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I’m doing something different this year for Valentine’s day. I’m not going to make chocolate sweets since Jason’s doesn’t care much for them. I’m making these instead… Felt conversation hearts and felt hamster cookies!! Going to try making a felt cupcake….hope that works out!Read More →

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Recently, I read this incredible list that was put together by Jen over at Buried with Children. The original source of the list idea was from another blog, Life with Triplets. Anyway, Jen’s list pretty much hit everything on the dot but with a very humorous side to it. It also got me thinking about the 10 things that I’ve learned over this past year about motherhood that I never knew or had imagined before. So here is my list of 10 things I never knew until I became a mom (it’s a pretty lengthy read): 1) Cleaning dirty diapers isn’t as bad as IRead More →

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Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is that a toddler you see? Wha….who….HOW….WHEN?! With just one more month left before she officially turns one, Ellie is looking and acting more and more like a toddler. My little baby who, not too long ago, couldn’t even sit up on her own or crawl is now a cruising/walking little person who can feed herself bread. It really feels like she just grew up overnight. There are days I feel like time couldn’t move any slower and I wish she could do more on her own. Then there are days where I’d watch her as sheRead More →

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Lately, I’ve been working on getting back into my own photography now that E is more independent.  Of course, I can’t seem to get back into photographing like I use to.  Maybe it’s just from the lack of practice or because I can’t seem to focus on taking pictures of anything else other than E these days. Anyway, I found a blog carnival that sounds interesting so I decided to join in on this weeks challenge.  It’s hosted over at I Should Be Folding Laundry and the theme this week is “Faces”, something I have plenty of (all of E of course.) And a B&WRead More →

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Before we had E, Jason and I would always make an effort to go to any hamster events that were being held in or near Tokyo.  These events are essentially Kiddyland events that are held to sell hamster goods as well as some event specific goods that cannot be found elsewhere. Since having E, we have been cutting back on hamster time, which is sad since we do love our hamsters. It just so happen that there was a week long hamster event held at Tokyo station in mid-August.  Since E is older now, we decided to take her on her first hamster event trip.Read More →

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A few weeks back, while shopping at the mall with E, we encounted these 2 bears at some store with lots of cute things for sale.  I asked E if she wanted one and she reached out for one when I held him up to her.  I bought the bigger one and then a few weeks later, we returned to the mall with Jason and bought the smaller one. So here they are….the 3 stooges… The big bear is named “Kuma-san” and the little one is “Mike-san” (pronounced mee-kay) and E is in between the two. This is the pecking order between the 3 ofRead More →

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I had wanted to share the post labor story since it’s different how they handle it here in Tokyo than in the US.  Sorry it took so long to get it out. So….in Japan, almost all hospitals let you stay for a week after you give birth.  I think a lot of it has to do with preparing you for motherhood as well as letting you rest and recover from the birthing experience.  Plus they can do all the checkups and whatnots with the baby.  In theory, that’s a great idea since you can rest and enjoy your baby with the nurses helping you beforeRead More →

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Living in Japan, we’re bound to experience a few tremors here and there. Tonight, we had a semi big one. It’s Ellie’s first earthquake experience. How do I define semi-big, you ask? When the tremors last more than 10 seconds and it is shaking hard enough that the sliding doors are banging together and making loud noises.  Besides, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, it was a 6.9 magnitude earthquake out in the ocean just south of Tokyo. We had one tiny one when I was still pregnant and it just made the sliding doors shake a little but nothing major. Tonight, the shaking actuallyRead More →