tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30051849215209393452024-02-02T06:47:08.200-08:00The French BirdThe French Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887011164310440599noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005184921520939345.post-1177516182470277002012-11-12T12:48:00.002-08:002012-11-12T12:48:58.232-08:00A brand new start.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi my dear blog friends! Well, after lots of thinking, planning and thinking again, I've decided to set this little french bird free and have a brand new start. During this time of silence, many things have happened that brought me to a new place in life. New mindset, lots of heart healing, joy restored and uplifting hope. For this reason, and in honor to this new season, I've decided to start a new journey (and every new journey deserves a new journal, right? ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just started a brand new blog named: Love Bound. (<a href="http://www.iamlovebound.blogspot.com/">www.iamlovebound.blogspot.com</a>). Feel free to stop by and say hey, I'll absolutely love to hear from you and reconnect after such a long time! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you for joining me during this time, for the sweet kind words, encouragement and just pure good love. I'm telling ya, a little love poured out works wonders!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love you guys! Hope you're all doing well! Can't wait to reconnect :)</span><br />
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Hello world. How's it going? All good around here. We're settling in our new house, we love the extra room, the neighborhood, the ice cream truck and our family walks on beautiful breezy evenings. Josiah and Abi Liv have been growing tremendously fast. I wish I could stop time and have them be my eternal 3 and 1 year old... I really do wish that at times. Last week, Josiah started his soccer classes once a week, and his games will be on weekends. His first practice was beyond excellent. He loved it and had a blast. Today, the day that all the family came to watch him play, he refused to go in the field. Oh.Man. It was almost funny to see that happen. In his defense, he had a fever for 3 days this week, so the little dude was probably not feeling like doing cartwheels or running for an entire hour in a very hot and muggy Carolina evening. Bless his heart. He's a little star anyways, and he always manages to make us laugh. Love him to pieces. On a different note, mom is here. She's staying till Christmas. I'm being spoiled rotten and gaining weight by the minute, her food constantly brings me back to my life in Argentina, so there's no way I'm refusing any of it. Any. At all. I just finished a sewing class. I also just started studying to get my certification in medical interpretation (holy cow, holy cow). I get these 2-second freak out moments from time to time. My brain hasn't been in intense action for a while now, lol, so it's kinda scary but it will be alright. That was my life in a nutshell right there. Now I can't wait to catch up with what's going on with you guys. xoxoThe French Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887011164310440599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005184921520939345.post-45777504349262582802012-04-17T20:28:00.000-07:002012-04-17T20:28:42.494-07:00A new home<br />
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Here I am. Sitting at our couch in our new place. It's almost impossible to describe all the feelings and the emotional roller coaster we've been through in these past couple of weeks. In a matter of 2 weeks, we went from: "yeah, we should probably start looking into moving (to rent), we need one more room" kinda talk, to "BAM, we're home owners, here's your HOA number." All of a sudden, we went from the countryside to a neighborhood. From having cows and horses in the backyard to having the ice-cream truck driving by almost every other day. From 20 min. drives to the nearest Walmart to "Oh, we ran out of milk? I'll run to the Food Lion"(which is literally around the corner from our house!). It has been a big change for sure.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">It was hard to leave our old rental house. It felt ours. A lot of meaningful things happened there. That's where both our kids learned how to walk. Both of them loved to stare out the window and talk to the cows. That was Abi's first home. That's the house that received my mom for her very first time in the United States. That's where my mom and Josiah would play soccer together until the sunset. Our kids' birthday parties. Lots of firsts to remember, lots of good stuff, great memories. AMAZING neighbors. I even cried one night just thinking about our neighbors!. But here we are. Living in OUR place now. All the boxes are gone (except for the office, cough cough), our furniture is in. </span><span style="text-align: center;">The kids transitioned fantastically. Josiah was just so excited! (We have stairs now, so you can imagine! It's like an amusement park for a 3 year old boy!). </span><span style="text-align: center;"> I already painted the house 25 different colors in my mind!. It feels good. It's ours. </span></div>
