One of his first missions is to organize international ordering collectives.  By putting together different distributors from multiple countries, the individual requirements for ordering at FOB Asia costs will be lowered.  That amounts to big savings for smaller buyers.

International buyers, please contact David at David@ViveVita.comif you are interested in participating in this cost saving program.

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The main ideas were:

1. waterproof, truly protects the chair
2. easy-on and easy-off
3. easy to clean by throwing it in with the laundry

An additional feature we could not really highlight in the video is the comfortable feeling due to the micro-weave fabric. While our chair covers are waterproof, they don’t feel like that old, sticky plastic you used to find on Grandma’s sofa.

We hope you enjoy the video!

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I was repairing the washing machine and had to take off the hoses, plugs and drains between the washing machine and the wall, but I did not want to mix up the hot and cold intake hoses, which looked identical to me.

So I used a couple of Bandette sippy cup labels to label which hose was the hot line and which was the cold. This way I could leave them on the back of the washer (which I had a hard time seeing and reaching anyway) and I just had to detach and reattach them to the valves at the wall.  Identifying them was a snap.

Note:  One of the bands is bright red, which is not currently a stock color for our bands.  I used one of our early prototypes.  Maybe we will get some nice fire-engine red colors soon.

Campy, fun, informative, and only 90 seconds!

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She successfully gave birth to a baby boy named Alexander Eastwood Pellei on her oldest son’s twelfth birthday, December 29, 2011.  Alexander had clinical features of a congenital syndrome named Noonan Syndrome, part of which included a significant heart defect.  He spent the next four weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery at Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Children’s Hospital.

Although he looked good the first week and appeared to be getting ready to come home, he started experiencing some setbacks in his breathing.  These led to a gradual worsening of his heart and lung status over the next few weeks, and progressive ventilatory support was needed.  On January 25, 2012, he had to be intubated and he lost his kidney function.  Thanks to the support of local friends and family, Robyn and Dave were able to be by his bedside every day, and around the clock his last days.  He died in Robyn’s arms early on the morning of Thursday, January 26, 2012.  Today is the one month anniversary of his passing.

Below is included Alexander’s arrival and departure announcement and a brief photo album of our time with him.  Our time with him was short, but each moment was a precious blessing.

Please also visit Robyn’s friend Jamie’s blog at SteadyMom.com where she wrote about Robyn and Alexander.  Read the comments below the story to see how her story touched hearts around the world (literally!).

Alexander Eastwood Pellei

It is with mixed joy and sorrow that the Pellei Family announces the birth of Alexander Eastwood Pellei on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 9:17PM, and his peaceful passing in his parents’ arms one month later on Thursday, January 26, 2012 around 4AM at Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC.

Thank you to everyone for the great outpouring of prayers, kind words, and support during this difficult time for us.  Special thanks to all the doctors and staff at Levine Children’s Hospital Neonatal ICU, and to Father Andre Mangongo who performed the sacraments of Baptism, Anointing of the Sick, and Confirmation for Alexander on Wednesday afternoon.  We are blessed to be surrounded by incredible people.  Little Alexander worked so hard and did all he could.  Although we would have liked to have kept him with us, he was called to God the Father and we released him to go to His arms.

We are so proud of you, Alexander.  We don’t know why God decided to take you at this time, but we were blessed to have you while we did and honored to be your parents.  It is good to know that a little piece of us is a Saint in Heaven, and we look forward to the day when we will be reunited in His peace.

I finally saw the drained caplet and put the fish smell together to figure it out. SO, he gets a bath with the other two little boys, followed by a bath for the three little girls.

Anyway, funny smell at dinner tonight–it turns out ALL SIX now smell like fish. Another bath night tonight, now in different tubs….

Now that there is getting to be a broader exposure and understanding of our product, we have received comments that it would work well as a child ID bracelet.  Well, they are absolutely correct.  We have used them in the past when traveling as an easy way to put the name of a child and our contact information somewhere visible in case they were separated from us.  We also use a backup by putting all pertinent information on a small index card or business card and putting it in their pocket.

Bandette band size generally runs a little big for the wrists of small children, so we found it works also to put it over a sleeve or on a child’s ankle where it is less likely to come off.  As long as it is not so snug as to be uncomfortable or restricting we found it to be no hinderance.

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Three of our little guys and gals went to the dentist yesterday for a check-up and tooth cleaning.  They received high scores from the dentist for good tooth brushing!  We were so proud of them.

We also had a flurry of medium kids losing their teeth, with 3 coming out this week.  I think the Tooth Fairy is going to apply for government bailout funds!

But with all this talk about dentists, teeth, toothbrushes, and all, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Toothbands.   BPA-free, Phthalate-free, lead-free food-grade silicone labeling bands that help your youngsters keep track of which toothbrush belongs to which child.  This helps prevent germ spread.  Because we all know how confusing it can be when little ones come back from the dentist with new toothbrushes, and you still can’t remember who the old ones belonged to–now you have to memorize their new colors or characters—aaagh!!

Not so with Toothbands.  Your child keeps the same color and character, and simply transfers their band to their new toothbrush.  That color and character belong to them, through-and-through, as they also match their Bandette cup band, and their My Spot seat marker (and they can even start out with a matching Keepster pacifier label when they are a baby).

Today marks our youngest daughter’s 5th birthday!  Even though we have FIVE birthdays in July, we have two little ones with birthdays about a week apart in October, plus good friends whose children have birthdays in the the same range.

On top of that, this roughly marks the half-way point in the fall soccer season.  Both birthday parties and soccer events are great times to use your Bandette and Bandle cup and bottle labels to keep track of whose cup is whose and help limit germ spread.

Our birthday get-together with our friends with six children saw 15 children, ages 2-12 years enjoying meals and cake at the same time…definitely not an event where you want children passing around germs on their cups.

And soccer Saturdays for us usually start at the 8:00AM game and finish after the 12:00PM or 1:00PM games end.  That means we have several little guys cheering on their brothers and sisters from the sidelines for a good chunk of the day.  It also means there’s a lot of time for them to confuse their cups if they are not clearly marked.

We are really grateful for the Bandette and Bandle sippy cup and bottle labels, since they help us keep things straight and organized.  Because no one wants to come home from a birthday party or soccer game with a cold!

P.S.  October is also our anniversary month–Happy 13th Anniversary, Robyn!!!