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Dearest Chloe, I know you don’t understand languages by now but someday you will read this and smile. YOU MAKE THIS WORLD AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU ARE! It’s the second year of your life and we’re celebrating your existence as usual. It gave me a kind of amusing floating feeling as I wrote to you how I mapped the upshot of your 2 nd birthday; how only a red hi-cut shoes goes well with your black little dress, how black backdrop will enhance the details of your party decorations, how seafood will bring new taste to lunch, that cake should arrive at 11 am sharp and that Daddy and me will only wear the shades of red." And we will stick to it" I told Daddy.  But truth be told, I wasn’t part of the uphill struggle at all.  I did little to nothing. And to make up for my shortcomings, my part of the show came down to this: to relay and narrate to you the true behind-the-scene story. I want you to remember and thank these people who became part of your own litt...

This little girl who had been once inside of me - who became much a part of me – will always marks the largest imprint on my heart, in my entire life. - G.R.Rondolos So, we’re approaching the “terrible two’s” and we’d like you to join us for cake and ice cream on our second birthday. (Happy dance!!) Let me put the accent on “ cake and ice cream” since we’re not providing lunch, drinks or anything. Just kidding! Though we haven’t kept up on a toddler’s rapid development in the world of speaking, the good news is that we are well able to say and understand the word “no”. Yay! And the sweetest thing is, we’re giving away flying and wet (yikes) kisses by surprise and it’s pretty special. And astonishingly, we’re grateful to wrap-up these places we’ve been for the past 2 years that even our grandparents never dreamed possible. Hahaha Okay, As parents, we all want to raise our kids to extraordinary levels. But the definition of “ extraordinary ” vary from one pare...

Temple visit: My little Miss Universe and me wearing Zalora dress Old habits die hard, so they say. I made random #newyearresolutions last week after an unplanned trip to our  Kumare’s  house; we will never run out of snack or groceries inside our fridge. From now on, we’ll have healthy options, limit our spontaneous trips, infrequent coffee houses and stop taking cabs as the only means of transportation to everywhere. Until the morning of January 1 st , we embarked on our first ever “unplanned trip”. One resolution failed already. This was the first thing I wrote and burned during our New Year Countdown celebration but broke the same thing 6 hours right after. Unplanned trips are always the best but they can be the most expensive at times. Tell me I’m not alone, lol! Anyway, I’m not giving up completely. Our fridge is crammed with healthy food and snacks and I’ve been eating fish on a daily basis since the start of 2016. Yay.  We’re off to a good st...