2 Pink Lines.....

It is with great joy that I can announce that I am 13 weeks pregnant! Our much longed for third baby is due late July and we are so thrilled! It has been a very long, hard journey to get here as I have had alot of health complications in the past 3 years that have hindered our progress in getting pregnant but after 3 unsuccessful cycles of IUI, we took a break in October to consider our options and though I was told it would be very unlikely I would fall pregnant naturally, my little miracle happened and we did just that - finding out on my 39th birthday which was the best present ever! There will still be extra ultrasounds and tests required to ensure the safe arrival of our baby but in the meantime, I look forward to enjoying my pregnancy and sharing my experiences with you. I will be continuing with gigi+lulu but I am also creating a new blog - Baby, One More Time, which will be a diary of my pregnancy in my own words and I look forward to talking about my experiences with IVF/IUI, life after an abnormal pap smear and cone biopsy, the fun things that Gigi & Lulu say about my growing tummy and generally just documenting my experiences for my children to read one day. Once again, thank you for your ongoing support and I hope you enjoy my new blog as well x x x
PS: It is a little grainy but above is a photo of our little jellybean, giving us a little wave at my 10 week scan

Exciting News! Watch this Space....

I appreciate everyone's patience with me the past few months - I have had alot going on with me personally & professionally however I have some exciting news that I will be sharing with you all soon before I am back to business as usual. Watch this space xoxox
PS: I almost forgot - Happy New Year! 2010 will definitely be one of my most memorable ; )

Merry Christmas from gigi + lulu - all things sugar & spice

From my family to yours, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, may you enjoy celebrating the birth of Jesus with your loved ones and have a safe and prosperous 2010 as well. Thank you for your support in 2009, I hope to continue bringing you more beautiful fashions, accessories, party ideas and celebrity baby style for your little princess in the new year x x x

Top 25 Beautiful Red Dresses for Christmas - Part 2

As the kids are tucked into bed, patiently awaiting the arrival of Santa, here is my present to you - Part 2 of my annual Beautiful Red Dresses for Christmas feature:

1. Junior Gaultier Silk Velvet Dress with Detachable Fur Collar - just divine! Available from my wonderful affiliate, Children's Salon
2. Helena Tiered Dupioni Dress, available online at Neiman Marcus
3. Florence Eiseman Girly Girl Dress, available online at Bergdorf Goodman
4. Bonpoint Dragee Short Sleeve Corduroy Dress in Rouge, from the Bonpoint online store
5. Baby Nay Papavero Girls Party Dress, from Bellabelle online boutique
6. Addi & Kinsi Cranberry Red Party Dress - one of my personal faves - from Shabby Baby online boutique
7. Biscotti Christmas Red Dress
   
8. Rare Editions Red Layered Spring Sleeveless Dress
9. Addi & Kinsi Kimono Style Pink Panther Dress, from Shabby Baby online boutique
10. Sugar Plum Girls Boutique Red Sleeveless Christmas Holiday Dress
11. Little Miss Princess Off Shoulder Red Santa Christmas Dress
12. Darlington Red Infant Dress by Isobella & Chloe at Fairy Princess Clothing online boutique
13. Little Miss Princess Sweet Red Christmas Dress

Wishing you and your families all the very best for Christmas x x x

FINALLY - Top 25 Beautiful Red Dresses for Christmas - Part 1

Finally, I have compiled my list of the top 25 beautiful red holiday dresses for your little princess this Christmas. Due to illness, I haven't had a chance to post one a day like last year but here are the first half for you to swoon over:

1. Little Maven by Tori Spelling Red Plaid Jumper
2. seed Frill Front Dress in Cherry
3. Oobi Baby Tennis Skirt with Bloomer
4. Be my Valentine Dress from www.fairyprincessclothing.com
5. seed Fruit Print Dress in White
6. Ivory & Red Holiday Dress by Sarah Louise from www.fairyprincessclothing.com
7. Janie & Jack Rose Flocked Silk Dress
8. seed Petal Trim Dress in Watermelon
9. Oobi Baby Carmen Dress in Scarlet
10. Janie & Jack Bow Plaid Jumper in Berry Pink Plaid
11. Nicole Miller Olivia Party Dress in Red
12. Monnalisa Kids Red Roses Dress (available online at www.shopkitson.com)

Enjoy!

