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My holiday gift guides are winding down – I still have a few more to share but I’m real excited about today’s because it works year round  I’ve compiled all of the books we love and love to gift! I even created a storefront on The Mama Notes Amazon shop where you can easily shop […]

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Family traditions are my favorite — but holiday family traditions take the cake. I’m always trying to think of new ones to start and love more than anything hearing about what fun and unique things other families do. Today The Mama Notes community is sharing some of their wonderful holiday traditions! Can’t wait to start […]

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This is probably my favorite age group to put gift guides together for — most likely because Piper is now almost 3 1/2 and so fun to shop for! You can check out gifts for babies 0-12 months here and for kids 12-24 months here! The only thing missing from this guide is BOOKS!! I […]

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Continuing our holiday gift guide with fun options for the pre- toddler phase! Those little babies aren’t so little anymore but they aren’t quite in full-on toddler mode just yet! Here are some of our favorites — and you can check out gifts for babies 0-12 months here and kids 2-4 here! And all our […]

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This holiday season since Piper is a little older and more aware of things we’ve started a few new holiday traditions that I hope to carry on each year and I’m really excited about the new traditions I’m making for Austin & I too!

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I’m so excited to share my first gift guide of the season today! I’ve been working so hard on these and I hope that you enjoy them, many late nights went into searching the web for hours looking for the perfect gifts to give this holiday season.

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I’m a big fan of holiday and seasonal books and reading with Piper in general –and it’s a good thing she’s a total book lover, too! We have plenty of Christmas books (see all my top picks here) but only one Thanksgiving book in our collection!

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Nothing beats shopping for a sweet little baby, while some of these gifts may be more for mama I think any baby would enjoy them as they grow! You can check out all of our holiday gift guides in the hub right here! Wooden Stacking Toy ($36):This wooden stacking toy is simple but sweet. Briar […]

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We got in the holiday spirit a little early this year, because I’m one of the bloggers participating in Balsam Hill’s annual 12 bloggers of Christmas campaign! We had so much fun setting up our new black spruce tree — (it was so easy and only took me a few minutes to get up by […]

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I’m kicking off my holiday gift guides with a big huge round up of toddler fun. This year I’ve spent a little too much time working on these and I’m so excited to finally share them! B.Zany Zoo Wooden Activity Cube ($49.99) Piper’s played with these at her friend’s house and its on my list […]

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 Holiday traditions have always been something I love and have become even more important to me know that I have a daughter. Though she’s still so young this year, I can’t wait to instill family traditions that we will celebrate together for years to come and I always love to hear about how other people […]

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Tis’ the season to host holiday guests! I personally don’t have any visitors coming the rest of this month but the past few months we’ve hosted quite a bit — you know, everyone wants to visit when you have an adorable baby :)  Below are 10 tips to get your home ready for visitors this […]

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