Special Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day with your Mom

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Here comes Mother’s Day this weekend and a lot of people have been saying it is another expensive Holiday because you have to give gift. But to me, if a person is that special to you, you really do not care about it that much. There is also a time when you are tight in budget so here are some special way to celebrate Mother’s Day for mom.

  1. Cook your mom’s favorite dish and eat with her. Now a days, a lot of people rarely hang out with their mother’s that much special when you start working. This is a gift of giving time and effort.
  2. If your mom loves to workout. Go with her and join her doing her workout routine. Working out is so fun specially when you are with someone special.
  3. If you know how to do arts and crafts. Most of the treasures in life cannot be bought like making her a bracelet. Check out what my Adi made for me for Mother’s day on my IG story.
  4. Frame your most treasured photos together and give it to here. She will definitely be touched by it.
  5. Give her a hand massage as most moms are always tired doing a lot of different things in and out of the house.
  6. If you know how to draw, make a sketch of your mom and frame it.

I used to do a lot of this specially when I was younger. When I did not have money of my own. But I can really see how much they appreciate those gifts because it came from the heart and they know how much time and effort you invested creating those special gifts.

As a mom now, What melts my heart are those small things my children do for me like. When they know I am tired and they give me a minute of foot massage. Giving me flowers that they picked from the Garden. Preparing a glass of water at bedside because they Know I need it.

Simple gestures that as a mom, You will always treasure it forever in your heart. so don’t feel bad if you cannot afford to buy mom gifts. More so when you are capable of buying expensive gifts but is willing to give more of your time and effort to make your mom feel special on this Mother’s Day.

Do you have any other Mother’s Day ideas I haven’t mention as I would love to hear from you guys.

Thank you so much for stopping by and may all of you celebrating have a wonderful day! Enjoy this Mother’s Day weekend!

Simply,

Christianne

Photos: Novel (my better half)

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Special Mother’s Day Gift for All the SHEroes in Our Lives

Sharing all these special Items inside my Babbleboxx to give this Mother’s Day for all the SHEroes in our lives, mom.

After a tiring day for a busy mom, Who doesn’t like to relax right? One of the best way to do so is to light up a scented candle. This Thank You Mom Candle from Homesick Candles is so good it is a fresh scent of different mix of flowers and also at the base is the Sandalwood and Musk scent.

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Who else doesn’t want life to be easy? No one, this DEEBOT from ECOVACS is something you and your mom will love. Just sit and wait for it to finish cleaning the troublesome messes you have at home and this Ecovacs Deebot 711 is also Smart Home compatible.

Another special way to celebrate mom is to treat her in a getaway at the Pocono Resort in Pennsylvania. Woodloch Pines Resort provides an atmosphere for families. Creating those memories is something that is priceless. I am ready to go and here are some cute luggage tag and Handle wraps to get you started.

I myself as a mom will swear by these products. They are definitely a must have for the special woman/women in our life. I know all moms have different like sand personalities and each one of these items have their own personal touch that will truly make your mom feel special.

This is one of the best occasions that I am always looking forward to every year. We all have this special person that we call mom in our life or at someone that we treat as our own mother. Someone who has always been there and taught us a lot about life and on what we know now as an adult.

Celebrating moms day is dear to me. They are the ones that molded us to be a better person and to that good example to also be a better mom to help our young kids be the best person they wanna be.

What are you thinking for this upcoming Mother’s day? I know you all are excited to celebrate this with that special person in your life. Be it your grandma, your aunt, a family friend that you look up to as a mother when you were growing up. This is the time to express you appreciation for them.

Thank you for stopping by.

Simply,

Christianne

**This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com but all opinions are 100% my own.

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20 Weeks Bumpdate

I Know I have not been posting consistently on my blog site as I really do not have much energy to stay up late or wake up really early to produce such content. It is very easy to show up on instagram as it only needs one post and I am done.

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As for the update…

  1. we found out few weeks ago that we are having another girl and we are naming her Andi.
  2. I surpass my morning sickness, thank God!
  3. We will do another ultrasound this coming Monday for the complete anatomy scan, meaning we get to see her as a real baby inside my tummy not an embryo 🙂
  4. My varicose veins on my left leg is really bothering me. But, I already know what to do because I had it when I had Aidan (my son which is my second child)
  5. I am having sciatic like nerve pain on my right buttocks and it is really uncomfortable specially to the kind of job I do (Physical Therapist) on the good note…. as a PT I know what exercises I need to do and stretching to. I had this on my first pregnancy with Adi (my daughter and my first born)
  6. the 4th and 5th is the combination of both my 2 pregnancies and we are thinking that baby Andi is the combination of both my children. If you have noticed we are really divided as my son looks like me and my daughter looks like my husband. Baby Andi might be somewhere in between 🙂

Also thankful that we are halfway through and 4 more months and we get to see our 3rd bundle of Joy. We will be a family of 5. yay!

Thank you for stopping by, see you again next time.

Simply,

Christianne

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Gender Revealed and It’s A Girl!

Hello everyone! It’s been a week seen I posted here on the blog and yes we are having a baby girl. I am really not into a gender reveal party because I just don’t find it practical. Baby shower to me is most important and it is just me.

Since we found out we were pregnant. We have been thinking about baby names that starts with letter A since both our children are already named as Adrianne (Adi) and Aidan. We were really looking online and we found this cool names. If it was to be a boy we would have named him Ace and since it is a baby girl, she will be named Andi. Andi is the feminine form of green name Andreas.

What do you think about the baby names? Do you also look into baby names and their meaning or you just give names because they are cute. And I know some of us have a really deeper meaning because it was a family members name like a grandparent or your own parents name.

Originally if it was a boy, We will use my dad’s nickname Aboy and give it to him as his nickname. I wanted to give my dad’s name but it starts with E. Maybe call her Agirl since she is a girl. Nah, she would be mad at us then when she grow up. Lol!

Thank for stopping by and see you again!

Simply,

Christianne

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Life Lately.. update

Life Lately.. update

Hello everyone! I have been missing out a lot on the blog post. I try to be consistent with instagram but I still fail. But, here I am again, regaining my energy after the first trimester. It was really something for me, the first trimester. I was always out of energy after a full days work as a Physical therapist. I am glad my family understands my shortcomings at home as It was not intentional. I was very sensitive to strong scents and some fried foods. Another weird thing was I always felt nauseous every time the cold air blows on my face.

I am glad they are all tapering down now. Since I am officially on my second trimester. Also, 3 weeks ago we had the genetic testing done for pregnant ladies over 35 to check for genetic defect. Just got the result Friday says everything came back normal so now just waiting for the doctor to reveal to me the gender of our precious baby. Hopefully we get it today 🙂 I am looking forward to have this energy so I can share my creative thoughts and helpful insights here on the blog with all of you. I will be sharing a lot of maternity styles too.

Life Lately.. update

in case you have not seen the cute little bump trying to come out here. Here are some pregnancy travel outfit here. Make sure to check out my maternity outfits for more inspo, there will be more coming soon here on the blog. 

Simply,

Christianne

 

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Family Traditions We do when it’s cold outside.

Family Traditions We do when it's cold outside.
Family Traditions We do when it's cold outside.
Family Traditions We do when it's cold outside.

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Family Traditions We do when it’s cold outside. How these are good ideas to do as your own family traditions starting this New Year. Growing up, we always go to my grandparents house to celebrate Christmas and go back to our own home to the New Year’s Eve celebrations. That has been long gone since I moved here in the US.

Now that I have a family of my own, we are making our own traditions.

1. Every Christmas time we always go to New York to celebrate with my husbands relatives since they are our family here, we would dine together and in the evening, all of us will go to Time square to look and take pictures at all the Christmas Decors and the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Plaza. 

2. We also do staycations and stay in a Hotel near were we live so the kids can swim. (hotels with indoor swimming pools only). And if you have been following my IG story we just stayed at the largest Indoor Water park in the US. 

3. We just started game nights and have been collecting board games as the kids are now old enough to play. 

4. Movie nights.. Which we actually do all year round. But this time of the year we are more on Holiday Movies. 

I hope I was able to give some fun family traditions to share with your family. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Simply,

Christianne

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My Top 3 Self Help Books I Read that Improved my Life

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My Top 3 Self Help Books I Read that Improved my Life. And the reasons why you should also start reading them to prepare you for the New Year’s. We all have goals every New Year right? I use to call it New Year’s resolution but it is more appropriate to call it goals. As we set goals to achieve, we have to be mentally prepared to work on them to make it a reality. And these books I listed here changed my way of looking at life and how I can improve myself and be that person achieving those goals. 

  1. The Secret – I have read this prior to migrating here in the U. S. and it really made me persevere to achieve my goal on migrating here and start working as a Physical Therapist. It made me summon the goals I want to achieve and make it a reality. 
  2. How to win Friends and Influence People – This book helped me to better communicate with other people. Instead of making enemies because you don’t know how to respond to things. This book taught me the right approach with people. 
  3. You are a Badass – This is the one I recently read to help me working more on changing my habits to improve my blogging career. I know I have the potential to improve my blog and be the boss lady I want to be and it is still a work in progress. This book helps you to think positive and learn to make your dreams a reality. 
  4. My Top 3 Self Help Books I Read that Improved my Life. And the reasons why you should also start reading them to prepare you for the New Year’s.

