CHRISTENING IN THE VATICAN

February 23, 2012

After having Adrien's Christening, I just couldn't help but to remember the baptism of my other son André.  It was held in the best venue in the world to have a Christening: The Vatican.
We were so lucky that we were accepted!  We were living in Dubai at that time, where André was born, and we traveled to Italy for his magical Christening.  The ceremony was in English and Italian by a priest from Philippines in december 2007.  André was three months old and his sister Aimée was the godmother.
André had such a good luck that after the ceremony, the Pope Benedict looked out a window to give the blessing.

SERIOUSLY HANDSOME

December 30, 2011

Adrien is getting bigger and these two last months have been so overwhelming, surreal and extremely exiting!!  Here there are some pics of November and December...

BETWEEN BUMBLES AND BUBBLES

December 27, 2011

We took the children and cousins for a day after Christmas in the winter playground of Palexpo. André couldn't be happier... life is good lately!  Warm and comfy is the key to have fun in winter.
Adrien finished exhausted... too much for a little baby. Back home, I had to recompose him with a hot bath and salts... finishing with and an oil massage  ;)

WINTER WONDERLAND

December 10, 2011

Winter season is here! And this year, I promised myself to not complain about the weather (sigh).
Schilliger is my favorite garden center. You can find there nice inspiration for plants and flower settings. For the new holiday season launching, they had activities and entertainment for children, cookies and even a delicious warm wine with fruits. They shared the receipt furthermore  ;)

TOUS BEAR

Probably you have seen in most of the pictures of my son André that he's wearing his Tous gold necklace. Tous is my favorite brand for children's jewelry for his cute teddy bear, the brand emblem.  My older daughter Aimée has a steel & gold bracelet and some leather/silver necklaces of this brand, and my son André has a set of gold necklace and bracelet baby set with the bear in little diamonds.

SWISS VINEYARDS

After a stressful week, we went on Fridays to spend a relax day with some good friends at the vineyards area of Chebres.  Then we spent the evening chilling out at The Desk, a posh bar with a breathtaking view to the lake and the Alpes mountains. Finally went to eat a long, long dinner at Le Relais de la Poste with a nice view too, a great food and a good service  :)

CANNES

What a better way to dress at the Côte d'Azur than blue that means Mediterranean glamour?  We had a family lunch for our anniversary in a nice restaurant with a great view to the sea. I love restaurants with good view.

NICE

It's official the sunny season and we had another nice day while sightseeing the beautiful city of Nice. We went to the yacht port to watch some of the most gorgeous yachts in the world. André even got on one of them. Then we took a tourism bus around the city, went to Mc Donalds and to the games. I finished exhausted.

I bought André's beachwear ensemble in Madrid last year... and I love it because it came with a matching beach towel!  :)

MONACO: LE FEU FAIT LE FOU

Finally we had some free days and went to Monaco and Nice.  And we were lucky, we got such some sunny days, so André and me spent most of the days sightseeing and the nights eating out.  I'd say this is the right mix for a perfect holiday.

Our first day, we went to the beach and took some pics at the Monaco's boardwalk, where there was loads of children.  I think that the André's outfit for this day was kind of uptown chic  ;)

André's first birthday: UNDER THE WATER THEME

Today I wanted to remember my son André's first birthday.  We decided to make it in Ecuador, my home country, and I chose an Under-the-water theme.  Before to share some pics I want to thank to all the friends and relatives that came over to make it a special day.

The picture above shows the invitations, which were like a message in a bottle with the theme of the party engraved in laser.  Inside the bottle there were some seaweed and small marine animals.