Body Stamp Artwork & The Fantastic Photo Shoot!

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We had a lot of fun during this entire day at Arthur's Studio!
Mia behaved really well and for about 8 hours we worked non stop! What a wonderful day of Art and play! Our beloved photographer friend Arthur Nobre clicked the Body Stamp Artwork done by Mia's mom pregnant! And he was so cool that he shoot lots of fantastic pictures of Mia and her mommy!!! Thank you so much, Arthur! Your work is fabulous and you are amazing! { www.arthurnobre.com }

Art, Photo Shoot, Party, Food and Snow!

Mia clicked by Arthur Nobre.

This month was full of adventures! And Mia is not even 6 months yet! (in 9 days she'll complete 1/2 a year!). We had lots of brunch dates with friends; parties (a baby shower and a 2 year old birthday party!); clothing art — Yeah, Mia had her clothes painted by her mother! — and a real professional photo shoot! Our adorable little girl saw the snow for the first time ever and also ate with a spoon! She had breast milk with baby rice cereal and she loved it!

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Our Mia is almost 6 months

5 Months Old. Back in NYC.

Mia back in NYC. Her first winter!

Mia turned 5 months on November 26th. Since we got back from Israel Mia went to the pediatrician and had her second round of immunization shots. The doctor said she is in the light and tall range and doing really well! We have been in a new adventure adapting to the cold weather, the new super light stroller, a new incredible rocking chair, and simply making a routine...At the beginning it was scary to go out in this cold, but after we got all the necessary gear including a great winter coat, winter clothes, hat, gloves and a Bumdle Me (gift from aunt Sueli) everything got much much better! Now we can go on having fun and strolling all around NYC again! So Mia went on her first baby shower: Our dear friend Samanta is having her second baby! Also Mia went with us to restaurants and behaved so well that we tried to take her to see our friend Gustavo perform with his jazz trio...but it was during her fussy time and she only calmed down by the end of the show...Oh, well, maybe next time :)

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Mia is 5 months Old / Winter in NYC

One Month in Israel

Mia In Israel

Mia is definitely international. At the age of 4 months to be completed on October 26th she has commuted by all kinds of transportations: car, taxi, subway, stroller, bus, train, ferry and airplane! She has already gone abroad and oh, boy, she has seen, done and experienced a lot during this full month in Israel: This little baby went to Jerusalem, strolled all over Tel Aviv and Jaffo, enjoyed many nice days on the beach, watched her mommy swim in the pool, and finally met all her grandparents from Israel: Saba Hezi and Safta Nira (who missed her so much!), and from Brazil: Vovô Ricardo and Vovó Ana, she also met her brazilian uncle Tio Bruno and her entire Israeli family! She went to her parent's wedding and met all daddy's friends (and their babies)! During this month she grew and developed so much, it's incredible! Mia had a lot of people taking care of her, specially Saba Hezi and Safta Nira, who watched her while her parents partied at night and are completely in love with this infant. Dod Ori also showed an incredible talent for taming little sleepless creatures. Mia now can play on her tummy for a really long time and even rolls!! She laughs while doing cute noises and learned to sleep by herself while suckling the pacifier! This tiny girl got a lot of complements from the flight attendants during the massive 11 hour flight from NYC to Tel Aviv. She behaved so well, did not cry at all! She is a very happy baby, really curious and attentive, at the same time so mellow, calm and cheerful...We love her sooo much, it's just unbelievable...What a great feeling to be Mia's mom & dad...ima & aba (in hebrew)...mãe & pai (in portuguese)

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A WONDERFUL WEDDING

Mia participated and had fun in her parent's wedding party! She was very sociable with the guests and had a babysitter for the first time in her entire life! She was very easy, had a bottle of pumped breast milk and did not give a hard time to her nanny! She just let her parents party and celebrate their love with their friends and family! What a great girl! Thank you little Mia :) You are amazing! We were also so happy that my family could come all the way from Brazil to meet Mia and to be on our wedding! And so grateful for the marvelous Nira and Hezi, who organized the entire party! It was absolutely beautiful! Everything was truly special! Thank you so much!


Mia in her parent's wedding

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Mia Goes on her First Trip Ever!

Mia goes to Fire Island!

