Trick or Treat!

This year Chris was upgraded from the "Mighty Lion" to Management!

Photobucket Album

Hope you had a fun and safe Halloween!

Firsts

I always knew my son would grow up in the world of weddings. When your parent's relationship began at a wedding and your mom has a passion for planning, it's inevitable that you become a part of the industry at a very young age.

Today Christian played his first role in a wedding, as a guest. If I must say so myself, he did a fabulous job!

I always said

I'd NEVER be one of "those" moms.

I lied.

To say the "Planner" in me made an appearance at Christian's 1st birthday party this year was an understatement. I went a little overboard with the football theme, considering he doesn't know the difference, but had a ball doing so. Unfortunately, I didn't get to have one of my Photographers come in to shoot (for fear of looking truly insane) so here are a few pics I was able to grab.

Who says a children's party can't be fun?

Menu: Pizza, wings
Dessert bar: dale & thomas popcorn (of course)& Candy buffet
More Desserts: Football cake and redvelvet cupcakes courtesy of Cake Muffin Girl
To Quench your thirst: Root Beer, Water, Assorted soft drinks
Favor bags: Coloring fabric backpacks filled with football themed goodies and bubble wands (of course!)
Guest book: Football signing frame





My name is Isis and I am obsessed.

Happy Birthday Baby

Today we celebrated one year since the birth of our little Prince. Yesterday's football themed festivities at Little Sport were amazing (although Christian seemed to be the only child clueless to what was going on)thanks to the great staff at the facility and the Vendors which contributed to an all around awesome event.




They say time flies. Before Christian was born, I had no sense of time. Today as I watched him hold his own bottle, wave and say "bye bye", I realized I'll blink my eyes and my baby will be a big boy. Until then, I'm holding on ever so tightly.

One down and many, many more to go.

On the road to recovery

Thank you everyone for your kind words, emails, telephone calls, texts and your thoughts.

It's been a roller coaster of a ride these past 60+ hours (probably due to lack of sleep). I'm happy to say that Christian was discharged from the hospital earlier today and is home recovering.

The IV medication he received worked well last night and he's now taking his medication by mouth. Aside from a little fear of being left alone (poking and prodding by people in white coats will do that to the best of us), he's looking pretty good.

You never realize how emotional you can become until you set foot in a hospital geared towards helping little children who are in pain. It really puts life in perspective as to how trivial our complaints can be sometimes.

I'm so grateful to you all for keeping my angel in your hearts and your prayers during his time of need. Thank you again.

Power in Numbers

So, my original intent of creating this blog was to give my perspective and a behind the scenes look into this crazy world of event planning. Today my focus is a little different.

One of my all time favorite bloggers is Scarlett Lillian. I stumbled upon Scarlett a while back and I absolutely love her work. If you don't know her, you HAVE to check her out-awesome, awesome pics.

Besides her work, I love how personal her blog is. Scarlett has found a way to incorporate her love for art with her love for God.

So today's post is inspired by Scarlett.

My little angel Christian woke up yesterday screaming with a high fever. We immediately rushed him to the the ER where they discoverd a fever of 104. After 8 very long hours in the ER the diagnosis was the possibility of pneumonia. Chris was then transferred via ambulance to St Christopher's Children's hospital in Philadelphia, where he was admitted at 8pm last night. His fever dropped initially but has begun to fluctuate over time. After his second round of x-rays, he is still showing something in his left lung. He will soon be hooked back up and receiving medication via IV.

I ask that you please include my son in your thoughts and prayers. I don't expect any responses to this post, a silent thought is very much needed and appreciated. I truly believe there is power in numbers and that God has a remarkable strength in healing so please think of him today.

Thank you in advance for your loyalty and your ear.

-Isis

Trick or Treat

Call me partial, but how CUTE is he? Today was Christian's first photo shoot since he graced the world with his presence (mommy & baby have maternity portraits courtesy of my fav photographers AnnMarie & Marv at The Photo Loft) and overall he did a great job.

Such a MIGHTY LION, my little one.