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Thanks for your patience in my MIA episodes! I missed blogging so much! I'll keep sharing more about our new place in the posts to come. I hope you have an amazing week!</div>
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Today, I have the pleasure to have Gina from Contemplating Beauty here with us! Gina, you're a wonderful writer with a beautiful heart. Thank you for sharing with us!<br />
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What I'd like to share with you today for Show And Tell is this super cool vase my daughter brought home from school that she made. She was in a Ceramics Class last Semester and she rocked it! I was so surprised each week when she'd bring something new home and how good it actually was (even if it wasn't I'd love it just the same)! She picked up ceramics and the wheel so well, that some of her work was on display at school in the showcase for months! I think as parents we always enjoyed receiving homemade goodies from our kids. I for one have always been a fan of it, and that is the reason I was so excited to share this with you today! My daughter's name is Madelynn and she is 17 years old, and I just cherish anything she makes me. She ended up making me 2 coffee cups, 3 bowls, a pitcher, a plate and this vase. Even the color is perfect! It's special to me because she was thoughtful in her creative process, thinking of me along the way and here's how.<b>Turquoise is one of my favorite colors and she knows I love flowers, so it means a lot to me that she thought of me this way</b>. This little vase and all the other items she made I will cherish forever and they make excellent new additions to our home!</div>
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I can't believe it was March last year that I held you for the very first time. I could feel your tiny little body in my chest. Warm and cozy we were. It took us a little bit to be together because you were born with your umbilical cord wrapped around your neck, twice. It was scary. The doctors worked really hard to make you breathe. They almost took you away to a different room, but thank God and an amazing team, they were able to stabilize you and bring you to my arms.<br />
If I could describe you in one word, it would definitely be JOY. You literally make us smile every single time we look at you. Your birth brought a gush of pure, deep, abundant joy to this family. This is your birthday month, so I'll leave you tiny notes here and there...<br />
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I love you with every single inch of my heart. My sweetness, my joy, my sunshine, my best friend, my princess, my baby girl.The French Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887011164310440599noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005184921520939345.post-90840454867751258872012-02-22T21:53:00.004-08:002012-02-23T05:54:27.889-08:00A day @ the park *nofilter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday was such a warm and beautiful day! So, to the park we went. We watched Josiah run like a maniac, roll, slide, climb and make new friends, which is always a delight. Later on, we grabbed something to eat and started running some errands. I'm getting ready to go on a young girl's retreat to the mountains this weekend, so I had to get some stuff. You know, when you go on a little road trip, you just need stuff :). I can't wait to hang out with some of the sweetest friends I have up there. But at the same time, I always get a funny feeling in my belly when I have to wave bye to my babies. It's just a couple of days, I know. But it still happens. So that's my plans for the weekend! What about yours?</div>
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They eventually will.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Top: <a href="http://bananarepublic.gap.com/?">Banana Republic</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Jeans: <a href="http://oldnavy.gap.com/?">Old Navy</a></span><br />
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What a great afternoon I had with the hubs, taking pictures, being silly and having good old fun. It's spontaneous moments like these that make life shine. It's the enjoyment of the here and now that makes us wealthy where we are. There's a gem in every moment. It's up to us to find it, embrace it, enjoy it's beauty. My heart is full today. My arms are full today. I get to hold a precious man and two beautiful children every day. I get to watch the little ones grow, I get to see them learn how to talk, to share, to love. I just couldn't ask for more.