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November 23, 2017

2017 Holiday Gift Guide

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The time has come !!! My annual anticipated Holiday Gift Guide is HERE, and I am so happy to have had the pleasure of working with so many AMAZING Companies to find this years perfect guide.
Let’s jump right in, with gifts for the kiddos ! Because let’s be honest fulfilling their wishes brings so much joy.
1.KidKraft Disney Pixar Cars 3 Florida International Speedway
This racetrack by KidKraft is nothing short of AMAZING ! The built in table doubles as storage and has proven itself with hours of solo play for Matthew ! Exclusively sold at Sam’s @samsclub #KidKraftKids
Definitely an awesome choice for kids 3+ when we received the box I was amazed how large the table was, it gives just the right amount of space for fast Speedway action, the tables theme is Disney Pixar’s Cars 3 (Matthew loves Cars 3) so seeing each character was really amazing for him. The table is real wood and has so many interchangeable pieces so the track is never the same, great to help build imagination and focus on re-building the track to allow the cars to run smoothly.
2.Rockabye Rockers
We adore these rockers!! Rockabye rockers are not your average rocker, they are assembled in the USA and they also play educational songs to add to the fun while the kids are rocking away !!
3. Re -Play Recycled
COLOR its the key to success for me when trying to get and keep the boys attention, LOOK how fun these Re-Play Recycled sets are ! Jacob is now at the age where he can start sitting with his brother at the “Kids” Table at least for snack time 🙂 it makes it so fun to see them interacting and sharing snacks.
Let’s Jump into something FOR HIM****
Let me be honest here it’s really hard to shop for him, especially when you’ve been together for the greater part of your adulthood and have gotten him every “go too” Gift there ever was.
Ready, Set, GO!!!!! Buy him an Xtreme Experience! He will forever thank you when he gets to experience a few laps in his dream car!!!
Xtreme Experience is available nation wide throughout the year, it just so happens we will be Driving Exotic Cars At Palm Beach Intl Raceway come the weekend of Dec. 1,2 here in Florida:)
Be sure to follow along on Instagram to see us live at the Palm Beach International Raceway Driving a Dream Car with Xtreme Experience!!!
The following Gifts are for everyone!! Him, Her, Sister, Brother, Cousins…. anyone who just has it all and is worth a Unique thoughtful gift!!
1.Home DNA Ancestry Test
Ancestry DNA Test seem to be “the thing to do” now a days and why not? The testing has become so affordable and so easy it’s just worth getting an inside look. At where we come from. I had my husband take Home DNA and we are currently awaiting the results. The process was so easy! If you did not catch my insta stories unboxing I’ll quickly go over how we started the testing journey.
The box contains 4 Test swabs, a simple information return card and a prepaid return envelope. We followed the directions swabbed the inside of his cheeks with all 4 swabs filled out the card and placed everything into the return envelope. The results will be back in about 6 weeks.
Can’t wait to learn more about his heritage not only for him but to help us form a bigger picture for our children to pass down.
2. Tile #tileit
If you have lost it, miss placed it or ever feared loosing it Tile It! Seriously you guys, you can not beat knowing you have a way to help find your lost or miss placed items. See our story with TileHERE.
3. Smile Brilliant
Smile Brilliant was on my Holiday Gift Guide last year as well, I am still a huge fan!! Custom fitted whitening trays you can do at home !! 5% coupon code: magnoliamomco
So if you know someone who would appreciate a bright white smile gift Smile Brilliant! Trust me it’s worth it.
4. Oliday Bag
Oliday is a collection of premium quality backpacks, travel bags, and camera bags. Yes, a bag for everyone!! I use mine as a baby bag that also holds my laptop ! Double score!! You seen my Oliday Bag in our recent story with Tile.
It is water resistant and holds all the things, it has a over the shoulder strap for easy carrying and is the perfect neutral color so my husband can take it along when he takes the kids to activities or to the park.
5. WODBOM box of the month
Because fitness is one of the top New Years resolutions, I love WODBOM to Gift an easy way to help them stay motivated and ready with healthy snacks, equipment and apparel that all arrives to your doorstep every month!! #WODBOM
6. Ollie Gray
This one is staying with the fitness trend and keeping that new Mom or Mom to be motivated and looking good! Ollie Gray Anywhere Bra will allow her to go from Home to Work and to the Gym all with comfort and the ability to pump and feed the baby without having to change bras. I can tell you from experience this is huge and takes away the stress of thinking about why type of bra to wear.
The designs are so gorgeous!
I will always be on the lookout for fun, practical holiday gifts and deals that will arrive on time, be sure to follow along on Instagram @themagnoliamom and TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS to be sure my new post show up first in your feed! Watch insta stories for quick ideas.
Wishing you a Happy a Happy Holiday Season from my Family to yours!
XO-
Amy

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March 28, 2017

Traveling with the kids made easy with Floor Bloom!

