Category Archives: goma-chan
Cold snap…
Japan has been hit with a cold snap- I am guessing it was about 13 or 14 degrees here in Chiba but it was much colder in other parts- some friends even mentioned snow in their recent facebook updates. Not … Continue reading
34 weeks…
34 weeks today. Goma-chan should be making his appearance into the world in about six weeks give or take a couple of days – or he could still arrive early but I am not sure! I had a doctor`s appointment … Continue reading
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Did you have a name?…
Goma-chan still doesn`t have a definite name. He has a definite middle name which I am happy with and it was always going to be the middle name as it was my dad`s middle name and my grandfather`s first name … Continue reading
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Christmas already?…
Christmas seems to have come early in the Cherry Blossom Adventures household with a HUGE package arriving from my mum and family in Australia yesterday. Most of the stuff was for Goma-chan as you can see above but Shun also … Continue reading
32 weeks…
32 weeks pregnant today and as I get closer to my due date it makes sense that the updates might get a bit more frequent especially since I have been going to the doctor every 2 weeks for almost 2 … Continue reading
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Off to Shizuoka…
Tomorrow I am off to Shizuoka to spend a couple of days with Nay (and Naoki & Milo of course!)- of course because I am pedantic I am already packed and ready to go! I have not been to Shizuoka … Continue reading
30 weeks…
I reached the 30 week milestone today for this pregnancy meaning I am 3/4 of the way done give or take a week or so either way. Hard to believe that it will all be over soon although really I … Continue reading
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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
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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
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!