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Valentine's Day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Linking with <a href="http://thepleatedpoppy.com/blog/">The Pleated Poppy</a> and <a href="http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/">Rae Gun rumblings</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">XOXOXO</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been 11 days of a thankful journey so far. I had no idea the kind of impact this photo journal would make in my heart. Being intentional about being thankful is one of the most rewarding decisions a person can make. Thankfulness truly breathes life into our bones, our hearts, our eyes. I get up every morning thinking of things I'm thankful for. I try to get past the clichés, and begin to find hidden treasures that await us during the daily grind. Every minute is so much more enjoyable because I'm finally realizing and learning what things are truly important in life. I didn't know negativity was a habit that could be uprooted by the intentional act of being thankful. Well, it is. And being intentional works. There's no automatic switch in the heart. It's not a one day deal. But like Andrew, my husband, always tells me: it's not what you do in a day, but what you do daily. We all have bad days, days when we feel like quitting, days when we feel run over by our emotions, exhaustion and stress. But the door is always in front of us. There's always an opportunity to be thankful. To smile. To breathe deep and let our shoulders come down. To look in the eyes of hope, and see how wealthy we already are. Sooner or later, spring will always come.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bath time is one of our favorites around here. Both kids love water, so it's an easy peasy process. Well, it's easy to get them in, at least. Josiah loves to bring a bunch of his cars and he stays in the tub until he's all wrinkled up. After asking around about new natural, non-chemical, organic baby bath products, a couple amazing bloggers suggested I try the California Baby brand. So I did. I ordered a pack of samples to try most of their products and see what would work best for us. I fell in love with it. My favorite scent is French Lavender, so now both, kids and mama, feel all happy and relaxed during their bath time. I find myself sniffing their hair a whole lot more. After a good bath time, we get all cozy and comfy and play a bit more while waiting for papi to get off work. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's actually not a bottle. It's a "squeeze" intended for<span style="color: #45818e;"> pureed foods such as applesauce and veggie blends. </span>It's a very innovative way to give your little ones fresh homemade snacks on the go. "<span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Sili Squeezers can emerge as young as six months, their individual ability to squeeze will vary from month to month as they grow. Once they have found their ‘squeeze’, the yummy possibilities are limitless." (Sili Company). </span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">It's spill -proof, BPA and Phthalate free, </span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">reusable and super super cute!!! </span></span></div></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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Welp, welp. Here we go. When I started blogging, I thought to myself: <i>oooooh, how fun! all I need to do is just write something about something, post a couple pictures of babies, the house, the cat, the dog</i> (that, in my case, would be a figure of speech, since I don't own either a cat or a dog). I thought: <i>this is a PIECE - OF - CAKE... </i>Little did I know that, every time I would sit in front of this screen and place my hands in the keyboard, a hoard of fearful thoughts would hit my mind over and over and over. Fear like waves. Hitting the shore of my mind. Eroding my freedom.<br />
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For most part of my life, I've been a pretty content little soul. I'd try my hardest to do great at school, at music classes, ballet, art. In my mind, I lived under the thought: as long as I do good, I will be loved. As long as I please others, I won't be rejected. As long as I don't make waves, everything will be fine. If you loved strawberries, I loved strawberries. If you loved dressing in 25 different colors, I "loved" it. If you loved pizza with pineapple, I .. nah, I won't take it that far... What I'm trying to say here is that, the fear of rejection and failure grabbed my personality like a cardboard figure and threw my authentic self out of the window. Merciless.<br />
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But there comes a point in life when your Creator, the Lover of your soul, comes at your door, throws little rocks on your window, leaves sticky notes in your mirrors. He knows who you really are. He knows your hidden dreams and deepest desires. He knows because He put them there. He's like the most persistent salesman in the world. If you don't open the door, He won't just leave. From outside the door, He can hear your soul crying out to be free. How could He just leave? He walks around your house and starts singing songs. Songs that remind you of who you are. Songs about unconditional love, beauty and uniqueness. He sings until the hardness starts melting away. His love walks through walls. When your soul hears those footsteps, it immediately lightens up. Your heart starts beating fast because you KNOW... the day is coming. That beautiful soul, that cardboard figure lying out the window, will finally come alive. It will finally soar up in the sky, where it belongs. No more 24 hour workdays to earn a bit of human love. It's like trying to buy crumbs when you live in the most beautiful bakery in town. The funny thing is that, when you finally are who you really are, people are going to love it. Because they will see REAL in your eyes.<br />
