"A Mother Knows Best... A Doctor rules things out"


     We have all heard this saying before, and chances are that some of us are Mothers and have experienced before knowing that something was wrong and it turned out right! But what happens when your instinct takes you down a pathway that was not expected?

     This is what happened to my family. We were so happy and blessed to be welcoming a baby boy into our family of 4, we have 2 girls already Allison & Elizabeth, aged 6 & 7. Well when Lucas came along and at only 3 weeks old, he come down with a fever, and that sent us down a long and scary pathway, and 72 hours of hospital stay. If you have a newborn under 3 months or expecting a baby, please take the time to read this blog. I do tend to write a lot so I will try and keep our story brief. 

    Our story started like most do while they are on a new baby adventure. we were sitting at 39 weeks and 3 cm and wanting to meet out new little guy. Thank the good lord he finally came 1 day before his due date, 2 1/2 hours of hard contraction, and 9 min of pushing we gave birth to our handsome Lucas, weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz. There is no words to describe how amazing the feeling is of seeing your baby for the first time, but it was something like being on a cloud in heaven.

     36 hours later, we were visited by the Pediatrician to go over the pre admit to finally send us on our way home to the excited big sisters. She talked about S.I.D.S and how best to prevent it, she talked about jaundice and how best to watch for it, she talked about breastfeeding and how to best offer it. the last thing she said is " Oh and make visitors wash up when they come in, especially if they have a job that handles money"

     Coming home was great, we did have lots of visits, but we hardly asked everyone to wash in like it was a hospital. We had a very calm boy so we went out for groceries once a week, went to church every Sunday, visited our playgroups, went out to the mall to finish Easter shopping and then came Easter were we visited my Moms and my husbands Dads, and a neighboring  town for a Easter egg hunt with thousands of visitors  This might have been too much too soon. 

      It was a Monday like any normal day, Lucas had turned 3 weeks that Saturday, and he spent the day like normal with his napping and snacking and playing. Then after his afternoon stretch of napping he woke up just screaming, not normal for my lil Lucas. this continued for the rest of night, he spent 10 min sleeping 3 min screaming. We then spent he rest of night tag team sleeping and looking after Lucas. We figured at first it was gas, seeing as there was no fever present, but as the night wore on and still no relief for our poor lil guy we just know something was up. So we called our Dr in the morning and made an appointment for later that day, but still no fever! still no relief from pain for lil Lucas.

     At around 10:30 finally we saw the first hint of a fever, it came in at 37.4, and I started thinking hmmmm this really seems like an ear infection. Lucas wanted to be held up on your shoulder and he didn't want to feed on one side. Off to the Dr we went. Our awesome neighbor, who also happens to be our Nurse took his temp again and now we were sitting at 37.9, and she agreed there was something going on to provoke his sad painful cries. Doctor came in the room and said. "Well Mom what do you think it is?" I said I thought it was ear infection, he relpied "Oh we will have a look but it is very rare in a child this young" then he started his examination checked his ear, said it was a little red so I figured I was right. Then that is when he checked his heart rate, and I know something was really wrong. His poor little heart was racing up to 167. There is no words to describe how horrible the feeling is not knowing what is wrong with your baby.

     Then things got really scary, he said he did not know what was wrong with Lucas to cause the heart rate and the fever, and that he wanted me to go down right away to see a pediatrician. This is when your heart as a Mother literally stops, all the worst things in the world come rushing into your head. I got Lucas cloths back on and prepared myself to go out into the waiting room and tell his Dad. 

     The car ride was about 45 min, but it was the longest 45 min of my life, I believe I cried the whole way there. when we arrived at 2 pm and they already know we were coming, they took my info and rushed us right into the ER. There is were we met our Dr. and he too asked " what do you think it is" well by this time he had a bit of crust around his one ear I thought was in question, so I showed him and said, ear infection. He too replied "Oh thats really rare in a baby this young." but  he checked his ear anyways and said yes there was a drop of fluid in his little tiny ear canal but it could just be a tear. The nurses and student paramedics went to work hooking up all the wires that were needed to monitor him and the Dr went on explaining all what was going to be done to our baby boy. He informed us that they needed to find the source of infection and that meant a nose swab, urine sample, blood sample and spinal fluid sample. Nothing can prepare you for what comes next.

