Ok so I had mentioned in my very first post that I am a bit of a blogstalker! I somehow stumbled upon this moms blog and from the very first time I read it I was intrigued! She is a mother of 3 and the 4th is on the way. And by on the way I mean she is due to have a C-Section in two days. This woman has more courage than I could ever imagine. Her unborn little boy named Stellan has a heart condition. She was told about halfway through her pregnancy that her son wouldn't make it full term much less be born alive or live outside of the womb. Well after lots and lots of prayers and putting her little angels life into the lords hands the condition has all but fixed itself! Amazing it seems:) Of course only God knows what is to become of this little boy in just a few short days. I cant comprehend how but she seems at peace with whatever life he is chosen. Life on earth or eternal life in heaven. Go to www.mycharmingkids.net to read all about her and her cutie-pie family. Also keep her, baby Stellan and her family in your prayers for the next few days! Ok so enough with the serious stuff.......One really neat thing she does on her blog is something called Not Me! Mondays. Like the pic above tells this weekly blog is about being brutally honest and living to tell about it. You may have to visit her blog to understand :)

So in the spirit of Not Me Mondays here goes.....

Last Tuesday I did not burn my arm ironing ALL of my husbands dress shirts so he could sleep in a little longer and have one less thing to do before getting ready for work. Because I am not a good wife.

I also did not secretly get excited inside that my husband would be working late so the I could watch a lifetime movie I have been anxiously waiting to see. I would never wish my man to be at work past 9:00pm.

After making a pact last week to not spend any money before our trip to Longview WE (Jabin and I) did not decide to have a impromptu pizza night. Especially since there wasn't any food thawed for me to cook. No WE would never do that.

On Friday night I didn't put Daley to bed without giving her veggies. I didn't do this because it wasn't past her bedtime and she was in such a good mood! I knew that trying to feed her instead of just giving her a bottle would be too easy to just skip.

On Saturday I didn't completely embarrass myself by having a full fledged hyper-ventilating panic attack (for not apparent reason) in a restaurant. I didn't have to go outside to get some air and lie down on a bench to keep from passing out. If this happened to me...which it didn't!!! I would never have had to ask my sister to come sit with me in fear that I would fall off said bench only to land on the concrete and split my head open. I am also looking forward to going back to Decatur so that I can eat there again (NOT!!!!)

Oh and this one is for you Kelli :)
While visiting my sister over the weekend, I didn't get hit on by my brother-in-laws friend. He so didn't want Eric to give me his phone number. He also didn't tell Eric that if I was to call him I had better made it quick cause he only had one minute left on his pre-paid phone plan. Oh yeah and he also didn't flex his butt cheeks at me in an effort for me to find him attractive. Nope that didn't happen to me. Oh yeah and we (Kelli & I) also weren't laughing so hard at him that I almost had to leave the room. Cause flexing butt cheeks....That happens to me all the time.

Ok your turn try your own version of Not Me! Monday.....its quite liberating if I do say so myself:)

Carter's Childrens Clothing

Attn: Moms

I was told by my grandfather today that there was an article in this weekends newspaper about Carter's children's clothing causing rashes on children. After reading the article I was nervous knowing that my daughter may be wearing some of the clothing from the "Fall 2007" tagless line. Daley has been fortunate enough to be given lots of hand me downs from her cousin Atlee and since Atlee was born in the Fall of 2007 I was sure some of those clothes had to come from that line. Sure enough the outfit she has on today matched the tag in the picture they are showing online.

Daley has also been having some skin irritation issues. Dr Yap diagnosed her with having eczema! Her rash comes and goes and is isolated to her back and tummy. Well her rash has been gone for days but today when I went to see her at lunch my grandmother pointed out that her rash was back. Well I looked on her neck and sure enough it was irritated. Coincidence?!?!? Maybe......but better to be safe than sorry!

I have done some research online and was reading on some ivillage mommy boards and have found out some helpful info. The moms online posted that they have called the Carter's Customer Service line and were told that they would be sent a prepaid envelope to return the clothes for a full refund. Full Refund?? What does that mean? Well they were told they would be refunded the full retail price that they clothes were originally set at. Once the clothes were returned they would be issued a check. Carter's reps are standing behind their products which is commendable in my opinion. Some other tips from moms online....If you have a lot of garments you should ask for more than one envelope in case all of your stuff wont fit in one. Also take pictures of all the garments you return along with the envelope and the letter you send in. Just in case it gets lost in the mail. Unfortunately when you go to mail the items you will not be able to purchase shipping insurance. You cannot purchase additional items when you are sending it in a prepaid package. Yeah I know I wouldn't have ever thought of that!

Oh one more thing. Don't think if you have recently purchased Carter's items that you are safe! I just bought Daley an outfit a week ago with that type of tag. Some of the items may still be on the shelves. Since this isn't an official recall they don't plan on removing the clothing from the shelves either. But they have made a statement that the clothing from the Spring & Fall 2008 line is safe because they are using the stenciled tags. I am attaching a couple of websites that have some very useful information. Thanks and I hope this helps!

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09023.html

http://www.carters.com/corporate/tagless_message.aspx

I have sent an email to the Carter's company. I will update my blog when I hear back from them and let everyone know the response that I got!

I'm gonna do it!

Ok so I have thought over and over about starting a family blog. I am a "blog stalker" myself and I know how addicting they can be. Honestly I was apprehensive because I never thought I could measure up to some of the clever blogs that I am so totally into. So when my sister sent me an email today and told me she started a blog I thought I better jump on the bandwagon. For those of you who know Kelli know that if she is ahead of you in the technology world it is time to get a move on. I mean they just now got a home computer for goodness sakes! No!!!! I am serious. So I am officially "Keeping up with the Wyricks" so to speak. Anywho......for those of you who aren't up to speed with what is going on in the Smythe household here is the quick version!! Jabin and I became the parents of Daley Elise Smythe on June 6th of this yr! She is the sweetest little girl eva (besides my niece of course) She is so much fun and she is growing so fast. I cant believe that we have been so blessed! I honestly don't know what we did to deserve so much happiness but we will take it. Here are some recent pictures of all the fun stuff going on with us! ENJOY :)