Love Lucas Creations TEE Party

I'm going to continue to tempt you with another great idea for holiday gifts...
You are invited to an exclusive Love Lucas Creations TEE party!


What is a tee party you ask?
It's a fun way to get great deals on
custom onesies and tees at www.lovelucascreations.com.

Love Lucas Creations offers quality and unique hand stitched

and machine embroidered and appliqued items. They make

a PERFECT baby shower gift for the expectant mom!   
They are original and fun Christmas gifts, too!

Choose from initials, numbers, birthday shirts, big brother/sister

tees, onesies and much, more!


1) Just visit the site, enter member code "mmm" (prior to putting

anything in your shopping cart) and just for being invited you will get 10% off of your order!  This offer is good until 11/24.


2) You also get the current promotions which are free shipping on

orders over $25 and free long sleeve upgrade on any holiday tee or onesie.

Do you want to host a party and enjoy all of the extra benefits?
E-mail me for more information!  www.lovelucascreations.com

These are just a few of their adorable designs! I'm loving putting J in monogrammed long sleeve shirts with cords and keds right now. He looks so cute and it is the perfect preppy "play" outfit.

Link Love

1. Click here if you are in the market for monogrammed "J," "jUr," or "Jack" clothes.

2. Do you love flash sales as much as I do? Click here to join the latest! You have to join The Foundary to get the latest deals on home goods and accessories. Le Creuset is on there right now! I've got my eye on a red dutch oven!

3.  Don't forget to use Ebates for all of your Christmas online shopping! Did you know Delta, Lands End, Zulily, Groupon, Nordstrom, Piperlime, Target, Jcrew, LLBean, Diapers.com, Toys-r-us, Lillian Vernon, Barnes and Noble and so many more are all cash back options! The money goes straight into your paypal account!

4. Have you tried Soap.com? Y'all know I'm a huge Diapers.com fan and Soap.com is their little sister store. You should try it! Get 20% off your first order and free shipping with my code MMMBLOG.They have also recently launched Beautybar.com, use the same code!


5. Speaking of flash sales, this one has been around a little longer but I only recently joined. It's called Ideeli. Join here.


6. Vive le Fete is on Zulily today! I wish all the flash sale sites would join the smocked clothing bandwagon!

7. Don't forget to enter my $50.00 giveaway with Photo Card Creations. Click here to enter!


Ok, your turn. Share your favorite links with me and the rest of MMM readers! Is your business running an amazing sale? Are you saving money by using a special program? Let us in on your secrets too!

Hodgepodge

1. "Like" Rosenberry Rooms on FB and they will donate $1 to JDRF. I lost my Aunt to juvenile diabetes so it is a cause close to my heart:

http://www.facebook.com/RosenberryRooms?v=wall

2. I'm headed to Wolfgang's Steakhouse tonight with my sweet husband. It's my favorite steakhouse in the city. We've had a rough few weeks dealing with some very difficult family issues (please keep his family in your prayers) and we are so excited to get a night out together! He is also taking me to the top of the Empire State Building tonight. We've lived here for 3 years and I've NEVER been! So excited! 

3. I am having the hardest time selecting our Christmas card photo. I mean they give you 200 images of your child and I'm supposed to pick ONE? =) Thanks to all my twitter friends that helped pick out J's outfit. He looked adorable.

4. A friend insisted I should do my duty and try out the Best Chocolate Cake in the world. She sent me this link and I feel like I should listen to her. I still haven't done it...what's wrong with me?

5. This is a great article for new NYC Moms via Mommy Poppins, one of my favorite NYC Mom resource.

6. Are you excited about Halloween? I can't wait to share J's costume with you. You are going to die! It is pretty funny!

7. I've been doing a lot of research lately on train tables. Does anyone have one that you just LOVE? Santa and I have been in discussion that J should get one for Christmas. What are your other favorite toys for an almost TWO year old! 