Mia had a wonderful weekend in Fire Island! Thanks to Mari we got there safe on friday afternoon and returned on monday! :) It was the first time Mia went to the beach! She was very calm and happy during the entire weekend, didn't cry and was enjoying a lot the peace and quiet, the sounds of nature and our friends...And she had some serious baby talk with Samantha, looking deep inside her eyes for a few minutes! It was amazing! She missed her dad, though...he didn't come with us, he had to go to work...and couldn't get enough of her when we came back home! This little girl is getting so much love :)

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Mia is 2 Months Old!

Mia paying serious attention.

Mia is 2 months old now and she is growing really fast. She had her check up in the pediatrician, the immunization shots and she's ready for new adventures in this big world! So we started Mommy & Baby Yoga and she loves it! Also she had her first babysitter - Our dear friend Hosanna took care of Mia for a couple of hours while I was swimming (great post-partum exercise!). Oh, and this time she had almost a whole bottle of my pumped breast milk! :) That was only her second time trying it! And It was the first time that she missed her dad, who was on a work trip for 6 days...He is back now and they are having a lovely time together again!

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Making Faces :)

Mia makes faces and looks at us deep inside our eyes. She laughs, does some baby talk and she is sweet sweet sweet...She had her first bottle of pumped breast milk today and did not like it! She wants mommy's breast, the real deal!

Mia Inspires Mama...

Sleeping Mia. Portrait by her Mommy

I'm so inspired by my beloved Mia that I did her first portrait and also a poem...In portuguese and also translated to english, and there u go!


MINHA MIA (portuguese version)

Mia, minha Mia. Já te conheço. Você nasceu do meu ventre. Você mamou e mama em meu peito. Mia, você entrou e saiu de dentro de mim. Mia, você é a expressão mais sincera do meu amor existencial. Mia, te cuido todos os dias, todas as noites, incessavelmente, incansavelmente, ininterruptamente, incondicionalmente...
E amo cada segundo...E te namoro, e te venero, e te quero a todo micronésimo de momento. Te amo, te amo, te amo...Minha mente te ama, meu corpo te ama, meu coração te ama, meu peito te ama...
Meu peito te ama e precisa de você, Mia. Quando meu peito fica sem sua boca por muito tempo, ele incha e dói...e só quando você finalmente acorda e suga meu leite de mãe, ele descança...Meu peito precisa de você, Mia...e Mia precisa do meu peito...Os dois peitos são ciumentos. Quando um tem Mia, o outro chora...suas lágrimas brancas rolam pelo meu corpo. O peito pede, o peito suplica, o peito implora por Mia...O peito chora, o peito tem saudade, tem amor, tem dor, tem ciúme...e só cessa essa choradeira quando Mia mama...só quando ela mama, o peito pára de chorar, e a Mia pára de chorar...Ela é amiga do peito...e o peito é amigo dela...Ah, Mia...tão pequena e ja faz alguém chorar de amor...

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MY MIA (english version)

Mia, my Mia. I know you already. You were born from my venter.
You were and still are feeding from my breast. Mia, you've got in and you've got out of my body. Mia, you leave outside and inside me. Mia, you are the most sincere expression of my existential love. Mia, I care for you everyday, every night, uninterruptedly, relentlessly, incessantly, unconditionally....and I love every moment...I flirt with you, I venerate you, I worship you, I want you every little second. I love you, I love you, I love you...My mind loves you, my body loves you, my heart loves you, my breast loves you...My breast loves you and needs you, Mia. When my breast misses your lips, it swells and it hurts...and only when you finally wake up and your lips touch and you drink the milk from the breast, than the breast rests...My breast needs you, Mia...and Mia needs my breast...The two breasts are jealous. When one has Mia, the other one cries...and white tears drop in my body. The breast is asking, the breast is begging, the breast is imploring for Mia. The breast cries out for Mia, the breast misses her, the breast loves her, the breast hurts, the breast is jealous....and the breast only stops crying when Mia kisses him. Only when she nurses the breast stops crying. And Mia stops crying...Mia is the breast's friend and the breast is Mia's friend. Oh, Mia...So tiny and already makes someone cry for her love...

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A Love Letter from Safta Nira

"My Dear Mia

It was great to be with you for the first five
weeks of your life watching you growing up
and learning to know the world .

It was a wonderful feeling to hold you in
my arms, to kiss you, to sing and talk to you.
You are a cute, sweet and beautiful baby.
I miss you so much. I miss your smile,
your smell and your voice.