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This is where I'm at these days. Living in expectation, hearing the footsteps, feeling my heartbeat rise. It has been a journey (well, it's been more like a hiking experience). But it's coming. Nothing can stop what's meant to happen. I await, all curled up. One of these days, I know that I know that I know, Love will walk through my walls.<br />
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Well, here's my post for the day... a little late, but better late than never, right?. I had a little busy day today. Lots of cleaning to do, a sick baby and an extra clingy toddler ( not in an annoying way, but in an extremely cute and sweet way :).<br />
Like I said, Abi Liv is sick. I took her to the doctor today, and found out she has strep. Poor little munchkin, she looks pitiful. But despite the runny nose, cough and fever, she's still that happy little girl that will play peek-a-boo with anything she has at hand.<br />
On a different note, we had a pretty sweet evening. It was just us in the house. I made dinner, we cleaned up and played with the kiddos for a while before their bedtime. Josiah was the center of attention. He's such an entertainer, we could stare at him for hours! He recently learned how to smile in order to get what he wants. He makes this huge smile that makes his eyes squinty and his face just irresistible. We're in trouble.<br />
Right before going to bed, I went to the living room, and I saw Andrew giving Abi her medicine. It melted my heart. I'm so blessed to see what a great dad my kids have. I didn't grow up with a daddy, so this was one of my dreams since I was really young. This man is who I'm thankful for today.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Night night, friends! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">XOXOXO</div>The French Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887011164310440599noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005184921520939345.post-86878794365838380302012-02-04T21:06:00.000-08:002012-02-04T21:08:05.193-08:00thankful {today} photo challenge - Day 5 + Sunday link up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fHd0T5djZw8/Ty4HrQ4eslI/AAAAAAAAAq0/UsfYUvpfaYE/s1600/thx5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fHd0T5djZw8/Ty4HrQ4eslI/AAAAAAAAAq0/UsfYUvpfaYE/s640/thx5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday is finally here!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all, I opened a link tool so that you can share your "thankful {today} pictures of the week, your favorite post of the week or some encouraging word to other bloggers, feel free to just link up! I'm looking forward to discovering new blogs, working together in new projects, having guest posts and getting to know each other a little more. So far, I've found some beautiful blogs through this challenge, and I know there are so many more out there! [ giggles]. Excitement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a different note, this has been a lovely week. So far, I'm just LOVING the process of photo journaling. It's a great way to keep me accountable in this journey of growing a thankful heart. One of the things that I can see a change in is the fact that I'm constantly looking for things to be thankful for. Focusing on what the Lord already gave me. Praising Him for the amazing treasures he surrounded me with, like my family, friends, home. I've realized how much I take for granted on a daily basis. I now feel like I pay more and more attention to details, colors, moments. I also noticed this sweet peace of mind. It's just so sweet...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now is your turn... how was your week? What were your highs and lows? What's in your heart today? </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a beautiful Sunday!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=129454" type="text/javascript"></script>The French Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887011164310440599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005184921520939345.post-364223134196865682012-02-03T22:27:00.000-08:002012-02-03T22:27:45.211-08:00thankful {today} photo challenge - Day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84TCYXWGhYmKfNObz_sb0sH5tIehr1_nN8UO3iQi5v8li6nmKdFpyXJpf60CTio8UBu6Q2j7muFp0eBaxYPu1He-3umvgEMcWsTo0xMYoxQZmIrqA-rXnNvxvnNzkW6TUhJjVtxOBeCls/s1600/thx4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84TCYXWGhYmKfNObz_sb0sH5tIehr1_nN8UO3iQi5v8li6nmKdFpyXJpf60CTio8UBu6Q2j7muFp0eBaxYPu1He-3umvgEMcWsTo0xMYoxQZmIrqA-rXnNvxvnNzkW6TUhJjVtxOBeCls/s640/thx4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The French Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887011164310440599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005184921520939345.post-36381319908620184122012-02-03T04:47:00.000-08:002012-02-03T04:47:23.815-08:00thankful {today} photo challenge - Day 3 ... and a little rambling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5l7fQiBsE94/TytTLIh0R5I/AAAAAAAAAqI/WCacYfxrol4/s1600/thx3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5l7fQiBsE94/TytTLIh0R5I/AAAAAAAAAqI/WCacYfxrol4/s640/thx3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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