Taking pictures

 This is Hisanobu at around 1 month, he is getting fatter and fatter. He will soon be 8 kilos at 3 months!

Older brother Taka likes peace!

 Taka likes to take pictures with the camera. He is getting pretty good at taking pictures.

Hisanobu at about 1 month.

Today is Tuesday and grocery shopping day because of sales on Tuesday at Aeon. I try to buy enough grocies to last for the week. Most Japanese shop every couple of days because of freshness, but I like to freeze. My sister in law makes good pork chops (tonkatsu), so I always make sure to buy pork chops on Tuesday. This week I will make shabu shabu, so I bought the meat for this meal.

Hisanobu got two vaccines today. He cried for both.

As a housewife, I hate folding the laundry. I do not so much mind hanging it out to dry, but folding it is a nuisance. I think my husband wishes I was a  better cleaner, but it is just not my speciality. I do not mind to wash the dishes or even cooking is not so bad, just the laundry is what I mind.

Hisanobu

 

Here daddy is holding Hisanobu a few days after our release from the hospital. His dad loves to spend time with him even though his busy schedule does not allow for much time.

 My breast milk never came in, so I have to bottle feed. It is more common for women to breastfeed here in Japan.

Here I am after birth with my fat cheeks.

 I want a hug!

I want my diaper changed.

Bath and brother

 This is when Hisanobu first came home from the hospital. I had to stay in the hospital per policy for 1 week. The Japanese usually stay inside the first couple of months in order to ensure the health of the baby and the mother. I could never stand that and usually went out after 2 weeks time.

 Here is Hisanobu and his first bath at home. The Japanese bath is a huge ritual very important to the Japanese culture.

Takachan and nobuchan

Tigger and Birds

This is Hisanobu in his Halloween costume. Halloween is celebrated in Japan as a commercial holiday. Many of the English schools and the bars will have Halloween Parties. The play centers too will often have Halloween parties.

This is Takafumi with his goggles and helmet. He was getting ready to saw a piece of wood. He likes to build and create things. I do not spend enough time with him like I used to.

Here Taka is feeding the ducks at a aviary park in Kobe.

Here he is feeding the fish at the same aviary/flower center in Kobe.

Here I am carrying Hisanobu at the center.

I am starting a new blog. I was away from the blog scene for a while, but lost a lot of pictures due to a computer crash, so I thought it was time for a new blog. Lets try by posting a picture.