You have wonderful loving and caring parents.
Please take care of them and let them sleep at night.

Kisses and lots of love
Safta Nira"

Goodbye Safta Nira...We'll Miss You...

Mia dreaming about Safta Nira...

Safta Nira left today after 40 days taking care of all of us! She was with us since the very first day Mia arrived at home! We are so grateful that we could have this help! And upset she is leaving...But in September we will meet her again in Israel! YEAH! And we will spend a whole month together again! We are really looking forward to share many more exciting, funny, wonderful, crazy, beautiful, relaxing, adventurous, meaningful, lovely, special moments with you!


Mia and Safta Nira having fun in Central Park


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The 1st Month in the Life of Mia

Mia with her father Eran, Mia with her mother Gabi and Mia with her safta (gradmother in hebrew) Nira. Photos by Sabrina Balassa

We love taking care of Mia. Holding, caressing, bathing, changing her diapers...and I adore breastfeeding her! It's a lot of work and we are just so much in love with her...Mia is growing very quickly and according to the pediatrician she is doing so great she can do everything already! She can go out, commute by subway, enjoy the air conditioner with us, take a bath...and she is taking advantage of it! She already went to the pediatrician in the West Village (twice!), she went to the Waterfront Park in Williamsburg and also to the Tomkins Square Park in the East Village, she went to her friend and neighbor Lucia's 4th year birthday party, had lots of friends visiting, already commuted by taxi AND by subway! Oh, and she has her own playlist in my itunes! She loves to listen to bossa nova and classical music! She posed for Sabrina Balassa's camera and also she posed for her 1st passport picture ever! She will have 3 passports: Brazilian, Israeli and American, what a cosmopolitan girl!



Mia posing for passport pictures

It wasn't easy, she was asleep, didn't want to wake up...so we strolled around with her...we had lunch and obviously she woke up in the restaurant, before I could finish my meal! I breastfed her, than she was about to sleep again after eating, oh noooo, so and we ran to the photographer's office, so she could take the proper document picture; with her eyes open and facing front, showing her 2 ears! What an adventure!


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Our Beloved Mia is Finally Here!

Mia Gasparini Bornstein was born on thursday, June 26 at 2pm.

We are overwhelmed with joy and happiness and ready to embark on this exciting voyage! We are so in love with our precious little girl, it's just unbelievable! Impossible to explain this miraculous feeling...this dimension of love is just way too grand to put in words...the only word I can think that is nearly close to what I feel is God...yes, he does exist...I feel it in every part of my body...


