Friday Favorites - it's November! (recap of pumpkins and Halloween)

OMG!! Can you believe that we're into November already?  This year has just flown by and we have done so many things! Starting a new business, multiple trips to Disneyland, a semi-solo trip with Finnley and my Dad to the Carolinas, Ellie started Kindergarten, pregnancy and birthing a baby! Phew, that is a lot and the year isn't over!!

::ONE::

This week was pretty monumental for the memories sake.  7 years ago (this week) we had our first "successful" round of fertility intervention - unfortunately it resulted in an ectopic rupture requiring emergency surgery.  Then last year we decided to go all in with our last ditch effort, to check off the box, and gave IVF a go.  We were convinced that it wasn't going to work, but guarding our hearts while remaining hopeful, we forged on.  At each appointment, blood draw, and ultrasound, we were greeted with positive news, the hormone injections were working, my ovaries were producing (not many), and we could continue on.  Then on October 27th, 2017 we went in for our egg retrieval procedure and they were inseminated via ICSI.  Our little embryos were growing and multiplying as expected and we were set to go in on November 1st, 2017 for our 5 day transfer.  It was nearly 7 years to the day for another successful round of fertility intervention.  Here were are 1 year later and that little embryo who started life in a Petri dish is here!!  

He is 14 weeks old and so happy to be alive, our sweet little Séamus.  Our pipe dream to reality.

::TWO::

We celebrated Halloween this week.  It was fantastic, full of fun and chaos, and lots of candy!  Ellie kept changing her mind of what she was going to be, thankfully she chose to be a Fairy (the costume we bought for this year).  Finnley picked out an Ariel costume and much to our surprise she rocked it the entire night (because every other costume she insists on wearing must be removed from her body exactly 1 minute after we've put it on).  Séamus stayed true to all of our announcements and went as Mickey Mouse, he spent practically the whole experience asleep in the Ergo.  The girls got to go with their cousins and had the best time going up to all of the houses.  Despite constant reminding Ellie ran everywhere, Finnley was brave and bold and went up to all of the houses without any help from me, both girls got more than enough candy.

::THREE::

The ending of one month and beginning of another used to be bittersweet.  Since I joined Young Living I get so excited to see what the new Promos are going to be each month for Essential Rewards!!  Essential Rewards is a monthly wellness box that is completely customizable from how much you spend, what you order, to the day it ships!  You can alter your order every day until it processes to ship and just to say Thank You, Young Living will throw in these awesome FREEBIES!

The Promos for November are insane!! 

+ Nutmeg is so great for Adrenal Support.
+ A 15ml of Christmas Spirit (it’s normally only available in a 5ml bottle)
+ Northern Lights Black Spruce is exceptional for emotional support
+ Myrrh is for all the things (known as a raindrop oil)
+ Sacred Frankincense was once only available to the royalty in Oman, but our founder Gary Young did amazing things and now it’s available to all Young Living members!!
+ A beautiful Glass Diffuser Ornament
+ Higher Unity an exclusive blend just for this months Promos!! 🙌

All of those are FREE with your Essential Rewards orders depending on which PV tier your order qualifies for.

::FOUR::
 

In order to take advantage of these awesome freebies you need to become a member with Young Living.  You can do that by purchasing a Premium Starter Kit here (that's how I got started) where you get 11 of our favorite and most used oils (including gems like Frankincense, Lavender, and Stress Away), a Diffuser of your choice,  samples of Ningxia Red (a super antioxidant rich wolfberry/blueberry juice) and Thieves Household Cleaner sample that makes two 16oz glass bottles (this cleans all the the things and is plant based, chemical and toxin free, and safe to use around your kiddos).  PLUS you will get your wholesale membership earning you 24% off all of your future purchases forever, the chance to sign up for Essential Rewards to snag all the freebies, access to our awesome community (full of all the essential oils knowledge), and me to be your go to Oily Gal to answer all your questions.  I would love to have you join my community and team!!

Once you get your kit you can start diffusing, cleaning, and applying your oils to support all your body systems.  If you want to learn more about each of the oils in the kit my team is doing a PSK series on IG, you can check out my oils page @lifekidsandoils or follow our hashtag #YourPSK101 to see why we love these oils and how we love to use them.  When you sign up with me you will never be alone!

** and NO you do NOT have to sell or do the business if you don't want to, 94% of our members are just in it for the discount and FREE oils** 

** if you are interested in the business, you just need the PSK and to be on Essential Rewards, let me know and I'll help you get started!! I would love to run with you!**

::FIVE::

We also carved our pumpkins this year.  Thomas was a rockstar and cleaned out all the pumpkins, unfortunately the one Ellie picked out was already rotten when we cut it open (which made is super easy to carve 😉 while also really disgusting😝) We got these punches to make the shapes and it was so much fun!! Ellie picked out all of hers and was able to hammer them in mostly on her own.  Finnley agreed to each of the punches I picked out and where to place them but had absolutely no interest in participating at all.  Séamus was completely unaware of anything that was going on and Thomas carved his pumpkin for him.  When it was time to take our pumpkin pictures, Ellie was exhausted, Finnley was frightened, and Séamus was along for the ride.  

So I attempted some pictures on Halloween.  Séamus and Ellie were totally willing participants.  Finnley once again was scared of the pumpkins and cried and cried.  After much convincing, bribing, and tickling I managed to get a couple of good shots of her with her pumpkin...but there was no convincing her to get near the pumpkins again for a sibling picture.  It'll be a story I'm sure she'll dislike when she gets older, but being the good mom that I am I will be sure to remind her every year!

::SIX::

I haven't been too good at my chalk art this year, no worries though because the girls are constantly grabbing the chalk out of the drawer and decorating our pantry.  I got my act together "enough" to get a Halloween theme up on the doors with a sweet little ghost.  Ellie's drawing and artistic skill has vastly improved since last spring and we are able to make out way more than just some scribbles.  She wanted to make our pantry doors more festive and she copied my ghost and also added in a spider (which looks like a flower) additionally she copied the BOO and was able to read it to me!!  If that isn't one for the baby books I'm not sure what is!!

Happy November my friends!  May your month be full of gratitude, family, and fun!!  

Have a great weekend!

In case you missed it:

I recapped Ellie's Harvest Fest at her school

I participated in What's Up Wednesday

I shared Séamus 14 week update

♥ Ashley