POOR BABY!!

Our baby boy had to have a minor outpatient surgery last Wednesday. All went well. The next day he was AMAZING. Such a tough little guy.

Then Friday things took a turn for the worse. He started to run a high temp of 104 and was VERY lethargic and wouldn't eat very well. The surgeon told us to go to the ER to run tests. We went to the ER and after A MILLION TESTS they still couldn't tell us what was wrong with him. They were concerned because he didn't show any signs of a cold and all his lab results were coming back normal except for a very high White blood cell count. They knew he had an infection from the surgery but didn't know where. They had done so many tests that they decided to do a spinal tap. So this poor child in a span of 2 days had surgery, numerous IVS, he was intubated, had a catheter, x rays, Blood labs taken, 2 epidurals and a spinal tap.

I cannot begin to explain the pain I was feeling in this picture. I felt so helpless as a mother and it broke my heart to see his little face looking to me for comfort when I couldn't possibly do anything to help.

We went to sunrise hospital everyday until Monday and they gave him antibiotics. To this day we still don't know what he had but he is better and that's all that matters.

My husband is so good about being humble and knowing that things could always be worse. He is a great support to me  BUT I have to say that as a mother even though this wasn't that bad on the grand scheme of things, I have never been through anything this heart wrenching. My heart goes out to all mothers and fathers that have to deal with their children's health in jeopardy.

I wanted to say thanks to my mom for coming down to the hospital with me to hold my hand. I might be a mother of 3 and ALMOST 30 but you always need a mom. She means so much to me. My mom also took the girls to pick out toys for the baby when he got out of the hospital, which was a huge hit.  There are times when I truly don't know what I'd do without her. 

THANK YOU so much to those of you who came by, called, dropped off dinner or treats or took my poor girls out of the house. The love and support means so much to me. To those who didn't get a phone call back or had no clue what was going on, I am sorry but I wasn't in the right frame of mind to talk.

Lets hope next week goes a lot better!!!

THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TARA!!

So Tara put this cute Quiz up on her blog "which Disney Princess are you?" and I thought Neat, I'll give it a try. Of course all my friends results are Snow White, Sleeping Beauty,Ariel etc. all the typical beautiful princesses and I get WHAT?

I hope you are laughing!!

:)-

You Are Megara!


Charming and witty. You are always the first person to come up with a wisecrack. Sure, you have an attitude, but that's why people love you. You keep them on their toes. Sometimes you can be misleading, but always end up doing the right thing for the people you love.
Which Disney Princess Are You?

UH OHH!!!

My sister and I have the below infamous picture that was taken at my granmothers house in France. Its famous in our family as the "chicken pox" picture. My sister and I were such little trouble makers when we were little and here we both are SO SICK and still managed to trash my grandmas place and get totally decked out in dress up clothes.

Well below that picture is of my girls at the exact same spot doing the exact same thing!!!! (Minus the chicken pox) about 25 years later...

All I have to say is if they will be half as BAD as me and my sister , I'm in for a rough few decades. LOL

Happy Anniversary Babe!!!!

So today is our 8 year wedding anniversary.

I woke up this morning and looked at the clock and it was 7am. I haven't been able to see 7am in a long time. My kids get up at 6am. Next thing you know I heard them coming up the stairs with chocolate chip pancakes. Johnny called in sick and it was such a nice surprise. We are going to the Paris tonight where he proposed to have a night out.

I got out the wedding video, pictures,my dress, tiara, shoes etc. and had a fun time showing the girls all of it . They LOVED it. They asked me when I would "marry daddy again so they could see". I thought it was so cute and it brought so much joy to know how happy they get knowing how much their parents love eachother. I told them mabybe for our 10 year we will dress up and put on a show for them. :)

The girls have been at summer camp for the last few weeks and one of the teachers got flowers from her husband for her birthday. The teacher pulled me aside and told me "When my husband left, Isabela came running up to me and said "you got flowers cause your husband loves you very much. Daddys bring flowers to mommies all the time cause they love them, not just for birthdays but my mommy doesnt teach camp she just answers the door at home".

Honey-Thank you for being such a HUGE example to our daughters of the type of man they should marry. I knew the day I met you that you would turn out to be everything I ever wanted in a man. Thanks for living up to all of my RIDICULOUS expectations!!

It has been an awesome 8 years and I love you so much.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO