Family Memoir Archives

Mother’s Day at San Diego Safari Park

May 16, 2013 By Vanessa 2 Comments

San Diego Wild Animal Park I'm paying for it this week, but we had so much fun while on our whirlwind road trip from Vegas to San Diego on Mother's Day! We packed up at 4am and were back home by 4pm the next day. Nuts-o, right? On the agenda was using the half off tickets to the San Diego's Safari Park I purchased off Amazon Local (tickets are usually $44/adult). The first time we took Alina to the San Diego Safari Park, she was not even two. She was smitten with the elephants back then, but this year was all about the big cats! Make sure to review the map and schedule of events when you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Traditions & Legacy, Travel Tagged With: family legacy, Family Memoir, Holiday Traditions, Traditions

Baby Boy Sebastian Turns One!

April 4, 2013 By Vanessa 5 Comments

This letter to my son is a little more special than the previous ones because, well, my baby boy is turning ONE! He is officially embarking on his toddler years, and the milestone is a bit emotional for me. It's insane how quickly this year has flown, and as I sit in my house filled with decor, ready for his Very Hungry Caterpillar party, I can't help but let my mind wander on the day he was born. Boy, has he changed since those first few months! Letter to My Son - On His First Birthday Querido Sebastian, You are the coolest! This month I have seen so much growth in you, especially in … [Read more...]

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A New Meaning to Spring Time

March 31, 2013 By Vanessa Leave a Comment

Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you are all enjoying a beautiful day with your family, creating and celebrating your legacies of holiday traditions. For our family, mostly Daddy D and I, the coming of Spring and Easter was forever changed last year. As I got ready to leave my baby girl overnight for the first time in her life, just a few days before Easter, I knew her life would be forever changed. I returned home after a short while with her baby brother, Sebastian. This was Easter 2011, and I cannot believe how much has changed since then. It seems like yesterday that I snapped my tiny … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Traditions & Legacy Tagged With: easter, Family History, Family Memoir, Holiday Traditions

Baby Bruiser: Letter to My 11 Month Old

March 14, 2013 By Vanessa 2 Comments

My sweet Sebastian, So - how does it feel to be just a few weeks shy of turning one? If you ask me, I'm still in denial. ONE! And since you are our last baby, watching you grow out of your baby days pulls on my heart strings quite a bit. But, since you are still techincally a baby, lets review how you've been spending your days lately... You are quite the mover, young man. You are ALWAYS moving and walking and falling....obviously. It is insanity, I tell you! You are never more than a few feet from me, but you always manage to fall flat on your face into a pile of rocks or some other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Love Letters Tagged With: family legacy, Family Memoir, Love Letter, Sebastian

Love Letter to My Son at 10 Months

February 12, 2013 By Vanessa 1 Comment

Dear dearest Son, Can you believe you won't be a baby much longer? I can't. How has 10 months flown by, taking your baby days of lazy mornings and helpless yearnings with it? This letter to my son, you my sweet Sebastian, is one of a couple that will mark the last of your infant love letters. Soon you will turn one year old! You are a wildly silly boy, Sebas! You make me laugh everyday. You are waving now, and like to pat my back just like I pat yours. Your favorite song is Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Duérmete Mi Niño is still the only tune that will drift you off to sleep. You love … [Read more...]

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Our Birthday Traditions May Not Always Include A Party

January 28, 2013 By Vanessa 4 Comments

Birthday Traditions: Pancakes and Parties Alina's third birthday party came and went, but from the memoirs of this blog, you wouldn't even know it happened. I had a theme picked, ideas planned and menu written out, but I realize now that it was poorly thrown together. Chalk it up to novice party planning skills and a lack of a party check list. Or the inability to set firm plans. Or trying to do too much all by myself. In any case, within a few days time, I whipped up a third birthday party for my sweet girl. Maybe because I am not the party host type (I kind of suck at pretty parties), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Traditions & Legacy Tagged With: Alina, Birthday Traditions, Family Memoir, Parties