Suri in Holmes & Yang

I came across this beautiful editorial photo of Katie Holmes and co-designer Jeanne Yang with their daughters, who inspired the children's line of their new collaboration Holmes & Yang. Suri was wearing the dress that is pictured hanging in the doorway on a shopping trip with mummy Katie Holmes and big sis Isabella in New York last Sunday

COMING SOON: Back by popular demand - my picks for the 25 Delightful Little Red Christmas Dresses - can you believe it is that time of year again already!

Did you miss us?

As you can see, we have all been busy settling in to our new life on the farm. Gigi & Lulu just love wearing their new gumboots everywhere and can't wait until the arrival of our new dogs in the not too distant future. On top of completing a massive interior renovation of our little homestead, we had Gigi's birthday, moved house, had a week's vacation that had been planned a year ago (ie before we knew it would fall on the same week we were moving house!) and at the same time I have been undergoing some fertility treatments in the hope of conceiving baby #3. PHEW! Stop and breathe! As you can appreciate, I have hardly had time to keep up with my blog so I apologize for the few postings of late. I am almost unpacked now so watch this space - gigi + lulu, all things sugar & spice will be back soon with lots of new fashions, accessories, party ideas and celebrity baby style : )

Suri HEARTS Australian fashion

I apologise for the minimal posting of late - I am finally back online tonight as we have just moved to our beautiful new farm and I have spent the last week packing and unpacking boxes, cleaning the new house, organising tradesmen and adjusting the girls to their new schedule. It is safe to say we all love it out here - it is so peaceful and pretty. It sounds so cliched but we are awoken every morning by a family of kookaburras - so very Australian! Speaking of all things Australian, I have been catching up on all things Suri from my friend Vania's website Suri Cruise Italia and it appears that Katie & Suri spent alot of time during their stay here in Australia shopping up big with some of our wonderful local children's labels. This week in Boston Suri has been seen in seed (of which the Cruise's are big fans, having several pieces from their collection), Polka (I love all their prints!) & Mini Metalicus (who have a fabulous women's label as well). Please check out Suri Cruise Italia for all the details of Suri's fashions - Vania is always first to find Suri's wardrobe details - and her website is generally just awesome!

The twins! The twins! New pix of Vivienne Marcheline & Knox Leon with mama & papa Jolie Pitt - so cute but we want a closer look at little Viv!

This pic was taken by a fan at an ice cream parlour in Ammam Jordan - we want to see more, more, more of these gorgeous kids, especially little Vivienne! Side on, she looks alot like Shiloh, and Knox is even a dead ringer for his big sister - can't wait to see what style these little cherubs will have - loving the Jolie-Pitts!

Bratz Disco Party - A Dress Rehearsal - and a very special announcement - Happy Birthday Gigi!

Thanks everyone for the emails - I haven't been as consistent with my posts of late as we are renovating a new house which we hope to be moving into in a few weeks - sooooo excited! But in the meantime, we also managed to throw a farewell to the old house/birthday party for Gigi over the weekend - she wanted a Bratz Disco Party (which ended up being all about Hannah Montana anyway!) and here is a little picture of the girls at their dress rehearsal. Once we are settled into the new place, I will post all the details of the party as it is a popular theme for little wannabe rockstars! Oh, and I will have to catch up and post about Lulu's Tinkerbell party from February - whoops, thanks for reminding me : )
PS: Happy Birthday to my gorgeous 5 year old - love you G x x x x x

UPDATE: If you can't wait for the details of the Bratz Disco Party, I have just left a comment on one of my favourite blogs, MamaMia regarding children's parties with some of the details of what we got up to : )

Jada Ellie Clijsters - a grand slam cutie in Ella Moss

Congratulations to sporty mummy Kim Clijsters who won the US Open Women's Singles title yesterday in New York. Seen here with 18 month old daughter Jada Ellie, Kim become the first mother in 29 years to win the title, the last mum to do so was Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Gorgeous little Jada, who is a mini me of her mummy, is wearing the Ella Moss Agnes Tunic & Legging Set in Black

