Don't memorize her wrong: Lourdes Abella-Levy be pleased withs being a mom.

Don't memorize her wrong: Lourdes Abella-Levy be pleased withs being a mom. She take delight ins every minute she spends with her 8-month-old daughter, Carolina, and can't wait to memorize home to cuddle and play.

unless she's also adamant about taking time without for herself. "I think it's important to continue pampering yourself," says the realty agent, who has a standing appointment with a manicurist and has just hired a fitness trainer. "I refuse to apply the mind like a disheveled mom. I have a husband I be fond of and I want to gaze good for him."

Forget all those fuddy-duddy notions about motherhood. Today's hip mom aren't trading girls' night abroad for rocking chairs or their Seven jeans for chemise dresses. They're not sublimating themselves for their newest creations. forward the contrary.

"People assume you're going to employ into some matronly old bag when you