     The nose swab was easy, just a little swab of his nose and we are done. the urine sample a little harder, they need to insert a catheter to catch a clean sample, which a student Dr wanted to try and ended up in the nurse doing it, it wasn't so bad he actually fell asleep while this all went on. then came the blood test. they need one drawn from the vein and one tube bleed out from the heal prick. Well the first lady could not find a vein and only poked him 2 times before calling in another. The vein sample was just a prick and rather fast and easy, but the heal prick was not so fun, it took about 4 min to fill a vile of blood and he screamed the whole time. then came the spinal tap, this is when they asked us to leave the room and go wait in the quiet room. Which is not quiet at all, I could still hear my baby screaming from all the way down the hall and over top of the loud and busy ER. Then came the worst news, we are going to be keeping him here for 48-72 hours, and we still don't know what is wrong.

      The Dr. then went into explaining what all could be causing this infection and why they need to do all these tests. It was brain infection, kidney infection, bacterial infection, or viral infection. WOW what a list. Then came the worst part of it all, the inserting of the IV so they could start antibiotics. The student paramedics thought they would give this a try, well all I can say is 2 tries in each hand and in each foot later,and collapsing some veins,  I actually started passing out while holding him, they thought it would help it to breastfeed while trying to find the vein. Dad actually felt like punching them in the face, of course he knew they were trying their best, but not easy for a Dad to watch. They ended up calling in the neuro ladies to give his head veins a try, they too had to poke him 2 times before getting it in. By this time it was 7pm and I felt like I was going to puke or pass out, and actually broke down in uncontrollable crying.

     Then came the waiting to get into your room for our 72 hour hospital stay. It was only an hour but I still had not been able to stop crying, due to the fact that this was time I then had to call our family members to explain to them what was going on. 8 pm came and we were walked down to the children's wing of the hospital to meet our Nurse and get comfy in our room. 

     Good news was there waiting for us when we arrived, the Nurse informed us that the spinal tap come back clear and their was no brain infection. This was like winning the lottery. Yes they still did not know what was wrong with him, but at least it wasn't the worst thing that could of been wrong. then she explained it was going to take 48 hours for the urine, blood and nose swab to come back and in this time they would just treat him with antibiotics and we would play the waiting game.

     The next few days were good, we met lost of wonderful Nurses and volunteers who really made you feel like everything was going to be ok, because regardless what was wrong you were in the right place to make the wrong back to a right again. They were really focused on making it comfortable for both Lucas and for my Husband and I. Answering every question, and watching him while I showered or did a dinner run, or just sitting with me talking about life. Just anything it keep my mind off the waiting game. On the second day the Dr came in to check on him, and with him he brought his tool to check his ear, and said that the fluid had dried up but was yellowish in colour and that left him to question it seeing as it should of been white salty looking if it was in fact a tear. Then said it was going to be another day, the test still were not ready and he wanted to keep an eye on that ear.

     As I sat there for the rest of the day I prayed please just be his ear, please just be his ear. We already know we were not suffering like our little 1 1/2 month neighbor, she was in for 21 days of antibiotics with meningitis which is a brain infection. We were still waiting to find out if it was some kind of bacterial infection, like the little boy of 2 months down the hall who was now in for 14 days of antibiotics. We were still waiting to find out from the nose swab if it was one of 7 viral infection that are in season right now like the little girl of almost 2 months around the corner from us had, and was on 7 days of antibiotics. This we learned is usually the cause that they see in newborns with a fever, just a virus. You see it was shocking to find out that 50% of who they see come through those doors of the children's wing is newborns waiting to find out what their test say about what is causing them to have a fever.We also heard from several Nurses and the Dr that they wish more talk was giving to parents after they had their babies on making sure everyone that touches your baby has been sick in last 24 hours and that they do wash up first. That yes go out but try to limit your outing to places that are not really busy like the grocery store, at least for the first 3 months. We all assume that because our babies have our antibodies that this is enough to help them fight off anything that they come in contact with. This just is not the truth, it helps but not with eveything.

