It’s no secret that I love kids’ clothes, so when the girls from Baby Bear Chic contacted me about hosting a giveaway for Blue-Eyed Bride readers I was really excited to introduce all of you to this website. Baby Bear Chic is a new online shop started by two sisters and they are as sweet as can be! And aren’t they cute?!

They carry some of my most favorite brands for boys and girls.

I was excited to see some adorable things for boys and girls in their shop. And they also do custom appliqués and monogrammed outfits.

I love this little football john john!

And the backpacks and nap mats are just too cute!

 

The girls from Baby Bear Chic are giving away a $75 gift certificate and free shipping to a Blue-Eyed Bride reader!

And they’re offering a 10% off code to all of you! Just enter BLUEEYED10 at checkout!

To enter the giveaway, just “like” their Facebook page and come back and leave a comment here. That’s it!

Good luck!

What does date night look like for us these days?

Tonight we picked up barbecue take out and brought it home. The boys ate their supper quickly and then Todd and I each took one of the boys to get ready for bed and read books.

He is finishing up with Hayes and we’re getting ready to watch Shark Tank and Dateline. And tonight’s episode of Dateline is a rerun of an episode we watched while on our honeymoon.

(Yes, we totally watched Dateline in the hotel room of the Grand Wailea on our honeymoon.)

Glamorous, right?

I honestly can’t think of anything else I’d rather be doing on a Friday night.

Okay, y’all! I have been so, so, so very excited about this giveaway for a long time now. You can all get mad at me for holding out on you for the last six months.

Because I have now experienced the greatest vacuum cleaner! The Oreck Magnesium is the greatest addition to our home in 2012. It’s a good thing Hayes was born in 2011. (Just kidding)

The Magnesium is light weight and slim. And it is an Oreck.

What can I say about Oreck? I have been a loyal Oreck user for seven years now. I will never, ever buy a different brand of vacuum cleaner. I purchased a refurbished Oreck from the Oreck store when I moved into my second post-grad apartment. I never had a single problem with that vacuum cleaner.

And when Oreck sent me the Magnesium to review, I jumped at the chance.

I love how sleek it is.

It is powerful. It cleans my floors and rugs better than any vacuum cleaner I’ve ever had. It is gentle enough for my nicest rugs and is low enough for hardwoods.

You would not believe how lightweight it is! It weighs just over 7 pounds. I can haul it all over my house, up and down stairs, and never get tired.

It has 102 miles per hour of airflow! There is so much power that it feels like it is self propelled on most surfaces!

And it lays virtually flat to get under the lowest furniture. The LED lights on the front of the Magnesium make it easy to see under furniture where it’s dark.

The cord stretches across four rooms in my house. I only have to unplug it and plug it back in twice to get my whole house cleaned. It’s really incredible!

My favorite thing about all Orecks? The bags. I love vacuum bags. They seal so tight and contain all of the mess so neatly. I love that when my bag is full, I can switch it out without the risk of spilling all of the dust, dog hair, and crumbs all over my floor like so often happens with canister vacuums.

I’m so excited to be giving away an Oreck Magnesium and the Oreck Ultimate Handheld  to one lucky Blue-Eyed Bride reader.

Now, this little Oreck Ultimate Handheld is the greatest little thing I’ve ever used. It is so powerful! It has an extra long cord. It has a very convenient shoulder strap that makes it really easy to use all of the attachment and clean the sofa, the curtains and in those small hard to reach areas. It is the perfect accompaniment to the Magnesium!

I actually plan to give a couple of these little guys as Christmas presents this year.

The Oreck Magnesium is worth $499.99 and the Ultimate Handheld is worth $149.99 and one of you will get them both for free!

To enter, visit Oreck.com and come back here to tell me one thing you learned about the Magnesium.

For additional entries:

Follow @oreck on Twitter.

Like Oreck on Facebook.

Sign up for Oreck’s email list by clicking on “Sign up for Email” in the top navigation bar and entering your email address.

Tweet about the giveaway, mentioning you and @oreck with a link to your post.

 

*Oreck Corporation provided the prize for the sweepstakes but is not the sponsor of the sweepstakes.

                                                            

I had to share this deal with all of you real quick!

Groop Dealz is having a great sale on bib bubble necklaces for the next couple of days! I know these are every where right now — for just $19.99. They look great with everything. And this price is so good!