Monthly Archives: September 2009
Package, Engrish, haircut & crops..
Bit of a photo update of sorts. Package of things we received from my Dad the other day- Aussie animals and some material books and a book for the bath later on. Engrish about a dog named Lulu- found at … Continue reading
Getting prepared…
I think we are well on the way to getting prepared for Goma-chan`s arrival- in fact pretty much everything is complete in his room and the list of things I had to get has almost everything crossed off minus a … Continue reading
Filed under goma-chan, The future
Notes to goma-chan…
Inspired by Nay`s fab news that she finally announced today! I loved her little letters to baby N (or “little cow” as she called him/her in the comments to her sister- LOVE IT!) So in honour of Nay`s good news … Continue reading
First sumo experience…
I had never been to see sumo- I had watched a couple of times on TV but never for more than 30 minutes or so each time but I felt that I needed to go and watch it live to … Continue reading
Thursday tibits…
Goma-chan`s room is pretty much complete and we only have some last minute baby things to pick up the month before he is due to arrive. The elephants for his room arrived last week and I finally got around to … Continue reading
Busy weekend with visitors…
Sarah, Ryohei, Sakura & Nay came to stay this weekend so that Sarah could organize Sakura`s American passport. It was a busy busy weekend with guests arriving Friday and the last of them leaving today just after lunch. Not only … Continue reading
Writing & woes…
I have always liked to write- this is no secret and I have talked about it often on here and elsewhere but I definitely go through stages where I will write and write and write and then go months when … Continue reading
Filed under Confession, Random
Weekend fun awaits…
Woke up this morning with an extremely sore back- it was okay when I first woke up earlier to go the bathroom (yes, a very regular occurrence at night now) but when I went back to sleep I must have … Continue reading
Anti-depressants while pregnant…
I am sure that this will get me a lot of flack. A lot of you know that I have suffered from severe depression on and off since I was a teenager- I have written about it a couple of … Continue reading
Filed under goma-chan
26 weeks…
26 weeks pregnant today. I went to the doctors for a check-up and scan on Friday (before meeting Cassie & Nanami for lunch- had so much fun ) and all is going well. Doctor was pleased with my progress and … Continue reading
Filed under goma-chan
I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
