scary night!

MAMAAA!!! I'm bleeding

I was so tired that i don't even know how i heard her calling me, but i did.
You know, i was so deep into my sleep that and i don't even know how i managed to wake up.
I wasn't fully awake, more like half asleep and half scared of what i heard.
I stumbled off my bed and ran to the girls bedroom to find Inaya on the floor crying and scared and with blood running down from her nose into her mouth, and night gown and showing me Ted (her favorite teddy) and me trying to register what i was hearing and seeing;
she was so more upset seeing Ted with blood on him than seeing herself with blood.
Now that i think about i got so scared, but it was probably just because i was enjoying my sleep so something had to happen.
At the end of the day I'm thankful that its was only a nose bleed and nothing more serious than that.
I have a great husband. He is like my knight in the shining armour ready to save the day. he helped with cleaning her and getting her back to bed while i was calming her little sister.

Something like this can happen anytime to anyone. How did you react? 

I'm grateful and blessed with such a wonderful little family.

Stay healthy and beautiful,

wedding celebration

last weekend we went to my husband's aunt wedding celebration. I love her dearly. she is such a lovely person.
I had no ideea what i was gonna wear. It had to be something stylish and comfortable. We had no babysitter so we took the kids with us, therefore i neded something comfortable to be able to run after them. Even after looking through the shops I couldnt find anything satisfying. I dont know if its just me but lately shopping in the stores gives me headaches, i have no patience to look for clothes and i prefer to do it online. Hopefully this is not something permenantly. I love shopping so this would be very sad for me.
Note to myself: I have to remember to give my aunt the pictures next time i see her.

Well i havent got many pictures with me and my outfit cuz i was mostly taking the pictures. the ones i have were taken by my gorgeous hubby.

 Face makeup:
-foundation Make up For Ever Matt Velvet+
-face powder Poudre HD Microfinition
-yves rocher blush naturel
-terracotta Guerlain


Eyes makeup
- eyeshadow primer by too Faced shadow insurance
-sleek makeup pallette I Divine in SUNSET
-eyeliner Aqua Black Make up For Ever
-loreal Mega Volume Collagene
-YSL touche eclat here

Lips:
-channel gloss

this was an awkward pose. the only one i have from head to toes

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It was fun.
We were tired but we had fun!


Love,
      Angie



Stay healthy and beautiful

BIG mess! ;)

This happened couple of days ago and i haven't had the chance to post it. ;) ;) ;)
Sun is shining, spring is here with the nice weather, we feel good and happy and ready to have MORE FUN!
And when i say having fun, i wasn't talking about jumping in the trampoline or play outside to enjoy the nice weather, i was talking about what you will see in the following pictures.
Don't worry! Its not a hurricane pass through my living room. It's just my girls! :) And I'm sure you mommies out there know exactly what I'm talking about.

Let me know about your big messy days :) (with pictures if you feel proud about it ;) )


Cela s'est passé il y a quelques jours et je n'ai pas eu la chance de le poster. ;) ;) ;)
Le soleil brille, le printemps est là avec le beau temps, nous nous sentons bien et heureux et prêt à avoir plus de FUN!
Et quand je dis s'amuser, je ne parlais pas de sauter dans le trampoline ou jouer à l'extérieur pour profiter du beau temps, je parlais de ce que vous verrez dans les images suivantes.
Ne vous inquiétez pas! Ce n'est pas un ouragan qui a traversé mon salon. C'est juste mes filles! :) Et je suis sûr que vous les mamans là savez exactement de quoi je parle.
 

in the middle of it there is the daddy!

 lots of fun!

Love,
       Angie



Stay healthy, happy and beautiful!

Sleep training

We reached the BIG 1 year. Yay!

Between all the milestones that surprises us everyday we also have some major setbacks not so "enjoyable " , if you can call them like that. It happens when you sleep so good in your big cosy bed you hear the baby crying for you to wake up, to feed her or just to have a cuddle every night at the same hour like a Swiss clock not a minute late nor a minute earlier. And you are like: OK this could work, I can wake up 3 times per night at same time but then it escalates into every 2 hours and then into every hour and i feel like pulling my hair out.
I realized that my lovely little baby has sleep associations hence the waking up so often during the night. The sleep association would be me and my breasts. She developed this sleep association due to breastfeeding. She would wake up during the night and i would be there to comfort her.
Not to mention that i moved her in the same bedroom with my 4yr old and if it was fine at the beginning its not the case anymore.

The baby sleep website i founded really helpful. I read many helpful articles. Many advices from other parents that were going through the same baby sleep problems as we were. Love this website. With the help of many advises from this website I was able to train my old one to sleep on her own. Now I'm going back to the website because I'm training my little one to sleep on her own too.
I'm still breastfeeding her once a night. I will breastfeed her until she will wean herself out.

I'm not in any way imposing this website to anyone. I know there are so many resources on the web with relation to the baby sleep problems and what to do about it. 

17.03.2014 sleep training start

When I started sleep training Tyana she would wake up 6-9 times per night. I decided to move my 4 year old in my bedroom. So the three of us co sleep together. I didn't want her to suffer because her little sister wakes up so many times during the night.