As a mom I love to see my boys happy and in their comfort zone so I have always had anxiety over traveling with the kids even if it was to a family members house for a weekend. I have a routine in place at home and when we step out of it I do not want the kids to feel out of place. I have been blessed to find a seriously genius product for the boys!

Floor Bloom floor pillows, these amazingly soft super lightweight pillows are perfect for the boys to lounge together and read a book or play Stack O Rings one of their favorite toys right now. I remember as a child always bringing a pillow in the car if we were going on a day trip or weekend away, so I offered Matthew the leaf pillow on a car ride to Grandmas house and he LOVED it ! I bring the floor pillows with us for the kids to have a space to sit and relax, it has relived a lot of anxiety about weather or not they will be comfortable. 
I feel like the pillows are the perfect size, big enough to be comfy cozy and not too bulky where someone wouldn’t want them in the living room off to a corner. 
We will be traveling this summer and I can not wait to bring Floor Bloom along!
Click HERE to visit Floor Bloom and order yours.

XO
Amy 

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March 24, 2017

Starting A New Easter Tradtion With The Easter Story Egg™

Happy Spring! I hope you all are getting outside and enjoying this beautiful weather, we certainly are. Easter is such a fun and meaningful time of year, the weather is great and everyone seems to have a renewed spirit after winter. This Easter we will be celebrating Easter with a new tradition one that I have found so fun and easy for the kids to participate in.

If you have not heard of The Easter Story Egg™  from Star From Afar Kids than you have to check them out and add this wonderful tradition to your family’s Easter Celebrations! This Beautiful Set includes a hard cover book and a set of 7 wooden nesting eggs that starts on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Sunday helping teach children the true meaning of Easter.

Each wooden egg is so beautiful painted with the different parts of the Easter Story, the quality is superb and will last for years to come!

Matthew started taking apart the eggs one by one each time with pure excitement and joy, “There’s another one, and another one!” he smiled and admired all the eggs lined up, I explained to him starting Palm Sunday after church we will begin the story and each day he will be able to open one more egg, he is filled with excitement and looking forward to hearing each part of the story. I love looking at the world though his eyes it helps me stop and remember that life doesn’t always have to be so busy and hectic its about the little things like reading my baby a book and seeing him smile that really fills the heart!

We love our The Easter Story Egg™  so much we are hosting a Giveaway!! Enter Below and Tag your friends on Facebook and Ingram so they can have a chance to win as well! If you’d like to buy yours now, Get 10% OFF your The Easter Story Egg™  HERE and use the code MAGNOLIA  !!

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February 3, 2017

Seamlessly Going Though Motherhood With Bravado Designs

If you have been following along, you know I have been looking for just the right nursing wear to feel comfortable, sexy and still feel good about nursing at home and in public. If you are looking for the PERFECT nursing bra I have found it! The Body Silk Seamless Nursing Bra by Bravado Designs is so comfortable and provides the best back support I’ve found in a nursing bra with a nice wide back it wont slip or fold during the day.

Bravado is so Amazing they made a Body Silk Seamless Nursing Cami also! It is the same bra sewn right in. I literately wear this everyday, not having to wear a bra at home is AMAZING!!

This is #MOMLIFE at its best, this is daily life my boys and I just getting though the day! Thank You Bravado Designs for making it that much easier.

If you see my Instagram post last night you seen me wearing this bra while working out !? What? Yes, it is that good. Check out the new Sea Glass Color that would be super cute for working out!
 

 
Note: I was kindly sent the product featured in this post in exchange for writing about it. It’s thanks to wonderful sponsors like these that The Magnolia Mom is able to keep running! All opinions are my own.

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December 9, 2016

POP The CHAMPAGNE / Toys For Tots Donation

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The Magnolia Mom Blog is Donating to Toys for Tots for Every T-Shirt Sold !
The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.The primary goal of the Foundation is the same as that of the overall Toys for Tots Program: i.e. –  to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them into becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.
Over the years the Foundation and Program have had the generous support of Organizations and Individuals to create a lasting relationship with them and the children their donations help each year.


All donations through Personal donation pages are managed with the same 97% to 3% program to support ratio as any other form of dollar donation to the Program. With over 97% of your donations going to our mission of providing toys, books, and other gifts to less fortunate children.
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Thank you for supporting the Marine Toys For Tots Program.