THE DELIVERY | THE TRUE STORY UNCENSURED

On tuesday, June 24th I woke up feeling like I was a little too wet...was this the water that broke? I called my doctor. he suggested not to panic, just to put a pad on and wait like 2 hours, than check if the pad was too wet...I did that and it looked like it wasn't very wet...At night, just before sleeping Eran checked me and said he thought I was too wet, and I should go first thing in the morning to the doctor. And that I should make my hospital bag just in case... And that's what I did! So on June 25th, wednesday, at 9am I had my doctors appointment. The doc said I was really wet, but it did not seem to be the amniotic fluid...He asked me to come back at 4pm just to be on the safe side... I live in Brooklyn, the doctors office is in the Upper East Side, so...what to do from like 10am till 4pm? Was I going to be a mommy today? Do I need to do something before I deliver? It would be cool to take my last pregnant artistic pictures...so I called my professional photographer friend Arthur Nobre and he said he would be available to take my pictures at night! (if the baby did not born, obviously!). I knew I had to walk, because the baby was high up and I wanted her to drop down. And I knew I was craving sunny side up eggs with bacon! Ok, I decided to go to a dinner, have my freaking eggs, than go to the The Jeff Koons Exhibition on the Roof Top of the Metropolitan Museum. And that's what I did! It was a beautiful sunny day and I decided to go to the Central Park for a little walk around the Reservoir (by the way, did you know it's officially named the Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir?) Nice! After that I met my dear friend Tania for a late lunch. Full day of culture and joy! At 4pm I went to my doctors appointment again. When I was just about to see him, while I was changing my clothes in the bathroom...what's going on? I feel super wet, and there is water all over my legs, the water definitely broke!!! I feel excited, anxious, terrified, afraid, happy, confused, everything at the same time! When the doctor arrived I was crying "The water broke! The water broke!" He said: "Congratulations! It's not an emergency, the baby needs to drop down and you still need to dilate so we'll have to induce to do the normal vaginal delivery. Let's call Eran and make a plan. We will meet me in the Lenox Hill Hospital in about one hour! Eran will go home to get my hospital bag and meet me at the hospital as soon as he can. Cool! I went walking from his office on the 86th street bet Park and Madison to the Lenox Hill Hospital, on the 77th bet Park and Lexington. During this walk I spoke with friends on the cell phone, cancelled the photo shoot with Arthur, stopped to have a vanilla coffee ice cream, took photos...and got a calling card to phone my mom ;) So exciting!!!
So I went to the Labor and Delivery, met my doc and the Hospital's staff...Eran did his obgyn residency there, so we had a vip treatment, he knew everyone and things were going smooth...I was getting ready for my planned vaginal delivery, I took a shower, feeling nice, clean and pampered and after that, around 7pm, I received my medications to be induced...So I started doing some yoga exercises and eventually I dilated 1 cm...I started to feel pain...actually, a lot of pain! So I received another medication, a pain reliever...Oh boy, what a strong drug! I felt SO high, as if it was heroin...(I never did it, but that's what I imagined it was like!). So the effect of that drug lasted about 2 hours...Than the pain came back! And they decided to give me the epidural...ok, still under drug effects, still feeling high, sleepy or in intense meditation, whatever you want to call it! I felt pain again and the epidural was refilled 3 times more! Next day, on thursday, June 26 around 12pm the doctor tells me I am finally 10 cm dilated! I made it! Don't know how, it was a major trip, but it happened! Wow! But...the baby hasn't dropped yet...and...wait, Oh My God, the baby's heart rate slowed down, we can't wait any longer, we'll have to do a cesarian, actually an emergency c-section! Shit! So we rush to do the operation before the baby's heart rate drops down even more, and when I was laying down there my back REALLY hurts, it feels like all my muscles contracted, I thought it was from the stress, I wanted to relax, so I asked for the João Gilberto's CD! The CD player wasn't working, please Eran, bring your laptop, Oh, it's in the other room, but I need to relax, I need to listen to bossa nova right now! Meanwhile the doctors started to touch my belly, I noticed I CAN feel it, they asked me to move my legs and I can move them, so we realized: the epidural effect wasn't working anymore! Dam it! There was no more time to wait for another epidural, I had to have a general anesthesia! But at least our beloved Mia came out fine, on June 26th, at 2pm, with Apgar score 9! 6 pounds (around 3 kilos), and 20 inches (around 50 centimeters) ! So it was for sure a crazy adventure like everything else in my life, but this result was like nothing I have ever experienced before...just amazing, so magical, so wonderful, so beautiful...Mia Gasparini Bornstein, our beloved daughter...

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Click below to view the video of my friend Hosanna singing Isn't She Lovely for Mia during hospital visit!




Click below to view the video of Mia being loved and admired by mommy and daddy...we can't stop ourselves...we are so in love with our baby...

Mia went to João Gilberto's show at Carnigie Hall

Me and Eran at NYU resident's graduation party / Me in front of Carnigie Hall before concert / João Gilberto performing

This weekend was busy. Lots of dancing at the party on friday and concert on sunday! I was really hoping that Mia would wait until after this concert to be delivered. I truly wanted her to hear the father of Bossa Nova performing live! She moved and had minor contractions during the entire show while me and Eran caressed her! It was magical! She is 39 weeks now and still needs to drop down...

38.5 Weeks Pregnant...I Feel Like...

I'm so bloated and puffy, I feel like a Botero painting / I'm so tired, I feel like I turned into a pillow...

This past week I felt so many different things, so many body changes...The weather was REALLY hot, and all of a sudden I got very bloated. My feet was incredibly puffy, just like a Botero painting. Also I was unbelievably tired, only wanted to be in bed all day. I felt like I was becoming a pillow...Than the weather got better and I wasn't so bloated anymore...I thought things were getting better when I pulled a muscle in my lower back! OHHH! It's been almost 3 days that I have to be in bed rest...But I managed to go to my weekly doctors appointment: The baby is still really high up...It seems like she is very comfortable and doesn't want to come out so soon...even though her due date is June 28th!

