元気になってきました

元気になってきました
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テレビ観賞中

テレビ観賞中
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唯果と

唯果と
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Visited Yuika's this afternoon. Yesterday was her 1st brirthday. She cries if the other baby comes closer to her, on the other hand, Tonchan so wants to be closer to her. So, every time she approaches, Yuika cries. Tonchan looked very confused, but she kept trying. After 12 of Yuika's cry, they started playing on my stuff in the bag.

やっと寝た

やっと寝た
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Big Tony Ironing

TONY IRONING
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Big Tony came over between his trip back to US from China for business, and stayed with us for a couple of nights. Tonchan was happy that he played with her, and she's now watching him iron his jeans.

MOS BURGER

MOS BURGER
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Went to Muji in Ginza. Had snack at MOS Burger, and she tried my burger. We're such bad parents, feeding kids burger, french fries, let her watch TV, etc....

お手伝い

お手伝い
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お見送り

お見送り
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Since we woke up 5:00 a.m., we went to see him off to work at the station, then continue to walk. Had snack at TSUTAYA in the Hills: not very crowded 8:00 in the morning.

Warm weather

We started the day early, 4:10. Beautiful weather today. 20C/70C, pretty warm for Nov. So, we took walk in the afternoon, then had dinner around 4 pm, then went to bed around 5 pm...

We Are Home!

10 hour flight from SFO to NRT wasn't bad. We took courtesy taxi since we flew business back to home, and went to bed around 5 in the afternoon.

Tonchan woke up 3 in the morning: definitely jet lagged. So, we three woke up and started the early day. Around 3 in the afternoon, Tonchan was sleepy and gave her breast milk, then we both passed out....

Santa Lucia Preserve

We couldn't see very much last night, but Bernardus Lodge is a beautiful hotel. Too bad we stayed only one night, and we don't drink (they had three bottles of wines in the room for us).

K and Z came to pick us up, and we had lunch there. Pretty good food. Tonchan enjoyed her "pomme fret".

The drive to Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel was crazy. Winding road for about 40 min, then we were lost at the preserve: too large, too much nature, not many landmarks to make turns. Anyhow, we made it to the lodge, had some iced tea with Jen and friends, and had some nap before the BBQ of rehearsal dinner, which was great.

Peter showed up as Clint Eastwood from macaroni Western, and Jen in her mother's wedding dress from 60's. I'm sure it made her mother very happy.

After Tonchan hanging out with the other kids, we asked Coco's family to drive us to the lodge, and went to bed.

Flight to San Jose

Flew from New Ark to San Jose on Thu evening. The flight was fine but we arrived 23:00 for us, waited an hour for the car to pick us up, drove for about 2 hours, then checked in around 2 mid night.... We were so tired and so miserable...

SOX the winner

To celebrate the victory, bought Sox baseball cap for Tonchan, which she doesn't appreciate very much...

Boston

3 hours of Amtrak ride was not bad. We sat next to a couple with 13 months old girl, and Tonchan was happy meeting a little friend.

We checked in Hilton Boston, took a walk and checked out Quincy Market. Then we got back to hotel, had room service, then went to sleep.

Evan and Miho came to pick us up this morning, when somehow Tonchan managed to loosen the mouth wash and sucked some of it...!! Oh well....

Evan took us to Duck Tour, after we had clam chowder. Yes, Tonchan had it, too! Then we picked up Miho san, and went to their house (actually, his father's) and had early Thai dinner. Tonchan had some rice and dumplings. She also met their dog, the first time to see the dog. She was curious from far, but scared to be close...

They drove us back to hotel, while she took nap on the car, and said bye bye to both of them. It was great to see both of them are doing great.

Going to Boston

We're off to Boston this afternoon by Amtrak!

Taking a break

Ren left for the 2nd part of his business trip this morning. We stayed home all day today as we were tired from yesterday...

Day in Manhattan

Took Metro North to Grand Central to see G-Grandma and Grandpa for lunch at Rodeo Bar in Manhattan. GG was in good shape as usual and, oh my, she talks a lot!!

Lee-kun came by and we went to his place for break before coming home. Train was crowded with business people around 4:30 in the afternoon. Does people work...?

Taking walk in Stamford

Beautiful weather today. After breakfast, took a walk to Stamford station to buy Amtrak tickets to Boston for Sat, then went to diner for lunch with Aunt Em and Uncle Dolf and Linda. Tonchan tasted french fries for the first time! Then we went to mall for some shopping AND the pretzel, and walked back home. We all had dinner at home together and Tonchan and I excused ourselves to go to bed early.

We're here!

Arrived JFK safely after 11 hour and 40 min flight of ANA. She had a couple of naps, but didn't sleep at all. She probably was busy to see what was going on around her: always someone is doing something on the flight.

B mama and Ren came to pick us up at the airport, and drove home. She cried on the baby seat, but eventually fell asleep. She has to get used to it no matter if she likes it or not.

So, she was up until 8 p.m., and slept very good until 8 a.m. next morning. Good girl!

いってきます

いってきます
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Depart Tokyo for NY to visit the half side of family tree. We got stopped at the immigration because of her US passport. They said it doesn't prove her Japanese nationality, and doesn't have visa nor entry permit (she was born in Japan). Had to show other semi IDs but those don't say she's a Japanese. They said they assumed I wouldn't lie about her nationality, therefore, they stamped entry and departure on the same page. Good grief... Have to get her Japanese passport for next time.