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Denise ~ hello super hottie!

I was lucky enough to be able to spend a few days with my soul sister, Denise a couple weeks ago. We initially connected a few years ago while we were travelling our own painful yet blessed journeys to mommyhood. This visit was the first time we would be together seeing our dreams in front of us as a reality. It was big for both of us.

Instead of tears and wine, this visit would be about diapers and chunky monkey legs. I was meeting her son and our sweet babes were meeting each other. I know we have both dreamt of this day ~ visualized it, mediated on it, marinated in it and were now about to live it.

There was a very light breeziness to our time together. The tears were of a different nature this visit and since we both now completely understood each other as new mothers we felt very comfortable tending to the needs of our little ones, in different areas at times, while coming together eventually to connect with each other, and each others new loves. We had a mini-photoshoot with Cedar and Bella and Denise captured some sweet photos of them that definitely tell a story. I think it's the start of a beautiful relationship between them.

Through all of this, something about Denise seemed different to me and I wanted to dish about it here. I noticed it the moment I first stepped inside their front door and saw the family of three gathered in a lovefest on the sofa. Speaking of walking through their front door, I should mention that walking into Denise and Carsten's dreamy loft is the equivalent of a spa day ~ that part hasn't changed at all, even with a new baby. You know the world is operating in all it's chaotic glory outside, but once inside their threshold, peace and calm envelope you. Isabella took a three hour nap if that gives you any indication.

So what did I see? Denise, now as a mom, is radiant. She has always been gorgeous, there is no question there, but now? She literally glows. She and Cedar share a very special bond and you can feel her lightness. One shift I have noticed about our relationship is how much more we laugh now. I have always been highly attracted to funny people (I am luckily surrounded by friends who have me belly laughing on a regular basis) and Denise usually has me laughing hard whenever I get the chance to talk to her ~ which of course is twice as challenging now in our new roles.

So, I wanted to share with you all something you might not know about her. What she shares on her blog is most definitely the dreamy, wise, soulful, sensitive, romantic, raw and real side of her... but she also has this other side. The side that her family has always known about, and the side that she lets those closest to her see, but that not all people get to see. 

Her funny side.
Her joyful, radiant super sparkly side.
Her light and playful silly side.
Her deliciously naughty side.

It's coming out more on her blog these days, but I'm also outing her big time because I think the world needs to see more of the funny side of Boho.

There is a reason many of her friends are goofballs, it's because she is one too.

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Okay, so we had this silly idea that we were going to make a video blog while we were together but it never happened because... well, in a word, babies. However, we did shoot some test videos to check lighting and placement. These were never meant to be seen and I thought she was going to delete them until she sent them to me. And we laughed.

With Denise's permission, I decided to share our silly test video here, just for fun, but with a couple of conditions:

* We didn't shoot this with any intention of having anyone actually see them - these were just tests - so what you are seeing is clearly two goofballs being goofy ~ Know this going in.
* You really have to watch this video first, otherwise the first part will make no sense.

Enjoy...

bloopers ~ spicy baby island from denise lynnette andrade on Vimeo.

Comments

[Puanani]

I knew a spicy girl was lurking beneath the surface. Thanks for the confirmation.

[boho girl]

oh no!
i've been revealed.

you're not supposed to make me cry while i am drinking my morning mate!!! oh, by the way...the guy you used to date came over to demonstrate the right way to do it. the mate, that is. ; )

i love you, stace...and am in love with our connection and our children's connection.

lets make out.
xo

ps. let me know when you're ready to head to a spicy baby island to sit under a baby tree.

[jessica]

OMG I am laughing laughing laughing...at both videos...so funny...you guys are fun!!!

[stacy]

den, marry me and we will run away to a baby island and drink yerba mate's underneath a baby tree. xo

[amy j.]

Oh thank you, thank you for linking to that SNL video. I needed that laugh.

You guys are so much cooler than either Madonna or Angelina...hands down.

[Susannah]

i want some spicy island love.. put it in a bottle and ship it over baby ;) her funny naughty monkey is my fave too xxx

[stacy]

sus, her naughty side is my fave too... xo

[stacy]

amy, my friend suzanne first showed it to me. i love when she says "my boyfriend was born an old man and is now turning into a baby".

the girl who plays her just kills me.

[melissa]

denise is one of the funniest people i know and super sexy too. glad to see that side of her is finally revealed :)

[Suzanne Leon]

LOVE IT...

You absolutely need to do a final final on this because you two would rock the baby inside of a baby inside of a baby sitting under a baby tree on a spicy baby island where one of your boyfriends was born an old man and is now turning into a baby ...

Love you, Stace.

[megg]

OH, I am SO GLAD that someone has outed her! (especially her naughty side!) The first time I met her she attacked me in the nicest craziest hug I had ever had. She is even deliciously sassier in real life!

SO glad you got to spend time together - lovin' on both of you!
xoox

[littlem]

Love the idea of a soul sister :-)

[melissa]

that was soooooo hilarious. thank you for making my night. :D

[jenica]

hilarious! i may have just peed myself a little. i love me some brown, spicy babies from baby trees... on an island. too cute.

so happy to see that your connection is just as strong now that you're living your dreams. doesn't it rock when reality beats our wildest dreams?

love to you both.