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| 8 (cute) babies, missing one! Will you recognize our little one? ^^ |
A few days ago, we crossed France with our little family to meet 'in real life' 9 other little families. We all met already more than one year ago on a forum, on the very beginning of our pregnancy, we all had a little one on the way due in October 2011.
Il y a quelques jours, nous traversions la France avec notre petite famille, pour rencontrer 'en vrai', neuf autres petites familles. Avec les mamans, nous nous étions toutes rencontrées il y a déjà plus d'un an sur un forum, au tout début de nos grossesses, car nous attendiont toutes une petite merveille pour Octobre 2011.
It was a wonderful and rich experience, meeting them all, and their babies that we all expected with a lot of impatience. On the forum, we are 13, unfortunately, everyone didn't manage to come, because as you can image, it needed a lot of organization!
C'était une expérience très riche de s'être rencontré avec tout nos bébés, eux que nous avions tous attendu avec impatience. Sur le forum, nous sommes 13 au total, mais malheureusement, tout le monde n'a pas pût venir, car comme vous vous en douté sûrement, c'était beaucoup d'organisation !
What I loved the most was the fact that everyone is different. The youngest mother is 19 (well, it's me!), the eldest is 39, one woman is teacher, another one is a nurse... We all have very different stories but all in common the motherhood love for our child.
Ce qui était le plus enrichissant est le fait que nous avons toutes des histoires très différentes. La plus jeune mère avait 19 ans (c'est moi !), la plus âgée en a 39, une maman est professeur, une autre est infirmière... Nous avons toutes des histoires très différentes mais en commun le grand amour maternel pour nos bébés.
I took billion of photos during this journey, here is a few images, taken from phone and camera:
J'ai pris (au moins) des milliards, de photos durant ce voyage, en voici quelques unes, provenant du téléphone ou de l'appareil photo:
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| Human madness |
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| Random fields from the train |
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| Reading a 'book' about baby food, om nom nom |
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| Changing nappy in the train (McGyver time) |
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| The manor where we stayed |
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| A cute little house front of our manor |
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| Almost everyone! Missing one family and a little boy who got cropped by the random man who took the photo ^^ |
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| 5 babies, first time meeting each others |
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| "You've got a beautiful feet here, my dear" |
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| A cloud becoming rain |
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| Light coming through windows at night |
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| Exploring the backyard of the manor |
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My little baby boy |
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Exploring the backyard of the manor naturally |
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| Tired little Tom Sawyer |
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| Meeting new babies and new mothers |
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| Maëlys's little hand holding Marin's little hand |
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| Nap on the big bed, all this exploring is so tiring! |
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| Beautiful castle of "Azay-le-Rideau" |
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| Totally tourists |
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| Louise and her mother, fun time after bath! |
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| Maëlys |
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| Observing flowers |
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| Maëlys and her beautiful mother |
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| The manor that became a baby kindgom |
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| The manor drowned under baby things |
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| I watch you... |
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| ...you watch me! |
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| Making explodes all counters of cuteness |
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| Dropping by an exhibition in Paris featuring my work on the way back home |
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| Curious little girl 'discretely' watching Marin sleeping from her sit in the train |
I always used to be very solitary, but it made me want even more to experience longer the community living with other families, we only have to learn from other persons.