This year with the arrival of the holidays will also come our newest addition, our baby boy! He is expected a week before Thanksgiving so showing him off won’t be as easy as if he was a summer baby. Like most new moms I probably won’t be leaving the house with him unless it’s for a doctor’s appointment in the first couple weeks. The solution to sharing all his cuteness with our family and friends during this special time of year? Birth announcements of course! And there’s no one else I’d rather work with than Minted.com!

The thought of choosing a baby gate for your home can be overwhelming. With all of the gates to choose from, where do you begin? You want a gate that is safe but also one that will look good in your home. Does that mean the simple pressurized wooden gate our generation grew up with or do you go for some fancy gate that can cost the same as a crib?  With its stainless steel design, the Baby's Journey One Step Baby Gate blends right into your home’s décor.

I swapped polishes with Kendra from Mommy, In Demand!  We actually had very similar taste in our polishes.  Kendra was super sweet in sending me not just a pretty polish but also a beautiful card and two manicure goodies!  The lotion smells amazing and the nail file came just in time...I needed a new one!

Not too long ago I posted about Preparing For When YOU Are Gone, this post was about the much talked about but rarely voiced actions parents need to take to protect their children should anything happen to them.  In this topic I wrote about the importance of wills, guardianship papers and taking any and all actions to protect your children should you leave them sooner than you anticipate. 

A couple months ago I co-hosted a nail polish swap along with a couple of awesome blog ladies and it went amazing!  I exchanged with a wonderful partner, got a great polish and met some really great ladies!  Recently, we started talking about doing another one...so we bring you the Spring Nail Polish Swap & Giveaway!  This is perfect for this time of year, everyone is in the mood for sandal shopping and to do that you need some cute painted nails. Plus what gal doesn't love getting a little present in the mail?  In addition to hosting the polish swap there will also be a giveaway!  The prize is pretty awesome so stay tuned!

Proper dental hygiene is so important and it's been a goal of mine to start Hannah & Savannah realizing the importance of caring for their teeth. H & S brush their teeth two times a day: in the mornings and at night during bath time.  Making teeth brushing fun can be a challenge and finding tooth pastes these girls like is even harder!

Marilyn Monroe coined the phrase "Diamonds are a girl's best friend", Elizabeth Taylor made "White Diamonds" famous, let's be honest, as long as women have been around and diamonds have been known of women and diamonds have had a special relationship.  To date the most beautiful diamonds I've ever received are apart of my engagement ring and wedding band.  I've rocked the CZ's for years, I just couldn't even joke up the money for "real" diamonds.  Sure I'd wear them everyday but that's a lot of coin for some small earrings!

Win your own WANTABLE box!!  Will you chose the beauty box filled with makeup goodies, the accessory box which could host a new watch or earrings or will you be daring and go for the intimates box with Valentine's Day approaching?

GIVEAWAY!!!  WIN ONE OF THREE COPIES!!

Since starting my journey with my husband through Laura Corn's New York Times Best-Selling book "101 Nights Of Great Sex" a lot of you have taken interest!  Some have even mentioned that they want the book...I mean who wouldn't?  Now that we are three weeks into this amazing book of sealed seduction pages we can't imagine not having it!

Once again I'm pairing up with the wonderful Growing Up Madison to bring you a very cool kids product!  Introducing the Zazoo Kids Photo Clock...this is a clock, MP3 player and photo player all in one!
Perfect for parents who are teaching their young children the difference between day and night.  Even better to teach them what time to wait for to get out of bed, help mommy and daddy get a little more rest!

Welcome to the Riiviva Microdern Giveaway!  Brought to you by Riiviva and Debbie Jeans Blog!  The Microderm is an at-home microdermabrasion system worth $299 that delivers amazing results!  For more info, please head over to www.riiviva.com to check it out!!

MagnifiCuffs LLC is owned and operated by a husband and wife team, Ryan and Marcia.  They are proud parents to two sons, pretty close in age like my girls!  Marcia and her family actually live pretty close to me in the Washington, DC area.  As small business owners I was really excited to work with Marcia.  Her customer service has been so amazing and I'm definitely asking everyone to go and support her on Small Business Shopping Day which is November 30th!

I'm a beauty junkie, I love collecting make up and playing with it!  From neutral every day eyes to smokey eyes I just can't get enough!  Mia Mariu is a all natural mineral make up line that I'm now OBSESSED with!  When they offered to send me a couple of their products for review I was like "YES, YES, YES!".

I've been wanting to try one of these candles that are all the rage...with rings that can top out at around $7,500 who wouldn't?  JewelScent has beautiful candles with scents that burn for over 100 hours and even better than that you can find a ring inside your candle worth from $10-$7,500!!  JewelScent also has the same method but in the form of Aroma Bath Beads and Aroma Soaps.  I think half the fun of getting the candle is waiting for it to burn down until you see your little "pouch" with your ring inside!  With JewelScent you can either order your candle in the ring size you'd like to wear or you can chose "Surprise Me"!

Join myself and Growing Up Madison for a HUGE Giveaway from VTech...this holiday basket is worth a whopping $300!!!