What's New For Our Newborns?

Ok! By now, I think you have noticed the new dresses going up that I have designed. In all of my "spare" time, this is what I have come up with! These are actual customer orders where they have given me the colors that they were looking for as well as the style. Check out the AMAZING barely there hair accessories that match!

You HAVE to comment on what you all think about whether or not you'd like to see more of these designs go up on the site! Let me know!

Love you guys!

Angie

Just Married......

So!

Miss Things Boutique is PROUD to announce the wedding of Mrs. Q and Mr. U at Russom Elementary School today! We had the PLEASURE of designing the beautiful wedding dress worn by Miss Ansley in today's ceremonies. There has been SO MUCH buzz about this dress that we have decided to now offer it for flower girls, bridesmaids, jr. bridesmaids, and CHRISTENING wear. Let us know what you think!

Thank you so much to Ansley, our beautiful little bride, Kathy and Chris, Russom Elementary and Cherry Berry Studios for giving us this AMAZING opportunity! For those of you in the Atlanta area, you HAVE to check Cherry Berry Studio out! INCREDIBLE photography and we will SO be sharing more of her work so check back OFTEN!

Q and U are now as one. Congratulations QU!
Love you guys and GOD bless!

Angie

Another Sneak Peak!

Ok guys!

By now, you know that I flat out STINK at updating this. I want to take the time to introduce you to 2 new "Miss Things" members that you will be hearing a TON about! Miss Heather is now my AMAZING Office Manager who has blessed Miss Things Boutique with a ton of sanity. She will be the person you talk to about orders, shipping, and anything else you may need help with. If you get the chance, shoot her an email at sales@missthingsboutique.com and let her know who you are! She ROCKS!

Miss Alicia is our new FULL TIME seamstress who is working SO INCREDIBLY HARD to sew with me and get all of these orders out not only ON TIME but... (are you ready for this....
EARLY! We are working 14 hour days to get Miss Things Boutique where you get your skirts, items, etc in NO MORE than 2 weeks, EVER! We will keep you updated on this as it gets closer!
Now to the REALLY FUN STUFF....
A small peak at a few new things we have in the works! Post a comment and let me know what you think! As always, I love you guys and thank you so much for making Miss Things Boutique as crazy successful as we are!
YOU GUYS ROCK!
Angie, Alicia, & Heather!

Wanna Know What EVERYONE is buzzing about?

So you want to know what Miss Thing's Boutique has been secretly doing the last few weeks, do ya?

Here's a little "teaser" for what's coming VERY SOON! Post your comments and tell me what you think!

By the way, buzz the rumor!

Love you guys,

Angie

Fly Away Sweet Baby...

Hi all!

It is with a heavy heart that I write to you today. Miss Zoey flew away last night to join all of the other angels that are playing with Jesus today in Heaven's Playground.

Please know that all though Zoey is no longer with us, she is free of pain, sickness, hospital teseting and fear. God has plans for all of us and I assure you it is NOT to live the way this little angel would be living if she were still with us today.

I ask that all of you pray for the understanding and healing of Zoey's amazing parents who have fought this battle just as hard as she has over the last several months. Be with them in your thoughts and prayers as they prepare to lay this sweet angel to rest.

Thank you so much for following this sweet story and for ALL of your continued prayers for the family, friends, and loved ones. I ask that you pray for the amazing doctors that had the joy to work witih this sweet baby through these times. I also ask that you thank GOD for the photographer that gave the parents some of the sweetest memories they could ever ask for of this baby.

Special thanks to Stephanie Drummond Photography who through her incredible photopraphy will help Miss Things Boutique keep Zoey's beautiful memory alive on our website daily. Her work is amazing and will tell stories of this baby for years to come! Thank you Stephanie for sharing this sweet angel's life with ALL of us!

Angie

Miss Zoey...

I so wish I was able to describe the pain my heart is feeling right now. As I sat on the side of Zoey's bed this evening, holding her precious little hands, I realized that this may very well be the last night I have with my daughter. Derick and I are scared to sleep because we don't want this night to end but at the same time we can hardly keep our eyes open because we are so emotionally exhausted. We have ran through our options over and over again....making sure there is nothing else we can do and trying so hard to reassure ourselves that we are doing the right thing. We have muddled through most of the day, in a fog really, consumed be fear and depression. This is our baby, our little girl, our beautiful Zoey Jane...she has consumed our thoughts and our hearts and has been what I have lived for the past 6 months. We are scared to be without her, worried of what tomorrow holds for her and horrified of the thought of living our lives without her.I want so badly to believe that I am wrong about all this. The logical part of me says that she is very sick and is getting worse. Every doctor we have spoken with says that, medically, there is nothing else we can do for Zoey. They tell us that it is 'hopeless.' But I know that there is always hope and my heart says that she will be healed. That I have asked for it and believe that God can do it, so it will happen. I am begging that God empty me of fear and refill me with faith and hope. God says that whatever we bring to him in prayer and believe in our hearts, then it will be. I have came to him in prayer, asked for the complete healing for Zoey and know that he has the power to do it. I have not asked for it out of fear, I have asked for it out of faith. I am turning it completely over to him and truly believe that God is going to use Zoey to prove everyone wrong. He is ALMIGHTY and POWERFUL and DOES heal and WILL heal Zoey. I am trying to remove all of my feelings of doubt, fear and sadness…and rest solely on his word and promises. I know that he is with Zoey, Derick and I constantly and when everything else has failed he is still faithful and still in control. Miracles are not logical and they are not supposed to make sense in our minds, that is why they are called miracles.We are planning to extubate at noon or one tomorrow. We will need extra prayers during that time. We appreciate all of the encouragement and love that we have received from everyone. Derick and I have sat here and read the things that you have wrote and each word has touched our heart. Thank you for the phone calls, text messages, e-mails and every ounce of love and support that you have shown our family. We ask that you continue to pray and BELIEVE with us. Love, Jenny and Derick