 You need to be armed with tons of patience. As everybody would tell you, your baby needs you to guide her on how to sleep without her mommy's arms/breast.
During the first week of training, when Tyana would wake up I fed her only when I considered that she is hungry, based on when i last breastfed her. The rest I would only try to calm her down by offering her water and sing her a song. Of course it was not on her liking and she would cry and scream. But i tried my best to stay calm as much as possible.
Talking to her in a calming and soothing way. Explaining her as much as possible about where she needs to sleep and how good and safe her little bed is ;).

On the fifth day, of the first week of training i started to see improvement. She would still fight and cry but would wake up less - around 5-6 times per night. Breastfeeding only when i considered that she might be hungry. I gave water and sang songs for the rest of the times she woke up and try to calm her down.

During the weekend, 22-23.03.2014, i have seen more improvement. less waking up but just as much fighting.

I have to mention that i also applied the same technique for the naps. Here we have long way to go. Its so frustrating that she would just fight and fight and refuse to nap. But, hey i wont give up :)
For the morning nap, after almost 1 hour fighting, crying a bit , talking and playing a lot she would give up and sleep.
The after-noon nap is another matter.

That's it for now in the baby land.


Love,
      Angie




Stay healthy and beautiful and especially ZEN

Baby and the milestones!

This is something I wrote almost 2 months ago, but haven't had the chance to post it.

Happy birthday Bushka!

I have to add that tomorrow tyana will be 9 months and everyday she is showing all of us how fast she grows. Already able to stand on her own without any support, pushing and walking object that are easy to move around such as foot stool, small chair, trunki, kids table. She has so much strength and energy that at the end of the day I'm so exhausted that it feels like I'm the one doing all that pushing and moving around.

Clapping hands, opening and closing hands, asking to be taken in the arms and waving goodbye are few of the things she can do right now.

My Inaya is growing too, way too fast. Dressing herself, choosing the clothes on her own she has became a little fashionista. 

Got to go to sleep.

love, hugs and kisses

xxx

Angie

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Tyana is now 7 month and 2 weeks and she can do plenty of stuff. And sometimes I wish she would just slow down a bit. She is growing way too fast

Tyana can do list:

Smile- She smiles a lot. She always has a smile to offer and I love her to bits.
Crawl- She can crawl on four.
Stand- She can pull herself up and stand next to a solid object, like a couch. She can stand holding herself with only one hand and sometimes she is not even doing that and only the gravitational force plus her own wait supported by object stops tyana from falling. But the experience of falling with the resulted bumps made her realize that the motion of pulling up has an opposite namely the descending which is quite safe so she has been perfecting that move too.
Talking about safe baby ...in 90% of the cases, tyana supports herself when standing on unsteady objects such as rocking chair or footstool, and that will probably give me a heart attack soon as I always see her falling and getting hurt. I' m a bit paranoid about this, but, I guess what mother isn't.
She is fast when crawling.
Love for share- She loves her big sister very much. When Inaya is not around Tyana is looking for her.
Eating- She eats paper. Yep. If u lost your paper and cannot find it well...do not worry it is in a safe place... in tyana's belly.
;) Note to me and to the visitors: do not leave your papers around they might disappear.

Being more serious, we've started solids and so far so good. She is a "gourmand".

She can feed herself. I guess my work is done!

Talking about eating I can honestly say that after all the paper munching she still finds some space in her little belly for some banana or anything else I give her. 
Drinking- She loves drinking water from a glass. Not a big fan of baby bottles though.

Grabing- She can grab tiny objects and move them from one hand to another. 
When you interdict her something She will give out to you with the associated slapping.
She is curios about the dogs and I guess that soon she will remove the gate that keeps the dogs away from the living room. Watch out Bugsy and Hayllee. Something new to munch on.

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little section!

starting kindergarden is always a happening of joy and happiness for kids that land into the unknown world with the satchel on his back, smiling face and a look of unbounded eagerness to a period of new knowledge, friends, songs and games. A teacher that welcomes them with opened arms. For parents, and here I'm mainly talking about those of us who were the center of their little world, it was only mommy and daddy into a close circle. its scary how fast she grows. First day at kindergarden she told us to go home acting like a little adult proving that being with other people it is not a problem for her. While other kids were clinging on their parents and crying cuz they didn't want to stay at the kindergarden our girl acted calmly coloring and playing with the toys, not bothered as if she has been doing this all her life. I felt pride because she was acting so mature and yet so scared because she no longer needed me.

so we left her there. I arrived at home just to let my tears run their course. 
 
PS:all went all and she loved it! 

love and kisses,
angie

New year new baby.

It has been a crazy new year so far. New year new baby! Yeah! We've added one more addition to our family. Family is getting bigger and bigger and crazy days are ahead of us.
Here is Tyana, a beautiful little baby girl born 3 months ago on the 3rd of march 2013.

So far i love to:
- suck on my hands mommy's hands, daddy's hands, i love munch on my fingers because they are soft and yummy
- smile a lot to everybody and especially to mommy and daddy when they make silly faces
- being hugged and walked around so i can see and explore the world around me
- play a lot
- sleep too
- grabbing things and everything that is at close range especially mommy's hair
- talking is my expertise and i love to talk to the people that talk to me back

happy birthday and may you be happy, healthy and loved all your life.

love you "tiny" bug.

hugs and kisses,
your mama