MIA

I'm still here, I swear! I have been moving and am now finally painted & moved in with only a few boxes left to unpack. I will be back soon once I'm completely settled, I promise!

♥ JerseyFabulous

For the love of Babies!

It's that time again! I am participating in my county's upcoming March of Dimes March for Babies (formerly known as WalkAmerica) because my daughter is one of the countless babies saved by the March of Dimes mission to save babies. Please support my fundraising efforts by sponsoring me in March for Babies today.

This is Ava's story and why I choose to walk:

Ava had an early start on life when she surprised us all and came into the world five weeks too soon. She was a NICU baby for the first 11 days of her life. Those 11 days were the longest days of my life as it felt like we were living in slow motion.

Ava suffered from Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RSD) and Apnea along with a few other complications from being born too soon. Every step forward she made she also seemed to take a step back. Ava taught me to take everything one day at a time as we tackled these setbacks one by one.

On August 3, 2006, we were finally allowed to take Ava home from the NICU. She came home with an apnea monitor which she needed for 6 months as she frequently stopped breathing in her sleep. After that, Ava quickly grew out of her prematurity and her days of lingering below the growth curve.

Now at a year and a half she is completely healthy and almost above the growth curve as she is growing so quickly and developing right on schedule. Looking at her now you would never know that she was a preemie or the challenges she faced to get where she is now.

No parent should ever have to go through what thousands of parents like us have to go through when their baby is born too soon. No mother should be left in her hospital bed with empty arms while her baby is fighting to live in the NICU. No parent should ever have to wait days or even weeks just to hold their newborn baby. But sadly some parents have to and that is why I am thankful that the March of Dimes is making progress in the fight against prematurity.

Please support me by joining my team or making a donation to sponsor me. Contributing to my march online is fast, easy and secure. You can donate directly from my personal webpage with a credit/debit card or PayPal. If you prefer, I can also accept cash or check. Just click the appropriate box on my webpage.

I've joined with millions of compassionate people across the country who support March for Babies each year. Please help me support this worthy cause. Visit my webpage and sponsor me in the march that saves babies!

With your support, there's hope.

Visit my Personal page where you can sign up to walk or make a donation:

Team: AvaMarie

Thank you for your support. It means the world to me! ♥

12 Months, 12 Resolutions

People usually start a new year off with many unrealistic resolutions that they never wind up keeping longer than two weeks. You know, the “I will lose 60 lbs” and “This will be my last cigarette” resolutions. I have never been one to make a resolution for the New Year because I know I won’t keep them so I never saw any point. But now, in 2008, I am at a completely different place in my life where I actually have been seeing myself make many changes for the better. So I decided for once to make a few realistic resolutions that I will do my best to stick to.

I, JerseyFabulous, vow to do the following in 2008:

1. Take better care of myself.
2. Read More books.
3. Go Greener than I already have
4. Spend less on mine and my family’s fashions.
5. Give back in some way at least once a month.
6. Spend more time outside
7. Stop talking about it and take that camping trip to Maine!
8. Schedule MORE Ladies Nights Out
9. Go see more than 2 movies in the theater this year
10. Get comfortable with my new, smaller post-baby body that has found its former fabulous curves to be MIA!
11. De-clutter my life
12. Lose the writer’s block that has been plaguing me since the birth of BabyFabulous!

Seems simple, right? Here’s to hoping so!

a clean slate for 2008

It was 2005 when I started this blog as an online journal where I could rant about the going-ons of my life as I tried to make sense of it all. Now as it is about to be 2008 I can only reflect back on these few past years. Since the start of this blog I have experienced a great heartbreak, I met, fell in love with and became engaged to my Fabulous Fiancee, I quit my full-time job where I was miserable, I had a beautiful baby girl who has forever changed my life, and I grew up. I left the dating world and entered a life as a Mom and somehow managed not to lose who I am in it all.

Becoming a mother is the biggest thing I have ever done in my life and it honestly made me grow up fast. It was as if overnight I stop wondering about life and asking the question, "Why?" For some reason everything makes sense now. Don't get me wrong, I don't have the answers to everything but somehow everything seems much clearer. I've stopped living in my own world and can see the big picture now. It's kind of crazy how parenthood can do that.

My title is no longer that of a single, carefree girl skipping about town so I decided to start 2008 with a clean slate as I took down all my past posts. The blog will have the same look but the content will be much different because I live a much different and more domestic life now. I still love fashion, pink martinis and have somewhat of a night life, but I also love babies and all the accessories (and baby shopping) that comes along with them! Look out 2008, it's going to be a fabulous year!!