“I knew you before you were born and I designed you for my purposes.” UPDATE ON ZOEY

UPDATE ON ZOEY

For all of you who are following and praying for Miss Zoey and her mommy and daddy, here is the latest. PLEASE pray for peace with this little family. Pray that Miss Zoey is as comfortable as she can be and in no pain. Thank you guys for following! You ALL are wonderful!Love you guys!Angie




“I knew you before you were born and I designed you for my purposes.” Jeremiah 1:5.This has been a very long week. I really have no energy or desire to be typing this but here is the edited version. We had our meeting, discussed the severity of the situation and then made plans to go to Memphis. We wanted to be with our neurologist and have him to look at her one final time to make sure that there was nothing else that we could do. We tried to go to Memphis and after 4 days of waiting for a bed there was finally one available. When the crew that was transporting us came to pick her up she was not stable enough to go. Her heart began to beat irregularly and her breathing worsened almost immediately. We decided that God did not obviously want us in Memphis. Our neurologist asked that another MRI be done to see if indeed things were progressing. Zoey had to be intubated and put a ventilator. She is still breathing on her own. She just needs a lot of help. She underwent the MRI. We had high hopes for great results but they were much worse than even we expected. The white matter or myelin was almost completely gone. There was also a significant deterioration of normal brain tissue and mass. This is a progressive disease, meaning it is only going to get worse. We have spoke with our neurologist as well as the doctors here in length about this condition and what exactly to do for Zoey.Derick and I have decided not to put her through anymore than she has already gone through. There is no cure for this or even any effective treatment. We have hope and faith that she could still make it but we are not going to have her go through a tracheotomy and ventilator for home use. This would not be for Zoey, it would be for us, so we did not have to go through the hurt and pain or loosing our daughter.This indeed is the hardest thing we have ever had to go through. Our emotions change from one minute to the next. I am hysterical and crying pretty much over everything…I cried a lot to begin with though. Derick and I have breakdowns and then do ok for about an hour or so and then the cycle starts up again. We are trying to get family here to love on Zoey before we extubate her. We plan on taking the tube out Friday and then will start comfort measures so there will be no suffering for her. We have not given up on the miracle and Derick and I keep reassuring the other, that these are only doctors….they are not OUR GOD!!! Please pray for us. Please continue to pray for Zoey and her miracle. This is not too big for God. We have to have faith that it is still possible. We love you all. Thank you for your support.

MAJOR PRAYER REQUEST!

Hi guys!
Ok, I was going to write a REALLY funny blog today but, I am not feeling quite up to it. Yesterday, I received an email from someone who has become quite a good friend and is an amazing photographer! Not too long ago she shot an adorable princess for me to put on my site named Zoey. Zoey's mother is a friend of hers that she and her husband BOTH are in need of your prayers. I ask that all of you who have children take a quick second of you time to STOP and take a minute to remember how greatly appreciated a prayer would be if this was your child. Then, take a second and just thank GOD for your healthy children. PLEASE take 5 minutes to read this little angel's story.

