she is… well covered in dinner! Ha.

Two weeks ago, Georgie met her only great-grandparent – my Granny Jill (her GG). Georgie and Granny share a birthday on February 5, which is so special to me. She instantly took to her and her bracelets, and I loved watching them interact.

We absolutely adore our little book worm (she will sit completely mesmerized during her and her sister’s books at night). I can’t believe we’re three months away from her first birthday – sob!

Georgie at 8 Months

The past month has been a big one for our Georgie Girl. She had her first tooth come in (the other is right under the surface!) on the bottom, which has been bothering her for the past week. She took two road trips this past month – one to Austin and another to San Antonio. She is solidly sitting up, crawling around at a rapid pace, and as of today, starting trying to pull herself up on the couch. Slow down, slow down!

Georgie is finally enjoying her non-nursing meals! She loves steamed sweet potatoes, black beans, broccoli, strawberries, salmon and warm apples. She is a total mess after dinner, which is when she gets to let loose with food the most. The girls love helping with bath time afterwards (I think they see it as a way to postpone their own bedtimes!).

Georgie said “Mama” three times so far – with witnesses each time, or else Sasha would claim it wasn’t so! Ha. It definitely isn’t a consistent thing – nor was it necessarily directed at me, BUT you’d better believe I am claiming it as her first word!

Birthday Gift Ideas using Walmart’s NextDay Delivery

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With school back in full swing, the birthday parties have already picked up. We’ve got three on our calendar for Isla this month and one for Emilia, and I’m notoriously thinking about a gift just days before the party. Fortunately, Walmart’s new NextDay Delivery service has hundreds of amazing gifts for young kids and you can order them and have them at your door the very next day – no membership required! It’s so easy to toggle to ‘NextDay Delivery eligible’ on the site on your computer or mobile device to see which items are part of the new service. I did a round up of some of our favorite baby and kid toys for one to five year olds – the girls have been given or played with all of these at friends’ houses.