A HUGE THANK YOU for helping to support a charity we LOVE and Believe in! Enjoy your new T-Shirt!
Our Toys for Tots Donation Pg is Located HERE

Note: A Donation of no less than 10% of all sales will be contributed to our Toys for Tots Fundraiser Pg. It’s thanks to all my wonderful sponsors that The Magnolia Mom is able to keep running!

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September 21, 2016

Goodbye Summer, HELLO FALL!

Goodbye Summer, HELLO FALL!!

Oh how I’ve been waiting for you, this summer has been nothing short of amazing! Let’s be real though I am very pregnant and SO ready for cooler weather, it still may be a couple weeks until us Floridian’s see the temp’s drop and this point the hope is good enough for me.

Fall brings weather, pumpkins and a new baby! We are so excited to meet our new addition and have some really fun things planned for the next few months. Since the official start to fall is tomorrow it gives me an excuse to light my new fall scented candle and get start shopping some of my fall favorites I’ve been hoarding on my wishlist’s.

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September 16, 2016

GIVEAWAY// My Pello LUXE Floor Pillow !

It’s the weekend and I wanted to do a giveaway of one of my new favorite products for the Kidos !! We attended MommyCon 2016 this month and found the “My Pello” my little guy loved it while he was there and I automatically knew we needed one, I quickly added one to my registry!

We love Friday Movie night at our house and lounging around spending time as a family, soon there will be another baby boy in our home just (4 weeks) we look forward to both of our boys lounging around as they are perfect for newborns too toddlers !!

Enter to win your very own My Pello below:

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Don’t forget to show the love to My Pello on Instagram @mypello

*THIS GIVEAWAY IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED BY MY PELLO OR INSTAGRAM

Filed in: baby #2, baby boy, Baby Boys Room, baby giveaway, baby on the way, giveaway, instagram, my pello, the magnolia mom • by themagnoliamom • Leave a Comment

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September 7, 2016

Why "The Magnolia Mom" ?

Today I got another email asking why the name “The Magnolia Mom”? This is a question I get ALOT since the beloved show Fixer Upper got popular on HGTV.

Yes, I am a huge fan! The truth is I started This blog in 2013 when I found out we were expecting our first child. Before Fixer Upper or anything Magnolia was popular, I have always loved the Magnolia Flower its beauty and its smell! The ultimate meaning of the magnolia flower is that it often symbolizes Yin, or the feminine side of life which was perfect for a lifestyle/ mom blog like mine. 

Expecting our first child I also loved that it symbolized womanly beauty and gentleness as I was going though pregnancy for the first time, thinking about the beauty of my changing body often helped me with my worries.

So there you have it, the story of “The Magnolia Mom” Blog that began in 2013 
Life sure has changed a lot since then, luckily I have had the love of my life by side too share it with! 

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August 26, 2016

Baby Boys Nursery Board and Batten Look

If you follow along on Instagrm @themagnoliamom you have seen bits and pieces of our dyi board and batten look going up as we get the nursery ready for our new baby boy!

The first step was of course choosing a color theme, after much discussion we chose navy, white and grey. The Navy is (Royal Navy) Valspar 
The first part of the project was to paint the top half of the walls : 
Next cut and nail molding at desired height: 
We used a 2×2 wood piece for the vertical slats we measured all pieces to 36in and nailed them in:
The next step is calking all seams nd sanding them flat. For the bottom we used high high white and wow the final outcome is just amazing !! 
That’s a wrap for this room at least, our sons room is next and I am so undecided on the type of look I’d like too do for him, I am thinking something similar Mabey a different type of molding on the bottom? 
Any suggestions? 
Xo
Amy 

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July 26, 2016

Family pictures and a bump update !

We have been working on getting baby boy’s nursery ready (still waiting on a few larger pieces to arrive) so we took a free weekend and headed down to our favorite place on earth, the beach to take some bump pictures. I haven’t really been on top of taking a lot of pictures this pregnancy mostly because well, I have a two year old wild man that keeps me occupied for about all hours of the day 🙂 no complaining here as I wouldn’t trade this time in my life for anything and be able to stay home and raise my babies is my dream job!

Bump Update: 
Woo I can not believe next week I will be in my third trimester !! Can you say time flys when your having fun! This pregnancy has by far been the harder of the two since the beginning I felt sick most of the first 3 months, after getting though all that I started getting back pains so I have since stopped holding Matthew so much and that has relived a lot of the pressure off my back. Here are some pictures from my 26 week bump with baby #2.
Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @themagnoliamom and on snap themagnoliamom 
Xoxox
Amy 

Filed in: 26 weeks pregnant, baby #2, Boy Mom, family of 3, Maternity style, the magnolia mom • by themagnoliamom • Leave a Comment

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