Not sure where really to begin. I apologize for not updating quickly and as things happen. I probably should though. I want everyone to know what is going on so prayers can be prayed but sometimes I just do not have the strength to do it. I definitely am in a funk, a slight depression and just completely overwhelmed. I am unsure of how to put these feelings into words. Zoey has been moved up to the PICU (pediatric intensive care unit.) On the floor her breathing was becoming very labored and she was working so very hard to breathe. Her oxygen levels were dropping and the pneumonia was not getting any better. Her lungs were full of mucous. The left lung was especially bad and she was barely passing any air at all through it. She was brought up the unit to be placed on a CPAP machine. This would help to keep her lungs open with positive air pressure and give Zoey a break. This way she did not have to work as hard to breathe. Before we came up the doctor had a talk with me. A talk that I will never forget. He explained to me that he spoke with Zoey's neurologist in length about her condition. Zoey is very sick. Yes, she does have infantile spasms. Yes, she does have partial focal seizures. These are horrible conditions alone not to include everything else that is going on with her. Her brain is not developing correctly. There is something underlying that is causing these problems and we may never know what it is and in turn never know the proper way to treat it. With all that said, things look bleak. Zoey’s neurological condition and status are determining the rest of her future. I know all of these things. I have taken the time to prepare myself for the worst but I never thought that this would actually happen No matter how hard you try to prepare yourself for something like this, it will never make it any easier. I never thought I would be discussing what Zoey’s treatment plan would be. He told me that Derick and I needed to discuss how far we wanted to take this and what exactly we were willing to put Zoey through. I literally felt the life sucked out of me at that moment. I do not want to make those decisions. This is my 5 month old daughter. She has not had a chance to live her life. She is not 90 years old and I can say that she has lived her life to it’s fullest. But at the same time, what about her quality of life now. Since day one Zoey has rapidly declined. She sleeps and seizes. Besides her first day of life, I have never had a moment where I felt connected to her; where I felt like she was in the world with me. I have never had her look into my eyes and I know that she saw me or was a part of my world. She has fought so hard to be where she is today. I have never seen her awake to enjoy the world around her. I wonder if she even knows that she exists. She is never awake or able to move any part of her body. This is no life for her. Oh the pain…I am so scared. I am scared to loose my child. These have been the longest 5 months of my life. It seems like I have been doing this for years but at the same time it seems like just yesterday I was pregnant and giving birth to my daughter.Our time in PICU has been overwhelming and we have had a couple of scares. We actually had to change a to Bipap machine instead of a Cpap. A bipap helps with inspiratory function as well as expiratory. She is breathing on her own but she is working very hard to do that and not talking deep enough breathes. She will tire out very quickly at this pace and that in turn can cause other problems. We have almost had to intubate twice but each time Zoey has pulled out on her own (or by the strength of god.) She is so strong and such a fighter. She has fought through some very rough times and I am sure that there are more to come.Derick is here with me now. He came up Monday and is going to stay until Thursday. We have a family meeting scheduled tomorrow with the doctor, social worker, case manager and nurses. This will be to discuss long term care for Zoey. This will include palliative care options, intubation, a tracheotomy and if any of this will help. From the neurological stand point, Zoey is not going to get any better. Her brain is not developing at all. There is no communication between both sides and there is very little myelin. Without the development of myelin she will not live. If there is not normal function in the brain, there is not normal function anywhere else. She is rapidly declining and has been doing so since birth. She has lost a lot of function. They only expect this to get worse. I have no idea what to do. I want to fix all of this. I want to yank her up out the hospital bed and take her to another hospital. I want another opinion. I want some one to be able to tell me what is wrong with my daughter and what we can do to fix it. I talked with Zoey’s geneticist on Friday. We discussed how we have tested for a lot of things, over and over again, and everything is negative. He does still believe that it is something genetic and that we just may never know what. I am not happy with that answer. I can’t fathom loosing my daughter because no one can figure out what is wrong. Well, what about the next child that this happens to? You don’t just say “oh, we had that happen to a girl once before.” I keep replaying in my head what I could have done differently, where I could have taken her, what I did wrong?? The geneticist says that it is no one’s fault and there is nothing that we could do to change this. Derick and I just carry an abnormal gene and they met up at the wrong place. He told us that if we choose to have more children there is a 25% chance this could happen again. Another thing that makes me very upset but I will not even get into that now. Derick and I have no clue what our decisions are about Zoey’s care. I don’t want to loose her and neither does he. At the end of the day, we want to know that we did everything possible for a our little girl. We want to make sure that we left no stone unturned and that we never gave up. But then there comes a point when we don’t want to see her go through this anymore, where our heart hurts for her and where we feel selfish for putting her through all this. I would never be able to live with myself though, knowing that I just gave up. I just want to crawl up in a hole and not come out. Derick has mentioned that he would just love to run away and not come back. The situation is just too hard and overwhelming to deal with. I can’t believe that people actually go through this everyday. I hurt for everyone that has to make these decisions. I want to ask that you continue to pray for Zoey’s miracle and COMPLETE healing. “Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my father in heaven. For where two or more come together in my name, there I am with them.” Matthew 18:19-20. I am still clinging to hope that this can all change and that our God will perform a healing and miracle in our Zoey’s life. I ask that you pray for strength for Derick and I. That we are able to walk by faith and that we continue to place one foot in front of the other. I apologize again for not updating. I am sorry for not calling or answering my phone. Some days I just can’t do it. I just can’t go through it again. We love you all and thank you for your support.

Thank you for taking the time to read this story of an adorable angel who is fighting so hard as we speak just to breathe. Please remember her parents who are faced with this decision about something that is to most of us, UNIMAGINABLE. Thank you for popping in and know that ANY time you or anyone you know of are in need of prayer, RIGHT HERE starts a HUGE prayer chain of people all over the world! I am ALWAYS willing to post! Prayer is power! EVERY ONE'S voices WILL be heard!
Thank you for being such amazing customers. I love all of you!
Angie