I’m Stella and this is where I share and celebrate my loves in life – motherhood, travel, food, realizing my dream, capturing memories and everything in between. Please, stay as long as you like. READ MORE!
Round 2 here we come! I can’t remember what we packed for our birth with Noah but it was most definitely very similar. A few things may have been added/subtracted because some of the items on the list below, are certainly things I learnt from round one.
In Noah’s first year of life I knew I wanted to create something special. I decided to create a Photo Album in which I chose one picture of Noah every day and called it ‘365 Days of Noah’. That is what I want to share with you today.
Given that we will have to purchase items for our new bundle of joy for the first couple of months in Berlin, and not having the luxury of 1. Space (we are taking things back to Cape Town in our suitcases) and 2. Time (I have a toddler running around at home – enough said), I will try to buy only what I believe to be essential and thought I'd share that list with you.
Six of us jetted down to Cabo for 4 days, 3 nights and stayed in a beautiful villa on the ocean, close to San Jose del Cabo. It was my first lengthy time away from Noah (previously I'd only been away for a night) so I was a bit of an emotional mess the night before leaving but I'm sure my current, healthy levels of hormones added to that. I knew I'd be able to disconnect once I was away and what a treat it was.
When your first baby is born, it becomes the light of your life - your everything. You have never focuses so much attention, so much love, on one particular thing or one particular someone. It is absolutely beautiful. How do you decide to widen your love circle? How to you manage to make more space? How do you manage to share your love?
Think heat, think design, think beautiful people, and architecture. Think desert, think swimming pools, think palm trees and stunning mountain backdrops. Palm Springs is unlike anywhere I’ve been. Its quirky, its cool and it is fun. An awesome spot for a little weekend away so its no surprise that its one of the top picked getaways for people living in LA.
Some people are willing to continually work towards achieving their vision of the good life. The cumulative effect of those efforts ensures that life's general trend in happiness is upwards. So if anything, you should be impatient that you aren’t growing older faster! Because as good as 27 was, 28 will be better.
A friend of mine, who is expecting her first child, recently asked me about our experience of raising Noah as a bilingual child (so far). It inspired me to write a little bit about our experience so far, and hopefully my words and reflections can help those parents facing the same journey, which seems to be ever increasing in today’s global world.
You bake because you want to bake, not because you have to. You bake to share and you bake to celebrate. These are reasons why I’ve always loved baking. Before Noah, I used it as my little therapy session in which I found my own peace and quiet – a time to think. With Noah in the mix (get it? – hah), he will generally want to join in, which I love.
A very practical entry detailing the essentials that always get packed whenever we travel with our little person.
All about jet lags and time zones, travel cots and travel strollers, transportation once arrived and where to stay, as well as other tips for when you reach your destination!
All about take off and landing, bassinets and breastfeeding, diapers, food, toys, entertainment throughout the flight and more!
We did a total of 28 flights and 5 continents in Noah’s first 12 months! Some may think we are absolutely crazy, and maybe we are, but I wouldn’t have done it any other way. Needless to say, I feel that I’ve picked up a few tips and tricks along the way which I’m excited to share with you.
What better way to celebrate spring than in the middle of beautiful flower fields!? These may not be the tulip fields of Holland, but they are pretty amazing in their own right. Ranunculus are some of my absolute favourite flowers so my happy levels were pretty high up there!
My experience of motherhood so far has affected me in more ways than one. I want to hold on to these reflections and thoughts because I know that my journey of motherhood will take on new meaning over and over again - and unfold in ways I could have never imagined. How beautiful it will be to, one day, look back on what I felt so early on in my story.
Here's to sunsets, sandy, salty kisses, quesadillas, tan lines, tacos, being a complete lightweight when it comes to margaritas, lazy afternoons, laughing at our silly little toddler, feeling re-energized emotionally (not necessarily physically - hah), feeling blessed, happy and thankful.
Welcome to Stellarize Your Life! My new lifestyle blog, which will hopefully force and allow me to slow down, take a step back, reflect and write…which I know will result in me appreciating life and all the little joys that come with it so much more. So here is to making life a little bit more complex, but also a little bit more exhilarating and to continuing to follow your dreams They seem to know the way.
