1st Birthday Girl Busy Board Busy … curated on LTK

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First Birthday Gift Idea: a customized busy board! I love all of the gizmos and fasteners on this board! Lots of practical life skill types of activities like latches on doors, keys and locks, switches, plug-and-outlet, laces, and a zipper! It arrived in pristine condition all the way from Ukraine. 10/10 would buy again!

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We keep finding more and more uses for our IKEA Flisat sensory table! This sand situation was such a hit. We’ve reimagined it so many ways and it never ceases to hold our #LTKtoddler ‘s attention — highly recommend!

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This convertible helper tower has been of such great use to us with our #LTKtoddler — obviously we love to use it in its tower form to help Sophie reach the kitchen counter, but unfolding it into her own little table for arts and craft activities has been even more useful.

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Repeating these excellent baby bath essentials with our second Baby Girl! 🛁🧼🫧 We still use a lot of the same things with Sophie, but I’m starting to gather the items she’s grown out of / no longer needs (like the gentle cradle cap scalp scrubber) for the new baby.

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Once we bought Squid Socks for Sophie we’ve never gone back! They’re so brilliant and actually STAY ON (if you’re a parent, you understand this struggle). Of course, we had to stock up for our new baby! We definitely continue to buy them for our #LTKtoddler as well — she calls them her “sticky socks” and we love that the silicone texture on the bottom keeps her from slipping around on our wood floors.

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There are a lot of lotions, balms, and serums in the market for baby bumps, but I love this one in particular for soothing my itchy skin as my body stretches and changes. 🤰🏼 I especially love to apply it after showers when my skin is even more receptive to absorbing product!

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Our #LTKtoddler loves playing with these sparkly resin letters as we begin to learn the letters of the alphabet! They’re an ideal size (in my opinion) — not too small or too big, and they’re easy to clean which makes them ideal for playing in water, sand, play-doh, etc.

To use them for a matching game I paired them with the [free] alphabet printable that I found here: https://themamanotes.com/trader-joes-alphabet-cookies-letter-recognition-printable/

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Sophie and I have been discussing weather recently so I added these season sensory tubes to our collection! Sophie loves to watch the little fillers fall while we talk about each season. Such a great tool for teaching the four seasons / weather to an #LTKtoddler !

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I adore these drying pads in our #LTKkitchen — they’re sturdy, naturally bacteria-resistant, the silicone webbing makes them soft enough to place more delicate items on and creates opportunities for ventilation. The best part is that the diatomacious earth material dries super quickly so as soon as you’re ready to put your dishes away, you can also fold up your drying pads and put them away too (without the risk of mildew!).
This feels like such a random product to share, 😅 but they’ve been a major upgrade for us.

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Here is this year’s #EasterBasket for our #LTKtoddler — maybe one of these years I’ll get it together and share everything ahead of time 🤦🏼‍♀️ but this year’s holiday really snuck up on me! At least you can benefit from my delay and likely get most items on sale now that Easter 2024 is over. 😜

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My l Weekend Slide Sandals from Rothy’s arrived today and I’m so pleased with them! They’re comfortable (due to flexible recycled fabric straps), are TTS, and I love the sleek criss-cross design.

I can already tell that these slide sandals are going to be in heavy outfit rotation throughout the rest of my pregnancy, during postpartum and beyond!

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I picked up these beautiful tulips at the grocery store the other day and they bring me so much joy. So cheerful! Bringing spring into our house even if it’s been chilly and rainy in Seattle lately. 💐☀️

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It’s an indoor water table kind of day for our #LTKtoddler again! 💦🧁 She absolutely ADORES this table and I just added the silicone cupcakes toys for the first time today (they’ve been a big hit)!

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Our #LTKtoddler loves to put these Velcro bandages on her stuffed animals, but especially on this flamingo because of her long legs and neck which provide ample space for fixing “boo-boos”. 🩹🦩

*Note: Our exact flamingo stuffy is from a few years ago and no longer available, but the name is “Flo Maflingo” by Jellycat if you want to search for it secondhand! 🩷

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Sophie loved her Ryan & Rose pacifiers, so we’re hoping that Baby Girl will enjoy them as well! My next task is to put them through the silicone sanitization process.

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We’re starting to get Baby Girl’s room ready for her arrival! 🐇🎀 Even though she’ll be in a bassinet in our room for the first few months, we still want to have her room ready! Her crib setup is just about complete now — just need to install her Owlet Cam and we’ll be all set.

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So excited to get planting this spring! I picked up these beautiful scalloped planters at Target and I can’t wait to get some flowers planted in them to bright up our #LTKoutdoor space. 🪴

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A spring activity bin idea for your #LTKtoddler ! 💐 Our 2.5 y/o is having a blast with this setup.

*Note: our latex tulips are from Bullseye’s Playground at Target so I can’t link them (these items aren’t available on the Target website), but any faux flower stems will do!

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We bought a Newton breathable crib mattress (with waterproof cover) for our new baby girl after having such a positive experience with the one we bought for Sophie almost three years ago. We can’t recommend these mattresses enough! I was assembling the baby’s crib today and noticed that Newton is currently offering a 20% off sale (no code required!).