     The next day rolled around and we got an early morning visit from our Dr. he came with the news that all his test were clear the nose, the urine the blood, that nothing was wrong with him, did another check of the ear and saw still more yellowish crust. So after all that we went through he explained that yes this poor little man was suffering from a ear infection this whole time, but that it was very necessary  to do the test to rule everything else out. And also that it is really hard to see in his tiny ears, and very rare to have a ear infection this early. We were very happy that it was something so treatable, and that we were then able to take out his IV and go home were we could just give him oral antibiotics. Believe me its not always a happy ending like that for most parents that walk through those doors,we had a 72 hour experience, a lot of others are there for 48 to find out whats wrong then another 7 - 21 days after they find out.

     I wish that somebody would of better informed me about how many 3 month old and younger babies end up in the hospital with an infection due to being exposed to too many places and too many people, so I figured I would give someone else a glimpse into what we experienced in hopes that they will make sure everyone washes in like hospital. I wish I looked over paraniod to my friends asking them to do this rather then go through what we did. or that someone stays home a little more not exposing their babies to that sneezing old man standing 6 feet away from your baby sending all his viral infection droplets right into the air you baby is breathing in the grocery store. I write this not to scare you just to warn you in hopes that you can better understand how to prevent a scary hospital stay in your new babies future.

    So I said this would be brief, but for those of you who know me this is rather brief. I could of wrote more. Just keep in mind, wash up, wash up, wash up, limit your outings, and if you baby does come down with a fever say yes to the tests even if you think you know whats wrong, because the Dr in the hospital  know just as best as Moms do, and no matter what the infection is they can make your child back to normal and on his way home :)

   

       

A Dog is never, just a Dog!

" He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader.  He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

        There are many different types of Dog lovers out there, were as every dog out there is a human lover. Even if they have had a life of not yet understanding love back from a human, that dog will always trust again and show that love and devotion to its human. It is all in how you raise your dog, just like how you raise your children. You will get from him what you put into him.

          I find it interesting how they are many types of dog owners out there. From someone who dines at the table with their little pooch to someone who relies on their great dog to stand guard of the farm. What ever you wish from your dog, your dog will deliver. It doesn't matter wither you are blessed with a dog from a pup or blessed with a second chance dog, no other animal will bring home the devotion better than a dog.

             This is why even if you raise and rely on your dog to bring different duties as part of your family, we all can agree on one thing, the bond that is there between that family and that dog. I have a big family and extended family, and almost everyone in my family has dogs. They all have different kinds and view those dogs in different ways. Some are very open with the bond they share with their dogs, others are very closed off at the bond that is there, don't get me wrong its still there, they just don't let anyone in on the secret that they could love and animal as much as they do.

           The point I am trying to get at is this, everyone who has taken the proper time and put it into there dog, has the same very special bond with their dog, this is because a dog always responds to you faithfully  lovingly, protectively  and with better devotion sometimes than even your spouse can give. Believe me I have many time were my dog has listened to me more than my husband has :)

           This is were are part comes in, we are called to be our dogs whole life, their love, their leader. Even if that means difficult times with your dog. I can remember the puppy stage, how many of us give up and say there is nothing I can do to train this dog, then give in and ship them out. I know I could of given up many time, but I know what its like to have people give up on you and its not a great feeling so I stuck it out. I truly believe that is the best decision I made. Out of that I gained not a dog, but a true member of our family, believe me, meet her and you will see how a dog truly can believe they are a child and not a dog.

