Our Beautiful Sunbeam

Baby's First ID

Léna is a short name for Eléna which means in Greek..... a "Sunbeam."

Gregory and Cynthia have kept the baby's name

secret until she was born. We could hardly wait to have it revealed and we were so excited. We waited until we were at the hospital to be presented. And that was such a joy.

LENA - a real 'sunbeam' indeed.

                                                                           


 This reminds me of one of the verses in the bible which says, "let your light shines and show your good work to our Father who art in Heaven".

We are really very ecstatic to have our Léna in the family. She is such a darling and has already conquered everyone and we are all getting crazy of her.

Tonton Mathieu's visit

With Lola and Tita Mimi with me and Mommy

With my Tonton Pierre admiring me!

Tonton Pierre from Cannes  managed to come for only a very short stay just to see

Tonton Pierre and Tita Mimi with me and Mommy

With my Mom and Dad... I'm week old.

Lena. He is so happy and excited to hold her in his arms. Despite the short visit, he was able to enjoy and cuddle his neice. Hoping to have her again this summer in Le Cap Ferret.

There is one thing that we regret of not having him with us to share the family joy we have. It is his grandpa Philippe who is all by himself in Tahiti. We can understand his frustrations of not being able to touch and hold Lena in his arms. He contents himself by seeing her pictures, seeing her on the webcam crying! So far, that's what Lena can do to express herself!

Grandpa Philippe can hardly wait to meet the little grandchild in August. She will be much bigger by then and can already give a big smile to him.                                                                                                                

My  Lola Gaga 

Since Lena was born, I can see her change everyday. I am so privileged to be beside her and enjoy her presence. She is such a sweet little baby. All she does is to sleep and ask for food. And when she's hungry, she makes sure that it is well-known by everybody. She can shake the whole neighborhood! She is so tiny and yet her voice can reach the entire Haute Savoie and nearby Geneva!

Her mom and dad are struggling to keep up with her especially when she wakes up two, three times in one night and ask for her milk.

This morning, I saw her dad leave to work like a zombie. He said, he barely slept last night. Lena just wanted to play. I told him that he's got to be patient....maybe it takes about three months or more before she makes a full night sleep.

Mommy is quite tired as she breastfeeds her. She tries to sleep with her during the day so she can recover a little bit from her sleepless nights.

I know, this won't last forever. We immediately forget what we have have gone through as the baby grows. And those hard moments will be quickly forgotten and we'll just laugh at it after.

This is what parenthood is all about. It takes love, patience and energy to bring up a child. A child is a gift of God. And we are grateful for this privilege.

At this point, we have almost accomplished our role as parents. Among our three children, there's Pierre who needs to finish his studies.

We are in the promotion stage..that is to be grandparents. And we are so happy to welcome Lena.

Our role is different now....we are here to spoil our grandchild and the others to come. The responsibility of bringing them up is no longer ours. 

It is time to savor our profit from our long investment.

Let's share a toast and say cheers to our SUNBEAM!!!