feeling the love

lately, i have been feeling the love, not just from tom but from blog friends and family. i am not sure what it is causing all this but it feels good. i have been the recipient of some wonderful valentine cards concealed with little surprises...

a valentines card from alicia and a card & temporary tattoos from amber ,thanks ladies!

and packages with a bunch of extra goodies.

from the lovely kristen!

gifts from my cousin, i love you!

a mystery has also been solved. my cousin and best friend had been secretly sending me gifts that i have favorited on etsy. it was driving me crazy wondering who was being so thoughtful. i finally put two and two together when there was a little slip up.

i challenge all of you today even if you aren't big into the holiday like i am, to tell at least one person today how much you appreciate their friendship, love or how much you miss them either by note, email, text or tweet. it is as simple as that. and trust me, it is the smallest of things that continually leave a permeant smile on our faces.

>>> i couldn't get my act together but in order to show all my readers how much appreciate each and every one of you i am hosting a giveaway on friday filled with lots of goodies from some amazing shops/blogs! be sure to check back and happy love day!

xo,



cb

its in the details #2

happy friday peaches! today is another in the details and i am very happy to have ruth from lavendar biscuit to share with us a little part of her everyday. ruth is such an awesome lady, a sweet blog friend and a wonderful support to citybirds, i am very happy to call her friend :) take it away!

This little frog sits on the chest of drawers in my bedroom, where I can see him

everyday.

When he was new, back in the 1950’s I believe, he was full of a solid perfume. You

can still smell it slightly all these years later. He belonged to my Grandma, and I was

fascinated by him. Whenever I visited her house as a very small girl, I was allowed to

hold him & smell the last little bits of perfume within.

Seeing him everyday brings a smile to my face as I remember my beloved Grandma,

and smelling that perfume just takes me right back to being a little girl again …

Grandma taking the time to whisk me some chocolate milk (I’ve never been able to

recreate it), spending hours playing make-believe with me, walking my brother & me

to the local newsagents for treats & realising she still had her slippers on J, singing

me to sleep with “On Richmond Hill” (her favourite old-english song), and when I

stayed overnight & woke up scared, she would wake to my touch saying “I thought

there was an angel touching my face”.

She was the sweetest and kindest lady to everyone and I’ve been missing her every

day for the last 24 years. Seeing her beautiful little frog every day reminds me that

she’s still with me, here in my heart. x

thank you so much ruth for sharing such a wonderful and sweet memory of someone you love. i am sure we all have something in our lives that reminds us of someone we have loved and lost. a reminder to us all that we never fully lose the ones that have touched our hearts.

xo,

cb

10 loving years, our anniversary!

this was my senior prom, the oldest picture i had, we are both 18 in this picture!

yup, today is tom and my 10 year anniversary and also our wedding anniversary! i can't believe it has been 10 years, feels like yesterday we met <3 we are celebrating with a nice dinner at one of our favorite restaurants and then later in the month we are going to escape to point reyes and stay in this super cute little cottage for a few days, i can't wait!

it is amazing to me how much i love him and how much he loves him. the best part of our relationship and he may say otherwise, is the way he loves me and how it just exudes from him. i have never had something like this and feel so lucky that i do.

 i am very blessed to have him in my life. to be able to walk this life hand in hand with the person i hold so dear to my heart. to have someone who truly knows who i am,  who sees the worst of me but still loves me ever bit as much and more. to be able to see the way he loves me just by looking in his eyes or being in his arms, i think is a rare thing and i am one lucky lady.

thanks tom for the most amazing 10 years of my life. my life couldn't be any more perfect and i have you to thank for it. you have opened my eyes to so many things, helped me see the beauty when i am blind and encourage me to be the person that i am. i can't wait for more adventures together and many many many more loving years with you.

cheers baby!

i also wanted to extend the love to you guys too! for the entire month of october get 15% off anything in the shop using the code, SOINLOVE. enjoy everyone!

xo,

cb

60 loving years

on sunday we celebrated with my grandparents 60 amazing years together! it was such a beautiful celebration filled with wonderful friends, family, good food and music. we all got dressed up for the occasion and headed out to the san ramon country club.

aren't they the cutest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my grandparents are pretty amazing people! they are both from the yucatan where they met working at a bank and where they feel in love. they got married had my uncle and aunt moved to illionis where my grand father went to school for engineering. they lived there for a while, picked up and moved to california where they had my mom and have lived in california ever since. they have worked so hard to provide for our family and to this day they are still going! my gandfather is a brillent engineer and my grandmother is a whizz at #'s and is the MOST AMAZING COOK!!!! which reminds me i need to make copies of her recipes! these two amazing people are a huge inspiration to me and i wouldn't be the same without them. they have done so much for me and my family and i am so grateful for them. i love them so much!!!

there was even a mariachi band!

xo,
cb