ズーチ、ありがとう！！Gift from my Japanese friend

A cute scarf.
新しいさくらんぼのマフラーとベビーカーで本当に久しぶりに外にお散歩に出かけました。今年は暖冬で雪はまだ数回しか降ってません。と言っても、気温は毎日０度前後なので、日陰に積もった雪はなかなか解けてはくれないんだけどね。



ミルクを目の前にすると、必ず２本の指を口に入れて、しばらく指をしゃぶってウォームアップしないとミルクを飲んでくれません（笑）。
Drinking milk is an exercise for Yuna. She has to prepare for the meal by sacking two fingers while staring at the object.

This is our favorite gift, yes, especially David's. Quiz cards for bath. As you can see, each card starts out with a black figure with a clue at the top.
お風呂カード。デイビッドが一番楽しんでるかも。。。笑



When it's put in warm water, its black part becomes transparent and reveals the picture behind.



I remember I had a story book with the same idea as I grow up. My parents read the story to me and I had to stay in the bathtub till the story ends. I am so glad that my friend could find one of those bath toys for Yuna.



もちろん、由奈も食べちゃう程気に入ってしまいました。

ありがとうー、ズーチ！！

Week 43

I fought that morning for two hours here and there to get Yuna to stay up for picture but no success. She was finally taken down.



We missed taking a Christmas family picture because all of us were way beyond the capability of a formal smile. Finally, we had an opportunity to take some, thanks to our friend, Luis.



It was hard to have David involve in the family fun but hey I did it!







Thanks, Margaret for the fun Christmas present!

Week 42

Recently, Yuna discovered that she could tilt her head to the side. What's funny is that she has been doing this about a week now but has not discovered there is a right side; she cannot tilt her head to her right yet.





Yes, she's been continuing to be our little princess.

Week 41

David's favorite thing to do at church: Blow Yuna's hair.

40 weeks

"Yuna, smile!"









Doesn't this remind you of somebody??




Yes, Booker, you are related to Yuna!!

2012 Family gathering WITHOUT me. 神奈川のおじいちゃんの法事

ありちゃんが「お父さんのような人と結婚したい」 と言ったので喜びあっているおじさんと私の父。


David, can you remember all the names of them? If not, it might be the time to go back to Japan...


1. Aunt Masako 2. Brother Ryoma 3. Brother Takuma 4. Second cousin, Yuki 5. My mother's cousin, aunt Fumi 6. Cousin Yuri 7. My grandmother's older sister, aunt Kuwana 8. Grandma 9. mom 10. dad


A cousin, Tsubasa and my brother Ryoma.


Now, I had to say this picture is WEIRD. This is my brother, Takuma, and my cousin, Arisa. So, they are cousins, not a newly wedded couple.

9 months old

I learned this through my husband:

Don't use dish soap in place of dish washer detergent.