{When you wake up and she makes these faces in the morning... Makes the night before (when you were used as a pacifier so she can go back to sleep) all worth it. Proper sleep training can, as always, begin tomorrow!}#BreastfeedingJourney #sleepwhatsleep #MotherhoodAlive #happybaby
Magic hour❤️ #LaVieEstBelle #SeraphinainSamar #TheSimpleLifeinSamar #absolutelynofilterneeded
{It's been a week but still feeling refreshed and grateful to have spent a few days in Samar. It was Séraphina's first trip to this place where we hope she will also feel at home in, wherever in the world she may grow up. She has experienced her first noisy boat ride, danced with her cousins (and met her nephew who's 3 years older than her!), pulled apart her Lolo's plants, and took her promenade by the river---already a taste of the simple but magical experience of holidays in the province. She may grow up in the city but we want the wonders of nature and the sense of community of our little town to be a part of her childhood, just like it was in mine. As for me, there's been so many changes in my life but to come home again after all this time, and to see how a lot are still the way they were when I left---I guess that's what's so comforting about coming home. If everything had changed, then it won't be home anymore. #LaVieEstBelle #MagicisMyWordoftheYear #mamanature #PinayMaman #FrenchFilipinoFamille #seektheuniq, #TheSimpleLifeinSamar
{things that make me happy: freshly picked malunggay from Tatay's farm. Guin sahog ha tinola nga isda basi dumamo pa an gatas😘😘😘} #TheSimpleLifeinSamar #BreastfeedingJourney #mamanature
The only thing harder than being apart from my baby for the first time was pumping breastmilk during my several days away in Japan. Pumping and washing pump parts at night instead of resting, sneaking pumping sessions between sightseeings, requesting hotel staff about needing to use their freezer. Plus the extra effort of explaining to Japanese airport ground crew why I'm traveling with liquid milk when my baby is not with me (apparently, in Japanese culture pumping is not so common since only few women work outside the home during the first year after their babies are born), and the challenges of how to travel with breastmilk (frozen vs chilled, to handcarry or to check in, making sure the milk is well insulated). I was looking around wondering what pasalubong to buy for Séraphina and I realized the breastmilk I was bringing home was the best gift I could ever give her from this trip. Nearly 9 months on and our breastfeeding journey still continues. I don't really have a side in the so-called mommy wars between breast is best advocates and fed is best group. I chose to breastfeed, I'm lucky I have milk, and I've used formula to supplement when needed (such as when I had to stash breastmilk before my trip). I will breastfeed as much as I can for as long as I can, but I won't shame or pressure other women to do it. And I still refuse to call it my liquid gold.😋 #BalanceNotPerfection #BreastfeedingJourney #MotherhoodAlive
{Haven't been back to Japan since my first trip when I was fifteen. Now enjoying some me time❤️} #Jafun #lavieestbelle
{It's already the second month of the new year and it seems it's only now that I finally had the chance to pause, to take a breather, to take a breath. Life had been nothing less but full for the last few months. A vacation back home that serendipitously became a move back. Work opportunities that bloomed for Arnaud and myself. We just bought a house in France then now we're finding ourselves living in the Philippines. The challenges of settling in once again, moving stuff between continents. Was just getting the hang of domestic life then now being faced with the new challenge of being a working mom in Manila, and managing my own household for the first time. And always, always, all about taking care of our daughter during these precious first months in the best way we can. I've been beyond lucky to be able to take a break for the last two years and experience living abroad. So far, it's been the most life-affirming experience of my life. I've come to a deeper understanding and appreciation of my husband which I could have only gotten by living in his country. I'm grateful that I was able to pursue other interests and acquired life skills which have prepared me for my roles now at home and at work. And the biggest blessing of all, our chérie Séraphina. Now it's on to another chapter in 2018 and we're nothing but grateful for this chance and timing to care for and grow our family in this side of the world. People keep on asking us if we're here to stay for good. But if there's one thing I've learned in the past few years, there's really no such thing as 'for good'. There's only (and should only be) 'for now'.❤️❤️❤️} #BalanceNotPerfection #WordoftheYear #FilipinainFrance #LaVieEstBelle
{You're just too good to be true. I can't take my eyes off you😗} #FrenchFilipinoFamille #gratefulheart2017 #MyManille #lavieestbelle #LianneBacorroPhotography
{I'm in love, I'm in love. My heart no longer belongs just to one but to these two😍😍} #FrenchFilipinoBaby #FrenchFilipinoFamille #gratefulheart2017 #lavieestbelle #LianneBacorroPhotography
{Notre petite famille ❤️ Portraits by @photographybylianne} #gratefulheart2017 #FrenchFilipinoFamille #familyphotography #ManilaMyManila #Manille #lavieestbelleenfamille