             

              For anyone who know our Jazzy, they know this, she is hyper, she is in your face, and she loves to meet you at the door, wither it be to bite the glass and make you think you should not enter unless you want to die, or if you come in and find she really just wants at you to sniff, lick and meet you. But the funny thing is if you know my children you know they are hyper and in your face and love to run to the door and tell you all about their life before your boots even come off. That is just a sign how our dog thinks she is just like my kids. And lets not forget how she jumps in the car and sits in the car seat waiting for someone to buckle her in, or how she stares at the doors of the school wondering when its going to be her first day.

            

              This part of the story is for those of you who have yet to admit the impact your dog could have on your life. I know your type you see a dog as just your dog, there to do whatever it is you have trained them to do, while believing that dog have no real hold on your life. I pity you and challenge you to understand your dog to the next level. I do this because you never know what is going to happen, It could be your last week with that dog, and you truly will not understand the hold that dog had on you until he is gone. I would rather know that I gave and got from my dog everything in the time I got to share with them.

           Our Jazzy has taken a turn for the worse, and only at 5 years of age, were we sit today is not knowing if we will have to take special care of her for the remainder of her life, and lose her as part of our family by the end of the week. We have been told by her vet she is suffering from Kidney disease. It can go either way, she might be able to control it with special diet and medicine, or she might just keep going downhill until they it takes her from us. Even though it is usually found in older dogs, some dogs are just born with things like this and it takes them early on. This is why I say, enjoy your dog today, love them today, be there for them today, because they will be there for you in a heart beat.

          For our family we are not focusing on what way Jazzy's fate will take her, be it a week or a few more years we have with her. This time we share with her now is how we always have, we will still walk with her, we will still play with her, we will still snuggle with her, we will still give her treats for no reason at all, and still love her until her last beat. We as a family are comfortable knowing that we have given her a life of happiness, a life were she felt she had a family to love, to protect and be a part of, even if her time is short she spent her days knowing she belongs somewhere. I know people in life who still haven't discovered this yet. But I am confident my Jazzy has.

           I ask two things of my family and friends, One is to please remember to put our family in your prayers, we would give anything to have Jazzy come out of this for us to love for a few more years. Second, please take the time now with your dog, you never know when their last heart beat will beat, but you do know they will be with you till that happens, so take the time to be with them too.

          

          

                

                

             

           

All in a Name!

     Can picking a name for a boy really be this hard. You see I already have 2 beautiful girls, and when it came to picking their names is was really easy. I just knew the name was the one as soon as I heard it. By the time I was 3 months pregnant with my girls I knew what name they were going to get.
Not this time, I think I have heard every single boy name out there, and nothing, not one single name has caught my attention.

    One name has caught the attention of my husband, but I am not really a huge fan of this name. Not to sure how its going to work having us 2 decide on a name, we both have such different styles that we prefer.

     So if you are lucky enough to enjoy reading my blog, you are going to be lucky enough to help me out, I am going to list below some styles of names just so I can feel out what the trend of 2012 really is. Leave a comment below   to what you think would be trendy. Thanks for reading and sharing.

    Here is a little background as well all about us. My husband is Irish, so I like to pick Irish names. We already have 2 girls with rather old fashion name, Allison and Elizabeth, which we have shortened to Alli & Ella.Our last name starts with an R and trying to stay away from R first names.

The Family name, traditionally lots of families will name their sons after names that are in their family. here are ours.
1. William
2. George
3. Phillip
4. Reid
5. John
6. Gordon
7. Duncan

Even though I am staying away from R names here are some I like.
1. Rowan
2. Ryker
3. Ryder

Western names, or cowboy names I seem to be going towards.
1. Hunter
2. Wyatt
3. Colton
4. Austen
5. Mason

Of course can't go without some Irish names in there.
1. Declan
2. Connor
3. Brendan

Biblical names, like how I can short form these names.
1. Matthew-Matt
2. Lucas- Luke
3. Ezekiel- Zeke

Daddy's picks
1. Gregory 
2. William
3. George- Geo
4. Hunter
5. Connor

Girl's picks
1. Wyatt

Also feel free to add any names you think of that could fit into my styles. 
I still haven't found that name, so you never know I might end up in Love with one that is posted. Thanks for helping.