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Just picked up this pair of over-the-bump dark wash skinny jeans and I’m really loving them! I would say that they run TTS (I went with my pre-pregnancy size), have functional back pockets, and they have a nice amount of stretch to them. 10/10 if you are looking for a pair of maternity skinnies.

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I love putting these little #LTKgifts together for Sophie’s dance classmates, even for small holidays like #StPatricksDay 🌈🍀✨ I couldn’t resist these adorable gift tags to tie onto a festive treat (which are perfect for an #LTKtoddler ).

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I don’t know how it took me so long to discover this “La Droguerie” candle scent by Diptyque, but I love it so much. It’s perfect to use in the kitchen, especially after cooking (or reheating) foods with strong scents. It smells herbal & fresh and helps to neutralize odors. 🕯️
*My candle tray is called the “Round Gold Reactive Metal Candle Plate” from World Market which can’t be linked, but it’s great!

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I love to use this as a gentle cleanser / makeup remover before washing my face — it also helps to soften any dry skin on my face (due to #rosacea 🥴) before using a washcloth to gently slough everything off. It’s already so affordable and you don’t need a lot of product (a little goes a long way!) which means it’s super cost effective.

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We absolutely adore our Aura digital frame! I love that I don’t have to make the difficult decision of choosing just ONE photo to frame and rather get to have a constant loop of beloved images on display throughout the day! They’re so easy to load with photos and add more directly from your phone as you capture more memories. 🩷 These also make an amazing #LTKgift !

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We finally received all of the audio cards we ordered for the Yoto Player that we recently gave to our #LTKToddler ! Sophie’s had such a fun time swapping out the cards and learning how to move between the chapters of the stories. 📚
This wooden card organizer is the perfect storage solution for our playroom!

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Boosting my pregnancy hydration! 💦

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This tote has been a WORKHORSE on this tropical vacation — since it has a VERY loose designer tote bag vibe I still felt put together when carrying it, but didn’t have to worry about my actual designer bags getting ruined by the pool or on the sandy beach. I absolutely love the durability of the exterior waterproof(!) and sand proof nylon fabric, the interior zipper pouch for securing smaller items and it’s pleasantly roomy inside (which easily fits a ToteSavvy organizer!). Highly recommend this bag for your next beach vacation!

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These silicone sand toys have been PERFECT for our beach mornings on this trip to Maui! The bucket works great for building “castles” but also collapses down to being almost completely flat so it’s easy to pack in your luggage as well as to toss into your beach bag! 🏝️ They’ll also be great for kinetic sand playtime at home until our next beach trip. 🤭

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We finally made the decision on which audio player to get for Sophie — we went with the YotoPlayer! We’re so excited to give it to our #LTKtoddler in an effort to minimize her screen usage (which is fairly minimal on a daily basis, but if we could reduce it even more I’m all for it!). I’ve ordered a bunch of the audio cards and they should be arriving within the next week — mostly Disney stories to start out (since they’re familiar to her), but I’m excited to expand her audio “library”!

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This tool is one of my favorite kitchen tools, even though it fairly single-purpose it saves me so much time cutting up grapes and cherry / grape tomatoes for my #LTKtoddler that I think it’s 1000% worth it. I even travel with a spare one because choking hazards are no joke and this cuts (😏) the time down significantly! 🍇

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This water table activity is a favorite of our #LTKtoddler — today I chose some #ValentinesDay colors (red & purple GloPals, pink reusable ice cube stars, and a couple of light up white stars) for a festive Love Day vibe. 💜🩷♥️🤍💘

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These Teleties Flat Clips are my latest #LTKhair obsession. The hold is super effective and they’re so much more comfortable than the traditional claw clip. I love both the black and tortoise colorways and have all three sizes for multiples use cases (since I have long hair). HIGHLY recommend — don’t sleep on these awesome hair clips!

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We had so much fun hosting our first #SuperBowl Party yesterday! Everyone brought awesome dishes to share and we had such a great time cheering for Taylor’s boyfriend’s team. 😉 Linking a few of our favorite themed serve ware pieces for hosting during #footballseason so you can stock up for next year! 🏈💚🤎🏆 (*The football shaped serving bowl was a Target Dollar Spot find from a past season that you may be able to find on Mercari / Poshmark!)

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These flat hair clips are my newest obsession and they’re currently back in stock! I love how comfortable and secure they are — so very impressed with the design. I recently ordered the tortoise color in every size and am eagerly awaiting their arrival! There are multiple color options available to suit your preference. 🩷

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This little duo from a previous Lovevery kit has become an especially huge hit recently since we’ve been stuck in the house with crummy weather. Our #LTKtoddler loves to spray the glass in our shower and squeegee it clean! The spray bottle creates the finest mist and is great motor skill practice.

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We just announced our second pregnancy with our baby girl arriving this summer and if it inspired you to recreate something similar for your own #pregnancyannouncement I wanted to share all of the elements of this flatlay. 🩷🎀💕
Our exact bow is from Acre Goods (one of my fave baby and toddler bow vendors), but I am unable to link them.
Sonogram photos are courtesy of our OB/GYN imaging center. 😜

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