I hope this helps you get on target when it comes to New Year, New you. 

Simply,

Christianne

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How I Decorated my Home for the Holidays

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In today’s post I am showing you guys how I decorated my home for the Holidays. I just feel good every time I stare at these decors. I bet you do too with all your Home Holiday decorations. It just brings out the kid in me. I am also excited for my kids because I can see that they feel the Christmas spirit how I use to see it when I was a little girl. 

For this year, finally I bought the Christmas tree of my dreams which was the one with snow. On the last picture here, you can see my old Christmas tree which was only 6ft tall I bought from Walmart for $20. My new tree is also from Walmart and I know this will last for a lifetime. 

I love adding some touch or silver and gold and of course red and green. We got our customize stocking from Marks & Spencers last year from my collaboration with them. I just love how It goes well with my fireplace.

Also most of my decorations here are from Target. There is nothing like Target for all you home decors not just for the Holidays and they are good quality and style. I got good deals when we went there last Black Friday. 

I hope I was able to inspire you to decorate your house if you haven’t already. Happy Holidays! 

Thank you for stopping by! 

Simply,

Christianne

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Making a Difference by Starting #Iappreciateyoumovement

Making a Difference by Starting #Iappreciateyoumovement
Sending you these flowers virtually because I appreciate you all!

Making a Difference by Starting #Iappreciateyoumovement This blog post is not just about fashion but about life in general and Making a Difference by Starting #Iappreciateyoumovement is something I have been thinking about for a while now. I have been noticing a lot of negativity around me like people complaining about everything here and there. That kept me thinking why do they do this? It was made crystal clear that most of the people are not being appreciated.

I am currently re-reading the book of Dale Carnegie “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and he clearly stated there this. The deepest urge in human nature is “desire is to be important. This desire makes you want to wear the latest styles, drive the latest cars, and talk about your brilliant children. So he stated on the book to show people they are important is to show sincere appreciation.

Greatest example of it was my brother. He was really excelling in school for consistent year and every year my parents failed to show up on recognition days and I will be the one there with him to accept his award. Of course for his young mind, he was proud of his achievements and wanting my parents to be proud of him too. Then after a few years, he started not excelling in school and now thought about this quote “If you don’t show your appreciation to those who deserve it, They’ll learn to stop doing the things you appreciate.” -from pinterest

And another good example is “A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected.” I was always being noticed by my father when I was younger that I love to draw and he always tells me I really draw good and I can be an artist in the future. That kept me practicing more and even competing in some poster making contests in school. My effort is being recognized and that is a greatest feeling.

So today, I am starting #Iappreciateyoumovement because I want you to “Be Somebody who makes everybody feel like Somebody.” I encouraged you share this post if you really like this and start spreading this positive vibe throughout our community. I suggest get a sticky note pad and give it to somebody that you truly appreciate and start seeing the big difference (in a good way). By showing someone how you appreciate them, you are making that persons day and I bet it will make our day too knowing you made someone feel important equals both of you being happy.

Thank you for stopping by and have a nice weekend!

Simply,

Christianne

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Why I love Being A Mom

We are few days  away from Mother’s day. I just wanna share some of my reasons why I love being a mom.

  1. I love that I am responsible to provide a better life for your kids (together with my husband) and shape them well so they will grow up a good person. I really enjoy this because whatever I like what my parents did to me growing I do and whatever I did not like of course I will not do.
  2. I love being the person to take care of my kids hygiene making sure they are always clean and healthy, its not that my husband doesn’t do that, but I do it more.
  3. I love that you have these little ones that think of you as their hero.
  4. I love coming home knowing that the kids are always excited to see me, all my stress and problems will automatically be gone.
  5. I love it that I have thoughtful kids and they treat me so dearly and gives me flowers to pick up from the ground.

Most importantly, I love being a person that is capable of loving unconditionally for the sake of my kids. Honestly, my kids are teaching me how to be more patient, because they will really test you. I believe I am getting better.

May all of you have a wonderful Mother’s day weekend!  By the way, what are you up to this weekend? It is going to be Adi’s First communion at Church and on Sunday celebrating mother’s day with some family friends and an early birthday  celebration for Adi.

Thank you for stopping by.

Simply,

Christianne

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