To be Thankful or not to be!

     With Thanksgiving all wrapped up, and the start of a new week you think it would be a refreshing start. A time to really reflect on what we are truly thankful for. We all sat around the table with friends and family, sharing stories and conversation, we all thought how thankful we are for those very people that sat around the table, but it really does end so very soon.

     We would like to think that a part of us takes a little bit of this attitude with us all through out the year, but do we really show it once the holiday is over. We all go back to our busy lives with such busy demands on us, and I believe that yes it is still deep in the back of minds but how are we ever to see it through our daily life stresses.

     I myself spent the last 5 min of getting my kids ready for school in a frenzy trying to find something that was put up for safe keeping and was then picked up and lost. We all think, oh no big deal you had to raise your voice and let a child take responsibility for that what she lost. We all go right back to having to raise our voices at our kids, raise our voices at our husbands and raise our voices at our own parents or siblings. But we just spent the weekend being thankful for these very people in our lives. 

     I think we need to flip it up a bit. Instead of focusing on what we should be thankful for, maybe looking at it in different light would have us maintain a better attitude when it comes down to those boiling points. bare with me here and I hope I haven't lost you.

     If we realized the things we are not thankful for, instead of that what we are then maybe we can start the week trying to change that around. I know I sat at the table and thought to myself how blessed I was to have such beautiful and healthy girls, to have a husband who loves us, and a baby boy on the way that has already brought so much joy to our lives. Yet already this morning, I lost that mantra and was more focused on the girls that lost what they needed, a husband who is gone all week and can't help me, and a baby who is still managing to make me sick in the morning and fills me full of crazy hormones. I might of only lost my way for 5 min, but we can never know how that 5 min would effect the others in our lives.

     Our children our a blessing, and if they need to learn responsibly then we need to teach then, and be thankful for the chance to do so, If our husbands need some reminders to help out more, then we need to be thankful for the chances to show them how, and if our parents are getting on our nerves we need to be thankful that we still have then with us, and a chance to let them know what we really need from them. There is more to it then to just be thankful for them. 

     I am not thankful for the way life can go everyday, But I am thankful that I have a God that has his own way of letting me know that if your are un thankful for the way life treat you sometimes, then we can always be thankful for the chance to learn from that and change it into a thankfulness that can last all year long.

    So for the rest of week, when you feel your patients slipping or your attitude telling you negative thoughts and leading you to un thankful mind set, just remember there is always a way to use that un thankful attitude to bring back some thankfulness in your life, we are human and meant to learn from our mistakes and grow that much more, that is what to be thankful for.

The Disney Effect: Issue #2 selling your voice

Disney Effect: Issue #2 selling your voice.

If you are reading this article and haven’t read Issue #1 go back and read in order, or I am afraid you might get totally lost in my ramblings.

For those of you tuning in to hear more of my Disney Effect your in luck. Today I am going to write about the number 1 reason why couples end in break-up.

COMMUNICATION

Communication is said to be one of the top reasons why couples can’t make it to happy ever after. Its hard to make communication work in a relationship when both male and female see communicating in two totally different ways. The story I have chosen to show an example of this is “The Little Mermaid”.

It has a perfect example of what happens when we sell our voice only leaving us unable to communicate.

We as men and woman see communication in two very different ways, men talk on a literal level, where woman communicate on a more relational level.

