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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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The Tokyo Mother’s Group had a special photo session day today for families who wanted to have their portraits taken professionally. It’s a nice deal because we didn’t have to pay the sitting fee and we had about 20 minutes for photos. Afterwards, in about a week or so, we can go online and check out the photos and if we see any we want, we can pay for them to be printed. As for the quality of the photos…well, I’d have to see the final product before I can judge how professional it looks. Overall the shoot went ok. All three of us weren’tRead 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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After a long week of worrying whether Ellie is getting enough breastmilk from me, Jason and I decided to take her to a pediatrician to have her checked out. Yea, the breastfeeding thing is really hard and it’s been really hard on me since I just can’t for the life of me produce enough milk for her. It’s one of those things you never thought you would have to worry about but I guess everything that happens to us happens for a reason. Anyway, I digress…today, Jason and I decided to take Ellie to see the doctor and to make sure she is gaining weightRead More →

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March 15th… Today should have been the official due date for Ellie. It’s weird for some reason that she was born on a different day. *sigh* So tired these days…..mainly because Ellie and I are struggling with breastfeeding. It’s not as easy as you would think it is but we’re working hard to make it work for the both of us. I still can’t believe it’s almost 2 weeks since she was born…time is kinda mushed together into one big lump. I don’t even really remember sleeping anymore since I have to wake up frequently to feed her. Poor Jason too…he hasn’t been sleeping muchRead More →