More Body Painting | Inspired Mama

Body Stamp Series: Black paint on paper / Gold paint on paper

I did the body painting (or body stamp) one more time and I guess this was the last opportunity to do this artwork before the end of my pregnancy. It was an amazing weekend at Suely's home in Long Island, Ronkonkma, just doing art and getting dirty! I loved it!


37 weeks dirty pregnant, Long Island, NY

My Birthday | Prenatal Massage & Movie | A Girly Day!

Me, Cris, Mari Castro, Mari Dutra, Samanta, Sabrina and Teresa

The Girls planned to watch Sex and the City! After million e-mails trying to coordinate the best time and location for all of us, we decided to go on tuesday. A few days later I realized: Oh, tuesday is June 3rd! It's my birthday! So since I'm expecting a little girl I thought it was a great way to celebrate my birthday! Good excuse, right? So I had an amazing day: Eran gave me a Prenatal Massage in a very cool spa as a gift, than I had lunch with my friend Hosanna in a macrobiotic restaurant and went for a pedicure and manicure! After that I went shopping for the last baby stuff we need in Baby's are Us and Eran met me there! We hang out for a little while and than I finally met the girls in the movie line, and there were almost ONLY woman on line, really funny! We all enjoyed, laughed, screamed and cried in the movie! And Mia moved nonstop, I think she was having a good time, too! Than we went for drinks and appetizers at Pipa, a totally cool and girly looking restaurant!

Best Exercises

Swimming and Pre-Natal Yoga

I think swimming and pre-natal yoga are the best exercises during pregnancy, it's really working for me! I only started doing it around the 7th month in my pregnancy. And once I started, everything changed! I have less pain in my legs and in my body over all, keeps the circulation working and It's really relaxing! Swimming is wonderful because is the only time I'm light, it's so nice to float! And the yoga helps stretching all the tight muscles! Also, it's great to be around other future moms, to share information, tips and emotions. And makes me feel much more secure about the whole process!

Two Days After a Mini Nervous Breakdown

35 Weeks Pregnant, Waterfront Park, Williamsburg, NY
photo by Roberto Falck

I had my first anxiety attack on Saturday, May 24th. After speaking for 2.5 hous on the phone while laying down in bed, very relaxed, I felt something in my belly. I couldn't move, I felt a lot of pressure. It was extremely uncomfortable and sort of painful. I called Eran desperately, he was at home and came right away to check what was going on. I described what I was feeling. He asked if I was feeling contractions. The word CONTRACTION made me laugh nervously. I had a cold and my nose was very stuffed, I could not breath well. Than I started crying and think: What if the baby is born NOW? OMG! The baby's room is not ready, we don't have a baby's bed yet, we don't have a car seat and what's gonna be the baby's astrological sign? I don't know how to do anything, I'm not ready yet!!! ohhhhhhhhhhh! Crying and not being able to breath well, just panicking for almost one hour! Finally I calmed down...and the next day we started to organize and get really ready for the baby's arrival....wow! What a wake up call!

When we were Babies...

When Eran was a 1.5 years old angel! Tel Aviv, Israel



When I was a 2.5 years old brat! Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

When I got pregnant I started to be more interested in all those old family albums, with my baby pictures, with Eran's baby pictures...I still want to go back as far as I can in the genealogical tree...this is just the beginning...

Check out this link below to view lots of memorable pictures of me and my family back in Brazil!
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A Weird Perspective | I am a Planet

It can be weird to look at yourself when you are pregnant...a strange perspecptive...
34 weeks pregnant, Brooklyn, N.Y

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STAGES OF PREGNANCY
Watching the Belly Grow

It feels like the belly is growing very slowly at the beginning. At some point you just feel fat. But all of a sudden there it is, a beautiful pregnant belly! People start noticing and asking about your due date, on the subway you are offered a seat most of the time and you feel like NOW you are really pregnant!

