Ema's B-Day to Spring 2004

5/22/04 Has it been a month!!!!

Sorry for the delay but have been a little busy.

But her she is the star of the show!!! Sleeping on the sofa.

Put together Uncle Nick's present... and well it is just a bit too soon LOL

I promise this is the last Hanami of the year. The Brooklyn Cherry Blossom Festival was very nice. We meet with Mr Abukawa and his family as well as Mr. Akasaka and his family. Mr Abukawa's daughter was facinated with Ema. Kohei was just happy to use Papa's camera :-) and Ema and dad.

For those who care... the other half of my life... the bathroom is almost done!!!!

4/26/04

CUTE!!!!!!!! Baby!

Trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens for a little early Hanami celebration

MORE CUT BABY!!

And more Hanami and a little picnic at school under the cherry blossoms.

4/19/04Happy birthday Matt! Here is the requested photo...... yes the tub is still in the hallway!!

Here is a pretty happy Ryan even though I am grouting... because!!!!! Look at these so far!

4/11/04

Updated pics!!

I needed to frame out the vanity mirror, because it would not have sat flush otherwise so this is what I came up with...

I am happy with the staining so far. I might make it darker to cover up those black water marks on it but I dont want to get it toodark so we will have to see how things progress. The paneling for the bathtub is coming along, I think it looks great so far. From the hallway.

4/10/04

WOW!!

It has been a while. I know you all have been waiting so lets get to the pics...

Look at me!!

Uncle Brad.

Uncle Mark.

My cousin Faith.

Chillin at Gigi and Papa's

Apartment here as well

3/28/04

A few more...

Just strippin... BUT after strip looks good so far!!

Baby is cute!!! ok,,, looks like she was crying a bit hey?

Ive been working on the apartment so that I can get home to Chicago for a few days! Look at those lines, I hope the tile turns out!

The door onthe left and the vanity on the right. The door.

Above the door.

Tile getting done.

Above the tub and the the window.

3/12/04

ok, its really late or early in the morning, however you want to look at it. but here are some new photos.

My parents came in to help, and they were great, but we had to get out on the town a little bit. I know the Japanese viewers of this website might be concerned but (esp...Grandpa and Grandma in Japan) everything was fine!!

Here we are enjoying a few minutes before we order dinner. Ema ate in the car and was sound asleep, so we enjoyed a nice dinner in a noisy restaurant without any problems. Emi and I took our time ordering dinner. Mom had a StRoNg vodka and tonic before the apps came so she was smiling extra big. Dad too. The waiter was 159 years old so everything (but the drinks) took forever, plus there was a mofiosososo dude nest to us who paid his way though the usually long wait to the table next to us within seconds of walking in. The waiter seemingly knew the magnitude of the client had their dinner served before out appetizer pizza came out... hmmm. Welcome to the big apple!! After an excellent Italian din din we enjoyed a few more photo ops. Ema came out and everyone within view, including tables near by and the waiters all couldn't keep there eyes off the beautiful baby!

We also had Ema's first bath. Nice huh, nothing like nudy bath photos to embarrass children in the future. And for those who don't know about newborns... you have to wait for the belly button to fall off before the first bath. I'm telling ya, being a parent brings a whole new perspective to a whole lot of things !!! Its gotta fall off!! and it does!!! only after turning black and hard and crusty!!! Man alive!!

3/9/04

BEEEEEEEN Busy!!

But I have requests for new photos, i.e. not the ones from the hospital. But that is when I had the most time. Round the clock nurses... any volunteers?

Anyway here are some photos and as usual most recent first

New outfit for Ema... yeah thats the smallest we could find! We may need to look in the preemie section. (no, shes not, just a little peanut). The dress. The bootees. and the hat. LOL!

Papa and Gigi! Thanks so much for helping the first week!! Love you!

This is what I come home too!!!!!!! He is supposed to be sixty and he acts like a Chinese circus acrobat @_@

Mom

This is how we usually look at her except Ema is typically crying and we have no ideas what to do! heehee ::"-(

AND THE STAR OF THE SHOW

2/26/04

No photos of Emi and I today, not on purpose, but everyone commented on how tired we look. We were tired and according to most will be for the next several months, but we are doing really well. Emi is much more mobile and is progressing really well. The doctor even gave the ok to go home tomorrow, but the 5 flights of stairs to the apartment will be a problem. I can guarantee we will wait till Saturday, so she is rested and recovered as much as possible before tackling those stairs.

Today Jon and Amy stopped by today. It was so nice to see them and they were so happy to see little Ema. And will all agreed with me that she is the most beautiful baby ever! Glad to know I'm not just a "bakaoya" (foolish father)... LOL!! While they were there Ema scratched her face so we put her gloves on and you can see the gloves are about 1000 times too big so we put the huge giraffe hat on to complete the ensemble

Sooo, Ema basically sleeps, cries, eats, poops and then sleeps again. Occasionally she wakes and gets fussy then all we need to do is hold her for a second, her head flops back and she looks like this =====>

NOW...

WARNING FOR ALL THAT ARE A LITTLE SHY ABOUT CHILD NUDITY PLEASE DON'T SCROLL DOWN!!!

Well Gigi, at your request I got some semi-nude photos!! Hope you're happy? I've exploited my sweetheart on the internet like this!!! But I couldn't do it twice so I put her shirt back on! :-P