The new arrival.

Dear Readers,

One of the Sylvanian related gifts I got last Christmas was "The new arrival" set. Even though I already had a spare figure that I turned into Myriam Chantilly ,I was happy to get this set as it comes with a baby and a cute blue crib.

When I read that the new theme for the 12th creativity /crafting challenge in the Sylvanian Forum was "New babies" I thought it was the perfect time to unbox this set.
Hope you enjoy it!

The arrival of a new baby into a family is always a reason of joy and excitement in Sweet Berry Valley, especially if the parents have been longing to grow their family for a long time.
That´s what happened to the Chantillies´.

When Myriam and Maurice had their first daughter, Esme, they intended to raise a big family. However,years passed by and Myriam´s and Maurice´s hope to conceive a new baby faded away. Esme, as she was an only child,also wanted to have a baby brother or sister. That was what she wished for the most.She asked for it any time she blew out her birthday candles.
One fine day, when they least expected, their dream came true!

"Myriam,there´s nothing wrong with you. You don´t have a stomach bug. You´re expecting a baby!" Doctor Murdoch´s words left Myriam and Maurice open-mouthed and spechless for a few seconds.

But the good news made them react quickly.
"A baby, we´re going to have a baby, Maurice!" Myriam said with tears of joy in her eyes.
Doctor Murdoch who was watching the scene could hardly choke his tears back.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Shortly after Myriam and Maurice received the good news they started preparing their home  for their new baby.
Setting up the nursery was fun and exciting!

The Chantillies´wanted to create a relaxing space for their baby and little by little they turned the guest room into a comfortable nursery.

They chose a lovely rocking wicker crib

and a handmade blue bedding set made to order by Betty Puddleford. "The fabric feels so soft!" 

They also put a dresser to store all the baby products." Where shall I put the towels,mum?"

Maurice is such a thoughtful husband that he even bought a new armchair."I think it will be useful when we have to feed or soothe the baby" He said.

And after a few months that was the final result.

By the way,have you spotted the blue album on the dresser?
It was a baby shower gift from Cecil Maces, the villager photographer, and his wife.

Would you like to look through baby Jaques´s album?

His arrival brought his parents and sister lots of happiness and precious memories that they will preserve in this photo album.

Let´s have a look!

These are the photos that are in the album so far.Hope you like them!

For this challenge I made the dresser and the shelf out of white foam.The baby mat is also made out of foam covered with fabric. I printed some pictures for the walls and I also pasted them on a piece of brown foam.I enjoyed helping Myriam and Maurice setting the nursery for baby Jacques!

When I started writing this post I also meant to write about some other families who have just welcomed a newborn baby. However,I changed my mind. This post is long enough and besides, I consider that the arrival of a new baby is a very special event that well deserves a post for each family. So, stay tuned because there will be more babies on the way!

See you!
Hugs!

My birthday presents

Dear Readers,

Hope you are all fine. It´s been more than a month since my last post. I´ve been very busy so I had no choice but to push my sylvanians into the background and focus on real life.
Things seem to be going back to normal again and I have some more time to sit down in front of my laptop to write on my blog.

It was my birthday a few days ago and the reason I´m writing this post is to show you the Sylvanian Families related gifts I received from my lovely family.

My sister, her husband and my nephews came over to visit on the first weekend of June.Even though it was still a bit early for birthday presents my sister insisted that I open the gift she had bought for me since we won´t be able to see each other until August.


That´s what I found when I unwrapped the package: the "Comfy Living Room Set" and one of the town girls, Laura Cake bread. I love them both!

The reason she gave me Laura Cakbread is because she knew my children gifted me with Stella Chocolate and Lulu Golightly on Mother´s Day (In Spain, it´s the first Sunday of May).She thought it would  be nice to collect all the town series girls.I think I will.

 

My husband and my kids also gave me a lovely surprise when I opened their gift and I saw
"The Alpaca Family"! Yay! I love it!I was looking forward to adding this family to my collection since first I saw it. I think I was quite good at giving hints, haha! 

They also gave me "The Gourmet Kitchen Set" and a blind bag from the shopping series. I was really spoiled!

The kitchen set is so stylish! I love the kettle and the rest of the accessories. Miniature food items always come very handy.

The blind bag was a great surprise too!
I was over the moon when I found these blind bags at a toy shop a few weeks ago. That day, I just bought a bag. I would have bought more but the price was higher than normal. Probably, because the shopping series is not available at many toy stores yet.
The first baby I got was the Polar bear baby with the ice cream cone. "Yummy, yummy!"

When I opened the blind bag that I got for my birthday, I thought I got a repeat. 
I´ll show you why.

The first thing  I saw was the orange outfit and, as far as I remembered ,the only figure in orange was the polar bear baby.
To my surprise, it wasn´t another polar bear but the "mistery baby", Albert Marshmallow  with a pizza!. Isn´t he a cute little mouse?

I was delighted my parents were also at my place for my birthday. They  came a few days before and even though my mum´s health wasn´t very good they wanted to stay until the very same day of my birthday.
They gave me some money to buy "a pair of shoes or one of your little toys"  that´s what my mum said and that´s what I did. I had already bought some summer foot wear so her second suggestion suited me perfectly.
On Saturday, I went to a shopping centre and I came into a toy shop looking for Sylvanians. I left the shop with "The Splashy Otter Family"! I love their chubby faces  and look at those tiny babies! They can´t be any cuter!

I also bought a new blind bag. This time I got Ginni Golightly,one of the silk cat babies with a cash register.Have you noticed that the cash register has little ears just like a cat? 

It  even has a tail at the back!

And last but not least,, I loved the birthday card from the Sylvanian Families Fan Club. I received it exactly on my birthday, no sooner no later. Isn´t that great?

Thanks a lot for all these lovely gifts but mainly for your love and support.


Did you like my birthday presents?
Hugs!