Here are some pictures on some stages of my pregnancy!
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Stages of My Pregnancy

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BEFORE I KNEW I WAS PREGNANT
Paris, October 2007

Before I knew I was pregnant I went on a 2 weeks beautiful trip with my family! It was truly amazing! I had a great time! And did everything I wasn't supposed to do: drink, smoke, ride a bike everywhere...Ohhhhh



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Oh, and I also made a VIDEO from my Trip!
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RIGHT AFTER WE KNEW ABOUT OUR PREGNANCY
Mexico, November 2007




It wasn't planned! We knew it was about time, but we did not plan a pregnancy. I came back from Paris feeling soooooo exhausted, I'd go to sleep every night at 9:30 pm. Also, I felt kind of stuffed every time I ate, and just a bit nouseous. When I told this to Eran he had the smartest idea: Let's buy a pregnancy test in the pharmacy, duh! Ok, we did it, got home and...POSITIVE, it was POSITIVE! I freaked out! I was so happy and overwhelmed, I went under the blanked and cried for like 30 min! Eran was kind of scared asking me: Aren't you happy? I was, I surely was! It was just too much to handle!

So me and Eran went on a romantic and adventurous trip to Mexico a little bit after we knew about our pregnancy. I was so excited that I forgot to make a visa to go to Mexico! Well, we postponed the trip and it was incredible anyway! People say that pregnant women get really forgetfull. That was my big excuse!

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CELEBRATING NEW YEAR IN BRAZIL
Brazil, Dec/Jan 2008

I had already my ticket to spend the Christmas and New Year in Brazil since July. Eran did not have vacation at this time. It was hard to be apart knowing we had a little baby together. I had a wonderful time in Brazil, but it was really hard to be without him.

There I read my first book about being a mom! My dear friend Dedeia gave it to me! Mothern - Manual da Mãe Moderna. Really cool!
http://mothern.blogspot.com/



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Being Silly in the Sheep Meadow, Central Park

This is just a pic of my sense of humor! I was in Central Park with my dear cousin, Rapha and her boyfriend Diego, who was filming the beautiful moment. All of a sudden I make spontaneous little stupid show. After seeing this video I couldn't stop laughing for a while!
I'm a silly pregnant!
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Body Painting | My First Artwork with Mia

Crazy things happen! And I am getting crazy inspired by this new being moving in my belly. Here is a little bit of my new artwork in progress...

SPECIAL | Our History | Love Story | MOVIE

After 10 years of relationship...the love story continues...
Check out the link below to watch the movie of our 
Love Story in a really great resolution....

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http://www.gabrielagasparini.com/ex_videos_10.html

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Not the best resolution, though...

Save the Date | Wedding in Israel

Last week, on May 13, 2008; I had my Mikvah! So now is official:
I will be a jewish mother! My jewish name is GAL!
So, after getting married in City Hall, having a 1st Wedding Party in NYC, a 2nd Wedding Party in Brazil, we will have a 3rd Wedding Party in Israel! We will finally celebrate in Israel with a Traditional Jewish Wedding Ceremony on September 25th! Our baby will be 3 months old!
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The Wedding | Save the Date invitation!

Here are some photos of the day I had my Mikvah!
Tania and Eran were there! And after I had brunch with Eran and crossed the Central Park! It was a beautiful sunny day!
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The Mikvah Day!

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GETTING MARRIED IN CITY HALL
Officially Married / Aug 7, 2006



Our beloved photographer friend Roberto Falck took incredible pictures of that amazing day! Check out the link below to view the photos! It's a beautiful slideshow with super cool music!
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GETTING MARRIED IN NEW YORK
1st Wedding Party / October 28, 2006
{ at Samanta and Jeremy's house }
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Wedding NYC

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GETTING MARRIED IN BRAZIL
2nd Wedding Party / April14, 2007
{ at Kika's house }



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Artistic Pregnancy Pictures!

So we are almost there!
In 1 month and a week we will meet our baby girl!
Here are some artist photos of the 3 of us: Me, Eran and the Belly :)
Photos by our beloved photographer friends:
Marianna Dutra and Arthur Nobre (www.arthurnobre.com)!

Lots of Love,
Gabi + Eran = Mia

Click on the picture below to view the photos!

Mia

Baby Shower!

The Baby Shower was on May 10th, a day before Mother's Day!
My wonderful organizers:
Mari Dutra, Mari Castro and Sabrina Balassa did an amazing job!
Click on the picture below to check out the photos!

Baby Shower / Chá de Bebê

Now My Belly is Really Heavy!

Today I worked at home, my legs hurt, my belly is huge...Mia moves nonstop! My first pregancy, my first blog, a new beginning...