You see when you break it down communication is made up of 7% of a message in words spoken, 38% is in the voice intonation and 55% is in body language. That makes it together that 93% of a message is in unspoken words. Woman know all about this, we are more able to communicate on a relational level, were most men think literal and pay attention to the 7% of spoken words. The problem here is when a woman tries to communicate and gets a man who answers her with his words but his voice is mono-toned and he body language is watching the T.V, then as woman we think he isn’t even listening to me. Truth is he heard the words you said so he got your message, he gave you an answer back with his words, so as far as your man knows he has received and sent the message back conversations is done. What happens then when you turn it around and have the man send a message? A man asks if it would be a good time to go out with his buddies, woman’s response in her words is “Of course, go have fun!” but that 38% of voice tone is screaming “why can’t you just stay home with me” and her body language is saying “No I don’t think you should”. Then we as woman get so upset when the man then goes out with this friends. Truth is too your man he heard your words say “Of course” he can’t read the rest of the 93% of communication you are sending him.

Now we all the story of poor Ariel, she only lost the 45% of communication and had a hard time trying to get the prince to understand.

This clip says it all, after losing the 7% of spoken words and 38% of her voice tone, she only had a remaining 55% of her communication left. That 55% is all in her body language, which judging by the look on Eric face above, he is struggling to understand her. This happens in our relationships more than we think it does. Yes Eric was able to grasp most of the important stuff that he needed to understand, but do you really think Ariel felt that he understood her in this moment, probably not, she probably was realising if only she had her voice to speak the words, and the tone to go with it, then maybe the prince would understand. In this moment she realised that she should never have gave her voice away. I truly believe that we as woman do in way give up our voice, we do this when we decide to not just tell our man what we want, when we CHOOSE to throw are thoughts and opinions at our men with our tones and our body language.
     I know a bit about this, like I said I only learned all about this stuff when I found my relationship slipping away. I did this a lot, I CHOOSE all the time to use my voice and body language to communicate with a man who was only listening to my words, I wasted so much energy trying to get him to just see and hear how I was feeling without ever telling him a word about how I was really feeling. I felt misunderstood and ignored, he felt hopeless and confused. None of our messages were being sent or received properly. This leaves your communication in a mess. It wasn't until understanding how each of us communicated that things began to turn around, I had to learn to use my words, just say what I needed. He had to learn to make an effort to engage with me through a conversation so his body language was communicating with me and not the T.V or shop manual.
   Once Ariel got her voice back, and Eric made the effort to communicate to her with her body language they finally understood each other too.

I believe that its not how much or when we do our communicating that messes us up, but its how we are doing are communicating. If both partners in a relationship CHOOSE to try and communicate in a way their partner understands then they both will find themselves enjoying the time they get to communicate with each other, and watch the spark re ignite.

Stayed tuned for more Disney Effect Tomorrow.......

The Disney Effect: Issue #1 Twitterpated

     All of us grew up with a Disney movie or two, we know most of the stories by heart. We know every struggle of every girl and every happily ever after, from every boy that saved the day. But have we ever stopped to think about how this is shaping our thoughts about love and marriage.
     Every movie has a different theme, but all the same lessons, some pretty girl needs some pretty boy to come save the day and fight the fight before they can finally get married and live happily ever after........Well they got it right just in the wrong place. We usually experience the happily ever after before we tie the knot, then after life can give us some ups and some downs, during these times is when some couples have a hard time living the happily ever after.
     Divorce rates are on the rise and with more people choosing to walk instead of fight, we are not sitting over the half way marker, that's right more than half of us will walk away.
     Well when my children were young I experienced this, life was supposed to be happily ever after,(like the Disney movies promised) and it was instead a sadly forever disaster. I decided to stay and fight inst ed of walk away. I choose to fight the fight.
     Just on St. Patrick's day we celebrated 9 years together, we have been married 7 this July, and spring always reminds me of the fight we have gone through to be together, and the fight we will still meet later on in life. It reminds me how lucky I am that we took the steps to try and work together better. Spring always is a time of Love, and for me it is even more because its were are story began. I have decided to do a blog special for spring all about My Disney Effect.
   You see years ago when we were first married and felt that we were not making scenes, we stated to read marriage books, and alot of them, well at the same time I was watching alot of Disney movies with my little girls remembering about all the promises Disney gave me. I started to see a pattern in these movies. They all had to go through their battle to gain their happy ever after, but I started to notice that all these movies were great examples of how a couple can go through many different problems in their relationship, but it also showed that there is a way through that battle. I spent several hours at my computer typing my new Disney theory. You see Disney promised a fight then happy ever after, it was just backwards to seem to find that happiness then have some problems.
     In honour of spring I am going to spend some time explaining my Disney Effect in hopes that wither your married, single, dating or complicated  maybe you will see your problems in a whole new light. Also I haven't done a blog special yet, so here's my chance to ;)