8. Girl Mamas, check out Mac & Co on Zuily today! They also have Little Giraffe and Halo Sleepsacks! : http://tinyurl.com/298c4jf

9.Have you signed up to win 50% off your TOTAL order from InvitesNow? You seriously could save hundreds of dollars if you ordered your Christmas cards, baby announcements or invitations for a party! Order all your Christmas presents!  Click here to sign up: http://magnoliasmarriageandmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/10/invitesnow-stationery-giveaway.html

10. We went apple and pumpkin picking in Chester, NJ on Sunday. The weather could not have been more perfect and it was such a great excuse to get out of the city. Want to see my cute little guy? Ok, how about a couple (or 11 pictures of our trip....enjoy!)

Monogrammed PJs

Yes, please!

Monogrammed pjs for your little ones from The Pink Giraffe (one of my FAVORITE stores). Get 10% off before Halloween with code PAJAMAS. $39.00 plus shipping (before discount)

Vive le Fete Smocked Clothes on Zulily Today

Here's a link if you aren't already signed up:

http://www.zulily.com/referafriend/?22720

Tuesday Tidbits

Yuck! A rainy day here in the city! J and I went to his gym class this afternoon. He did great holding on to the rings and it wore him out enough where he actually took TWO naps! I've had Baby J on a 2 nap a day schedule since he was very little (he sleeps 7pm-7am and then would nap at 9:30am and 2:30pm, each nap lasting 1-3 hours, but averaging about 1.5 hours each.) However, since he has been sick I think he is trying to drop a nap. He is 14 months and I'm not ready! Any tips and/or suggestions to make it through this transition period are much appreciated. I am so used to being able to schedule my day and now it is just a mess because he is so off schedule! What's a type A Mom to do?

This past weekend we had lots of city adventures. On Saturday, we went to the Peanut Butter & Co. It's been on my list of restaurant in the city to try (there are so many of them)! Check out the pic of their menu. It is a tiny little restaurant, but we were able to grab a seat and they even had a highchair for the little one. I had the Elvis (peanut butter, honey and banana grilled) and A had the Peanut Butter BLT! Crazy huh? Baby J was recently cleared by his doc to have peanut butter, so he had the lunchbox special (a classic pbj). He LOVED it! It was so much fun. If you are a peanut butter lover, I highly recommend checking this spot out! You can even buy their peanut butter on their website, or here, here, here, here or here. They even a cookbook! We followed our lunch up with a walk in Soho and met a good friend from home for drinks. Then we headed over to Cozy's Kids for a much needed haircut for the little guy. He was getting a little bit of a mullet. =)

On Sunday we decided to do another "New York" thing. We took the subway downtown and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. I had done it once before, but the weather was perfect and J and A were first timers. We headed down under the bridge to grab a famous Grimaldi's pizza. It was quite delicious, but my favorite pizza in the city is still Lombardi's, followed closely by Totonno's and my local spot Roma. Such a fun weekend with my boys!

I went ahead and ordered J a few things for his Easter basket. I bought him this Chirpy Chick Roger Priddy book to add to his funny faces collection, this bunny finger puppet book , these quacky cups for the bath (he loves to stack right now), and this cute little egg set. What are you putting in your little ones Easter basket?

Question for y'all. So J is 24 lbs and 9 ounces and is 14 months old. He can wear some 12 month clothing, but mostly we are wearing 18 month clothing, even though they are a little long. I'm guessing this spring and summer he'll be in 18 month for most of the time. He's been in 12 month since well before Christmas and he really hasn't grown much since he started walking. What size would you guess he'll be in for fall clothes? After 18 is 24, but when will he hit that? That's a HUGE jump! I've found a few cute options, but I'm scared to buy. Also, can someone please explain the difference btwn 24 months, 1T, 2T, 3T. I think I get it, but really I need some good explanations as to when my child will be wearing each size. =)

A friend sent me this article about being Southern in the City, if you are from the South and live here...you have to read it!

Have you entered my stationery giveaway? Click here to learn more about Take Note! Designs and The Paper Cafe and to enter the giveaway. For those of you that have already entered, The Paper Cafe is also offering MMM readers a 15% off discount on your order at the end of the giveaway, stay tuned to find out the special code. Although, you may want to wait until Friday to see if you are the lucky winner of a $50.00 gift certificate for Take Note! Designs products from The Paper Cafe. Click here to enter now, be sure to follow the rules!

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