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Holiday Gifts 2022 – Gifts for Littles

I hope this is a helpful guide for you to find some fun gifts for your children or new parents! Kitchen Tower We ordered one of these for our daughter last year and it’s been such a great thing to have in our home! Munchkin Forks and Spoons Set for Toddlers Love this set ofContinue reading “Holiday Gifts 2022 – Gifts for Littles”

Pesach 2022

Sharing my Passover table decor and Judaica pieces from this year – and some favorite family shots and outfit details, too 🙂 à table Table Cloth I found this lovely floral tablecloth online at Spoonflower. They had so many options but I just loved this blue and white floral. It can be used any timeContinue reading “Pesach 2022”

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2022

Sharing my annual Mother’s Day Gift Guide this year to help you figure out what to get for the special mamas in your life 🙂 Comment below with your ideas or favorites! Gifts that give back… CV x Every Mother Counts Sweatshirt Clare V. is proud to donate 30% of the purchase price of allContinue reading “Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2022”

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Maternity Favorites + Must-haves

No matter your pregnancy experience(s), growing a baby is hard work. So I’m sharing a few of my favorite pregnancy/maternity items – and some postpartum must-haves, too on today’s post 🙂 Favorite maternity clothing for that growing belly + more… Fabletics High-Waisted PureLuxe Maternity 7/8 I’ve been a Fabletics customer for years – and IContinue reading “Maternity Favorites + Must-haves”

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Love You Lots Baggies

We’re about to embark on a romantic vacation – without our little Maevey…so I decided to put together a fun way to keep her entertained and feeling loved while we’re away. Introducing these “Love You Lots” bags! Each day we’re away Maeve will have a new bag to open with a cute little gift orContinue reading “Love You Lots Baggies”

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A birth story.

Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Birth Trauma, Medical Trauma, PTSD, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Depression, Suicidal thoughts, NICU, NICU Trauma, Perinatal Mood + Anxiety Disorders, Emergency C-section I want to preface this post by saying that it’s taken a long time for me to get here. I was first instructed to write about my birth trauma experienceContinue reading “A birth story.”

Our Interfaith Family

I want to continue sharing some of our family’s traditions during the holiday season…but first I’m going to share a brief overview of how we approach our interfaith family lifestyle. As an interfaith (intercultural) family, we celebrate many holidays, including both Hanukkah and Christmas – and no, they really are not similar holidays in anyContinue reading “Our Interfaith Family”

Favorite Books + Family Holiday Traditions

Okay y’all I’m finally sharing my book recommendations – just in time for Christmas! One of our family’s special traditions is to gift books on Christmas Eve. We were inspired to do this by the Icelandic tradition called Jolabokaflod, or “Christmas Book Flood”. The tradition is to give and unwrap new books on Christmas eve,Continue reading “Favorite Books + Family Holiday Traditions”

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2021 Hanukkah Celebration Guide

We’re less than two weeks away from Hanukkah, so I’ve prepared my 2021 Celebration guide to help you with some ideas on how to celebrate and make each night memorable. As always, feel free to mix and match these ideas with whatever works best for your family’s schedule. This is the routine we’ll be goingContinue reading “2021 Hanukkah Celebration Guide”