Hello friends! Touching base in the few minutes of fuss-free, baby-is-sleeping, calm-before-the-chaos ensues. Wow! I don’t know where to begin except to say how incredible these past few weeks have been. Hop is growing big and strong, extra cuddly and loving, and more curious than ever. I, on the other hand, am still trying to figure out how to type one-handed, make a pot of coffee before lunch, answer emails the same day, and a bevy of otherwise mundane but seriously important things like getting out of the house!
On a side note, after my hiatus I have some exciting new things to unveil. A new kids blog and a couple Sage & Style weekly feautures I think you’ll really like.
Watch for this in the next week or two; in the meantime here’s a pic of our noodle … week 3.

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Here he is—our little noodle. Eleven days old, incredibly cuddly, totally sweet and the biggest, loving handful we’ve ever experienced.
Eleven days of unbelievable love, hard work, cry fests and devotion. Eleven days of sleep deprivation, amazing support, loving family and fantastic friends. BCL and I are head-over-heels and can’t wait to share more. In the meantime, Hop says hi with his big guns blazing.

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BCL and I are SO EXCITED to announce the birth of our new little man, Hopper “Hop” Higgins LaFlamme who arrived Monday at 9:42 am. We’re currently cuddling, recouping and learning all about our new addition, the sweetest, most loving little charmer this side of newborn.
You can imagine how eager I am to share our experience, more photos (how do you ever stop taking them moms!?) and of course all the details as the weeks progress. In the meantime, we’ll be on a short hiatus but back very soon.
PS: Above is Hop’s announcement, which we eblasted to our nearest and dearest. Isn’t it fab? My awesome friends over at Paper Nickle Stamp custom-made it with a Chicago urban spin.

I simply couldn’t resists a post on sales today … there are just too many fab ones out there right now! Of course I do realize it’s Father’s Day on Sunday and I should undoubtedly be sharing a few of my favorite gifts … but alas the day has escaped me via online sales and a few stealth purchases to boot. So here I am. With a sales post and poor dad. Well, he’ll get something tomorrow (local and last minute.)

1. Bernardo Farfalla laser cut shoe / Lori’s Shoes. 2. Paint palette pillow / CB2. 3. Cara Accessories flower bangles / Nordstrom. 4. Terrazzo Jeanette handbag / Kate Spade. 5. Bright bolts belt / Anthropologie. 6. Diane von Furstenberg Meka sweater / Net-a-Porter.