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HA!! I got my action shot of her lifting her head!! I also have it on video where she lifts her head and then rolls over to her back! Unfortunately, my PC died on me several weeks ago and the video format of the video camera does not work with my macbook. It’ll be a while before I can convert the video format to something I can upload…. But I have my picture!Read More →

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TaDa!!! We’re mommy’s surprise Mother’s Day gift! We got a little lost coming here so we’re a day late…but mommy was still very surprised and happy to see us!Read More →

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Wow, it’s my first real Mother’s Day!  How exciting! Flowers from my hamster kids 🙂 Technically, today wasn’t a very exciting day.  In fact, it was a very ordinary day with one exception…I had a lot of free time for myself!  It’s been so long since I’ve had a free moment to do whatever I want… I woke up really early this morning because Ellie was hungry.  After I fed her and put her down IN HER OWN CRIB (Yay!) I sat down and worked on my computer while both Ellie and Jason slept.  Other than the occasional feed, I was pretty much undisturbed allRead More →

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Trying to decide if I should move my blog from xanga to wordpress. It’s hard since I’ve been with Xanga for 6 years now and it’s a relatively easy to use blogging platform.  On the other hand, I have my own hosted site with wordpress that’s just sitting there waiting for me to update. It was originally meant to be a hamster blog but given how little time I have these days, I’m thinking of combining the two.  Hmm, xanga or wordpress…  For now I’ll just use posterous to post to both sites until I make up my mind.Read More →

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Yay it is Golden Week! Technically, every week for me is golden week since I don’t work…but the best thing about golden week is that Jason has 5 days off…which means he will be home to help take care of Ellie! It also means he gets a little more face time with her since he doesn’t get to chill with her that often. Ellie’s starting to recognize me more now and would sometimes smile when she sees me. Her smile can really melt your heart and make you forget that you haven’t slept for more than 3 hours the night before. Ah, I love myRead More →

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Sometimes it’s hard to believe that Ellie’s already 7 weeks old. I have to agree with many moms that this period of the baby’s life really goes by in a flash, even though it can sometimes feel like it’s really slow when she cries or acts fussy. Two weekends ago, the three of us made a trip out to Shinjuku for a picnic under the cherry blossoms with the Tokyo Mother’s group. It was the first time the three of us went that far for a long period of time and it was nice. Ellie was calm the entire trip and I think she enjoyedRead More →

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Up until today, Ellie has never been on public transportation. The few times I’ve gone out, I’ve walked to the locations because they’re near our apartment or I’ve taken a taxi. I guess I didn’t feel comfortable taking her into crowded, enclosed spaces. That and I always have this fear that she’ll wake up and scream bloody murder. Today, the two of us took her first trip on the subway and then later on her first trip on a bus. Both trips were good trips since she stayed asleep. We first stopped by the international school where I worked. They were having a baby showerRead More →

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Meet Ellie!….born March 4th, 2009 at 3:13pm after being in labor for eternity…..she weighed 2.75kg at birth.  Both Jason and I are super exhausted, especially since our first night with her was spent trying to make her stop crying as soon as we put her down.  I’m still in pain from the labor so hopefully I’ve recovered a bit more by the time we get discharged from the hospital. Posted via email from myorii’s posterousRead More →