     Well my Disney Effect starts were most relationships start. When we all fall in love. When we experience becoming Twitterpated, Now I will turn it over to my friend Owl.

     Twitterpated, that's whats happens to us. This is how it starts, we fall head over heels for someone and begin the process of walking on air. My story started very much like Bambi.
    Once upon a time on the night before St. Patrick's Day, I ran into a boy I had met before when I was younger, and it hit us, we became twitterpated just in time for spring. From their we were living in a dream world every thing was new and exciting and I never wanted it to end. That's what we do we spend are whole life looking for someone who can make us happy and we can spend the rest of our lives happy with that person. This is how we felt, every day discovering something new about each other. We caught the twitterpated bug so bad that then on Easter we packed our car, only together for 3 weeks and drove all the way out West to start our Happily Ever After. We were so in love and focused on each other and our new dream we decided to just run and not tell anyone. We actually told our roommates we were going to do laundry.
     This is how it starts, we find ourselves crazily ever after. We find ourselves doing things we would never do, feeling things we have never felt and before we know it we are long gone down the Twitterpated road. I don't see this as a bad thing, these are the feeling we need to remember and hold onto in our times of struggle. Remembering that Love brought you together, and Life will always try and split you up, life happens, without are love we have nothing. This is one of the special bonds each couples holds. Their is always a beginning to a love story and its always begins with two people becoming Twitterpated. 

Tune in Tomorrow for.......... More Disney Effect, we start to look at some of the top 5 relationship problems.

Ladies night In

"Ok Ladies I am going to take my turn and host a party, This one is gonna be a Fun & Fashionable one"  "A what"   "A party were you can buy purses, wallets, winter ware, jewellery, and hair accessories."

     I had never been so excited to host something. I knew a good group of ladies to invite to my partee, and I knew a great lady (sister in law) who had just started a new business venture called Fun & Fashionable. It was the perfect order girls night, and we didn't even have to go out. We got to stay in, we had wine, snacks, money and nothing but time to shop. We got to browse through all of what Fun & Fashionable had to offer, we got to sip on our wine and snack on our snacks and enjoy plenty of conversation with all our closest and best ladies. We had an amazing night, not only because the product to was to die for, but the prices were really really right, and you know what happens when you mix good product and right prices, well you get alot of worried husbands....lol...But its ok, we did good. We all found some wonderful treasures to take home. My girls also came over and got to pick out one thing. They were amazed at all the wonderful things and of course tried to purchase more than 1, I had to let them down, because it was my turn to get more than 1 :) . I would just like to thank all my ladies for coming on out and I want to thank My sister for spending the time to set up and unset up all your wonderful product. Last but not least Thank you to my wonderful husband for looking the other way when I came home with, a purse, headband, necklace, winter hat, cell phone gloves, 2 set of winter hats and scarfs for the girls,  a special pick necklace for Ella, and a special pick scarf for Allison. I will try to look the other way when you bring home another something with a motor!!!

     

Alli with her scarf

           This is the Brat, sleeping on my new purse and hat. what a Cat!