Cute Rompers and Tees from Adeline's Daddy

One of our favorite fellow daddy-bloggers is Don Naylor a.k.a. Adeline's Daddy. He recently took the leap from workin' for the man to being a completely self sustained work from home Daddy and we couldn't be more jealous! One of the fruits of more time for his personal artwork is his new children's clothing line! When this launched we fell in love with the simplicity and tattoo-esque styled drawing & I scooped up the one that reads "HOMEWARD BOUND". All the artwork for the line is hand drawn by Don and insanely cute! ---> SHOP HERE

Comes in super cute packaging with hand made hang tags! Also ours came with a hand written letter and the original drawing as a thank you for being blog-buddies :) Thanks Don!

Sierra loved her romper! It is super comfy and soft and she kept saying "STROLLER STROLLER STROLLER!" and pointing to her belly :) I died from cuteness!

LINKS:

• Adeline's Daddy: BLOG
• Adeline's Daddy: STORE

Hip Toddler Shoes!

Fall is quickly approaching which means the end of sandals and shorts and hello to jeans and sneakers. In preparation for the cooler weather we are on the hunt for a hip, comfortable and affordable pair of sneakers for Sierra who is now a size 5 or 6 depending on the brand.


Up until now she has survived on awesome barely worn hand-me-downs from friends including a pair of Converse's and Nike Dunk Lo-Tops which she loved. We also purchased her a pair of TINY TOMS which she's yet to fully grow into and are more of a spring/summer shoe anyway. So little to no knowledge of the world that is toddler footwear we did what every new-age parent would do; we took to Google, Twitter an Etsy of course.

The first thing we did was to try searching for shoes we liked but in mini sizes so Google searches like "Vans Toddler", "Saucony Toddler" and "Converse Toddler" into Google were very helpful bringing up not only the companies online stores but an array of third party vendors where you can usually save a buck or two. One of these said vendors is everybody's favorite mall shoe store, Journeys, where we found pretty sweet shoes from Converse, Vans and Puma:

CLICK HERE FOR ZEBRA LO TOP (v) <-----> CLICK HERE FOR SOLID HI-TOP (v)

CLICK HERE FOR HELLO KITTY SLIP ON (v) <----->  CLICK HERE FOR PUMA VELCRO

Thanks to a few friends on Twitter we heard of a website called Zappos.com which much like Journey's pulls in shoe's from a ton of different vendors to make it easy to search for and buy shoes in one convenient place without having to go to 40 different websites. Over at Zappos I found the same brands but with even more of an assortment to choose from:

CLICK HERE FOR PURPLE VANS <---> CLICK HERE FOR WATERMELON VANS
CLICK HERE FOR AQUA LACELESS VANS <----> CLICK HERE FOR TEAL CHUCKS

The Last place we checked was Etsy. If you don't know Etsy is an online location for artists and dealers to sell their product online easily and securely. It is an amazing place to search for handmade and vintage goods, INCLUDING SHOES! The only issue w/ Etsy when it comes to clothes (especially the vintage stuff) is it's hit or miss on the sizes available. Our family is big into used / hand-made for a variety of reasons:

• It's cheaper (sometimes)
• It's eco-friendly
• It's nice to support local artists
• You normally find something more unique and interesting than the mall has to offer

We searched through Etsy and look at some of the awesome finds we came up with:

70s Buster Brown's CLICK HERE <--> 70s Crazy Child Oxfords CLICK HERE
Vintage Queen Bee's CLICK HERE <--> 80s Dress Shoe's CLICK HERE

So we havent as of yet made our purchase but I think we're leaning towards those super cute Watermelon Vans or the Teal Chucks. Not sure yet though! Open to any suggestions to a brand, shoe style or website where we could keep looking. Would love to hear your feedback! -Craig


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Father's Day Giveaway: Land's End Polo Shirt!

Something you quickly learn about being a parent is that people are quick to judge you on your appearance. When you're the weird, tattooed, shaggy haired, cut off jean shorts wearing dad on the playground you get a few weird looks to say the least! Since Sierra was born I have started to populate my closet with more 'adult' clothes because well I'm supposed to be the grown up now right? Don't get me wrong I still have plenty of t-shirts, skinny jeans and vans but it's nice to have some clothes that make you look half way presentable too. When Land's End contacted us asking if we'd like to do a giveway for Father's Day I was stoked because this is our first official giveaway and a polo shirt is a sweet way to look professional but still be comfortable, it's kind of like the mullet of business attire. They sent me one to try out and I have to say it is one of the nicest polo's I've ever had. Super comfortable, fit's perfectly and comes in a ton of nice colors! Details on the actual shirt here: http://bit.ly/jEGvLJ

Sierra and I playing around in front of our apartment wearing our new polo shirt.

One of Sierra's favorite modes of transportation :)

So here is our little Father's Day gift to you we hope you like it and there are details on how to entere are below and good luck! Thanks Land's End!

HOW TO ENTER:

1) Follow us by clicking the "Follow" Button on the right hand side and then leave a comment on this blog entry with your name and why you want to win the shirt!

2) Follow us on Twitter and then tweet this: Happy Fathers Day! Win a awesome @LandsEndChat Polo Shirt from @TheHipsterDad here: http://goo.gl/mLgQ6

TOMS

I love TOMS. I got my first pair right before Sierra's first birthday last August. I'm now on my third pair and have also converted my whole family. Look at this adorable photo I took last night. Daddy, Mama and Baby. The baby toms are called TINY TOMS, how cute is that? Besides being insanely comfortable and stylish, it's for a good cause! More on the cause here: http://www.toms.com, and no I did not get paid to say this, but Toms if you see this I'm a size 10 ½ ;) -Craig