Funky Little Feet - A Week in Celebrity Baby Shoes

Here is the first installment of my new feature - Funky Little Feet - A Week in Celebrity Baby Shoes. Four of our favourite little fashionistas show us their sole side:

1. Violet Anne Affleck in her Crocs Cayman Shoes in White
2. Ming Lee Simmons in Converse All Star Hi - Little Kids in Black
3. Harlow Winter Kate Madden in See Kai Run Indria Baby Sandal in White
4. Honor Marie Warren in pediped Katelyn in Silver

Recycled Style #2 - Big Sister Violet in her Big Sister Tee

Beautiful little Violet Affleck first wore her Big Sister tee by Pluto Kids in January when little sister Seraphina was born, seen here with her daddy, actor Ben Affleck. While shopping with mummy this week, actress Jennifer Garner, Violet matched it with some really cute sneakers (watch this space) and an adorable teddy bear on roller skates. So sweet.
Hmmm, will I need another one of these shirts soon...?

Recycled Style - Loving little Harlow in her Bonpoint Gingham Dress

With a new baby brother or sister due any day now, little Harlow Winter Kate Madden is hangin' with daddy, rocker Joel Madden at the Farmer's Market in LA. We love the Bonpoint Cylliani Dress in Gingham Indigo which Harlow first wore out with mummy Nicole Richie back in April. Such a gorgeous baby : )
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Double Trouble - the O'Connell brothers with...and how cute are they....the O'Connell twins!

In the latest issue of US People magazine, Jerry O'Connell shares some personal photographs of his baby daughters with wife Rebecca Romijn - twins Charlie Tamara Tulip & Dolly Rebecca Rose. Wearing our old favourite Trumpette Mary Jane Pastels, of which Nicole Kidman & Sunday Rose are also fans, how cute are these two little cherubs, out at a baseball game with their daddy and his brother Charlie
Source: People Magazine

Eco Princess Style - Think Green Kids Tee by Revenge Is...

Soleil Moon Frye, co-owner of The Little Seed, an environmentally friendly children's boutique, was seen in LA with daughters Poet & Jagger this past week, Poet wearing a really groovy Think Green Kids Tee by Revenge Is.. I found it through Inhabitots which is a really cool website whose mission is "sustainable design for the next generation" and they are a great source of information for environmentally aware parents. I look forward to having a better look through their site when I have some spare time. Being eco friendly should be at the top of our lists as parents of the future generations, who will likely be most affected by the choices we make today

NEW to gigi + lulu - Eco Princess Style

Whichever way you look at it, we are living in a world that will need a little more TLC in years to come and many more designers of children's clothing and accessories are choosing to use more environmentally friendly materials in their products to help in this cause. I am starting a new feature here at gigi + lulu called Eco Princess Style which will showcase some of those designers and retailers who are helping to look after our planet for our children and their children

Thanks to My Tiny Princess, Disney Clip Art & Themes4BB for the green princess images I have found to introduce this new feature at gigi + lulu - all things sugar & spice

PS: Check out My Tiny Princess for absolutely beautiful ideas for Halloween costumes for your little princess. October is just around the corner and their tutus are divine : )

Hurry Katie! Hurry Suri! - Head back to Moppit! Winter sale now on!

Back in July, Suri was seen out and about in Melbourne in local label Moppit. Well, get your shopping shoes back on girls - they are on sale! Since you guys will be returning to the Northern winter, Katie, please support the local economy and stock up on some more Moppit for our favourite little fashionista ; )

Little Violet is a tie dye cutie in Juicy Couture

We love a little bit of tie dye on the weekend - and Violet Affleck is uber-cute in these Juicy Couture Tie Dye Velour Pants

Happy Birthday gigi + lulu - all things sugar & spice - 1 today!

Happy Birthday to us!
gigi + lulu - all things sugar & spice is 1 today!

We have had such a great time researching all the beautiful fashions, accessories, furnishings, gifts & party ideas for all the little princesses out there, following all the celebrity baby trends along the way.

Thanks so much for following our blog, it is the positive feedback and love of "all things sugar & spice" that keeps us going and we hope to bring you so many more beautiful things in the next 12 months x x x